British Game Birds and Wildfowl
by MORRIS, Beverley R
- Used
- Hardcover
- Condition
- See description
- Seller
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Lewes, East Sussex, United Kingdom
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About This Item
London: John C. Nimmo, 1891.. Third edition. 4to. vi, 272 pp. Publisher's dark green cloth, gilt lettered to the spine and with a vignette to the upper cover. 60 hand coloured plates. Slight darkening to the spine, a little flecking to the boards and mild rubbing to the extremities, generally very good. Casey Wood, p. 472. Freeman, 2667.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Bow Windows Bookshop (GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 27387
- Title
- British Game Birds and Wildfowl
- Author
- MORRIS, Beverley R
- Book Condition
- Used
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- London: John C. Nimmo
- Date Published
- 1891.
- Keywords
- Natural History NATURAL HISTORY Ornithology Birds
Terms of Sale
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About the Seller
Bow Windows Bookshop
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Lewes, East Sussex
About Bow Windows Bookshop
Bow Windows Bookshop has a large general stock of old and fine books and maps. Owned in partnership by Ric Latham and Jonathan Menezes, we buy and sell all manner of titles from early leatherbound volumes to modern first editions. We exhibit at bookfairs in the UK and North America and issue regular printed catalogues. Located in the beautiful county town of Lewes in the south-east of England, we are open six days a week. All our books are described as accurately as possible and we abide by the Code of Good Practice of the Antiquarian Booksellers Association
Glossary
Some terminology that may be used in this description includes:
- Rubbing
- Abrasion or wear to the surface. Usually used in reference to a book's boards or dust-jacket.
- 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...
- Vignette
- A decorative design or illustration placed at the beginning or end of a ...
- 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....
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...