Pawson and Brailsford, 1896. Hardcover. Acceptable. 1896. No Edition Remarks. 304 pages. No dust jacket. Red cloth covered boards with gilt lettering. Please note, all plates have been removed. All that remains is the text. Pages are moderately tanned and foxed throughout. Previous owner's inscription to title page. Pen marks to a couple of pages. Binding is loose, cracked, shaky due to removal of plates. Boards have moderate edge-wear with bumping to corners and rubbing to surfaces. Mild crushing to spine ends, with fraying cloth and small splits. Sunning to spine. Gilt lettering has become dull. Book has a heavy forward lean.

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Bookseller: World of Rare Books (GB)
Bookseller's Inventory #: 1716544154ADA
Title: Coloured Figures Of The Eggs Of British Birds
Author: Henry Seebohm
Format/Binding: Hardcover
Book Condition: Used - Acceptable
Quantity Available: 1
Publisher: Pawson and Brailsford
Date Published: 1896

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Rubbing: Abrasion or wear to the surface. Usually used in reference to a book's boards or dust-jacket.
Cloth: "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
Acceptable: A non-traditional book condition description that generally refers to a book in readable condition, although no standard exists...
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...
Jacket: Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
Foxed: Foxing is the age related browning, or brown-yellowish spots, that can occur to book paper over time. When this aging process...
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....
Cracked: In reference to a hinge or a book's binding, means that the glue which holds the opposing leaves has allowed them to separate,...
Title Page: A page at the front of a book which may contain the title of the book, any subtitles, the authors, contributors, editors, the...