A Hand-Book to the Game-Birds. Vol I-II (Allen's Natural History)
by Ogilvie-Grant, W.R
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- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- See description
- Seller
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About This Item
London: W.H. Allen & Co., 1895-1897. xiv, [2], 304; xiv, [2], 316, 39 col plates, line drawings. . HB. 2 vols, orig. qtr. cloth, marbled boards, gilt titles to spines. Minor wear to corners, small mark to front board of Vol. I. Some spotting/browning to tissue guards, plates clean; gatherings unopened. A very good set.. First edition. Attractive chromolithographic plates. Vol. I: sand- grouse, partridges, pheasants; Vol. II: pheasants, megapodes, curassows, hoatzins, bustard-quails..
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- Bookseller
- Pemberley Natural History Books (GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- A56531
- Title
- A Hand-Book to the Game-Birds. Vol I-II (Allen's Natural History)
- Author
- Ogilvie-Grant, W.R
- Book Condition
- Used
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- W.H. Allen & Co.
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1895-1897
- Keywords
- Birds; Avifauna; Birds; Ornithology; Curassows; Cracidae; Aves; Game Birds; Grouse; Partridge; Pheasants
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Pemberley Books
Specialist Natural History Booksellers, providing a mail order service for individual, museums, research institutes, universities and libraries around the world. We supply new, used and antiquarian books on all aspects of natural history, particularly specialising in entomology.
Established 1989.
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We also have a specialist bookshop in Iver (just west of London - easy to reach by train or car, and close to Heathrow Airport)
Specialist Natural History Booksellers, providing a mail order service for individual, museums, research institutes, universities and libraries around the world. We supply new, used and antiquarian books on all aspects of natural history, particularly specialising in entomology.
Established 1989.
Website: www.pemberleybooks.com Searchable stock database and secure ordering
We also have a specialist bookshop in Iver (just west of London - easy to reach by train or car, and close to Heathrow Airport)
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- Unopened
- A state in which all or some of the pages of a book have not been separated from the adjacent pages, caused by a traditional...
- Gatherings
- A term used in bookbinding, where a gathering of sheets is folded at the middle, then bound into the binding together. The...
- 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...
- Cloth
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- Marbled boards
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- First Edition
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