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British Birds
by THORNBURN A
- Used
- very good
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Very Good
- Seller
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Llandudno, Conwy, United Kingdom
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About This Item
London, New York Bombay, Calcutta, and Madras. 39 Paternoster Row. & Fourth Avenue & 30th Street, New York.: Longmans, Green and Co., 1918. Hardcover. Very Good. Folio - over 12 - 15" tall. WITH EIGHTY TWO PLATES IN COLOUR, SHOWING OVER FOUR HUNDRED SPECIES Four Volumes, mixed editions (2*4th, 2*3rd), in red cloth, gilt edge tooling, corners bumped. Spines, faded, edges bumped. Internally, Vol 1, 4th ed, 1918, half title, frontis, [4], (v-viii), [1], 2-142 pp, [1], [1], 20 pls. Vol 2, 4th ed, 1918, half title, frontis, [4], (v-vi), [1], 2-71, [1], 20 pls, 2 small tears to spine cloth. Vol 3, 3rd ed, 1918, half title, frontis, [4], (v-vi), [1], 2-86, [1], 20 pls. Vol 4, 3rd ed, 1918, incorporating Supplementary Part, [4], (v-vii), [1], [1], 2-115 pp, [1], 22 pls. Plates dated 1815, all with tissue guards, t.e.g. These edition volumes were limited to 500 copies each. (315*259 mm).
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- Bookseller
- Madoc Books
(GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 007833
- Title
- British Birds
- Author
- THORNBURN A
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- Longmans, Green and Co.
- Place of Publication
- London, New York Bombay, Calcutta, and Madras. 39 Paternoster Row. & Fourth Avenue & 30th Street, New York.
- Date Published
- 1918
- Size
- Folio - over 12 - 15" tall
- Weight
- 19.18 lbs
- Keywords
- birds avian fowl
- Bookseller catalogs
- Birds;
- Note
- May be a multi-volume set and require additional postage.
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Llandudno, Conwy
About Madoc Books
We are close to the beach and the wonderful Snowdonia National Park. Dealing in Fine & Rare Antiquarian books in the heart of North Wales. We have a general stock of rare books, which include, but are not limited to: history, topography, private press and items with a Welsh interest.
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Glossary
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- Gilt
- The decorative application of gold or gold coloring to a portion of a book on the spine, edges of the text block, or an inlay in...
- Half Title
- The blank front page which appears just prior to the title page, and typically contains only the title of the book, although, at...
- New
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- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- Folio
- A folio usually indicates a large book size of 15" in height or larger when used in the context of a book description. Further,...
- Spine
- The outer portion of a book which covers the actual binding. The spine usually faces outward when a book is placed on a shelf....
- Edges
- The collective of the top, fore and bottom edges of the text block of the book, being that part of the edges of the pages of a...
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