Handbook of the Birds of Europe, the Middle East, and North Africa: The Birds of the Western Palearctic Volume I: Ostrich to Ducks (Handbook of the ... : The birdS of the Western Palearctic, Vol 1)
by Cramp, Stanley [Editor]
- Used
- very good
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Very Good/Very Good
- ISBN 10
- 0198573588
- ISBN 13
- 9780198573586
- Seller
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Portland, Oregon, United States
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About This Item
Oxford University Press, 1978-01-12. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. 10x8x1. **Please note: book is oversized and heavy, and will be VERY expensive to ship internationally.**722 p. Very good condition in dark blue boards, with light soil to lower leading corner of text block. Lower corners slightly softened. Normal shelfwear to tail of spine. Full color dust jacket in mylar shows light overall shelf rubbing, as well as minor chipping to lower leading corners. Name of former owner written in red ink on FFEP.
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- Chaparral Books
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- Title
- Handbook of the Birds of Europe, the Middle East, and North Africa: The Birds of the Western Palearctic Volume I: Ostrich to Ducks (Handbook of the ... : The birdS of the Western Palearctic, Vol 1)
- Author
- Cramp, Stanley [Editor]
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- ISBN 10
- 0198573588
- ISBN 13
- 9780198573586
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press
- Place of Publication
- Oxford
- Date Published
- 1978-01-12
- Size
- 10x8x1
- X weight
- 73 oz
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Chaparral Books
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About Chaparral Books
Chaparral Books is located across from Elephant's Deli on S Corbett Avenue in Portland. We have a well rounded collection of subjects, including an extensive core collection in Western Americana and Native American Literature including Western Writers.
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.
- Shelfwear
- Minor wear resulting from a book being place on, and taken from a bookshelf, especially along the bottom edge.
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- Text Block
- Most simply the inside pages of a book. More precisely, the block of paper formed by the cut and stacked pages of a book....
- FFEP
- A common abbreviation for Front Free End Paper. Generally, it is the first page of a book and is part of a single sheet that...
- 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....
- Tail
- The heel of the spine.
- Chipping
- A defect in which small pieces are missing from the edges; fraying or small pieces of paper missing the edge of a paperback, or...
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