Click for full-size.
THE MIGRATION OF BRITISH BIRDS Including Their Post Glacial Emigrations as traced by the Application of a Hew Law of Dispersal
by CHARLES DIXON
- Used
- Very Good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good
- Seller
-
Brighton, East Sussex, United Kingdom
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
LONDON: CHAPMAN AND HALL , 1895 Publisher's green cloth boards with gilt blocked titles to spine, 210 x 145 mm approx. Bible black end papers, xvi + 320 pp. 6 fold out colour maps all as called for.Subject related article from Hamlyn's Menagerie Magazine 1918 on Leverett Mills Loomis's Monograph on Albatrosses, Petrels and Diving Petrels loosely laid in First Edition 1895. Please see our images of the actual book offered for sale for further details and condition. Very Good (Book- mild general shelf wear to cloth - mainly to bottom edges, soiling mark to front board, dust soiling to top edge of book block with usual slight ingression to leaves at location of fold outs. Some pencil marking against passages in first two or three chapters from a reading. No previous owner name or insc. Binding sound with no cracks to end papers and all maps in very good order. No other notable defects).
Reviews
(Log in or Create an Account first!)
Details
- Bookseller
- booksonlinebrighton
(GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 133099
- Title
- THE MIGRATION OF BRITISH BIRDS Including Their Post Glacial Emigrations as traced by the Application of a Hew Law of Dispersal
- Author
- CHARLES DIXON
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Publisher
- CHAPMAN AND HALL
- Place of Publication
- LONDON
- Date Published
- 1895
- Keywords
- The Migration of British Birds, Charles Dixon, Ornithology, Climate Change, Seasonal Migration Patterns, Geographical Mutations, Climatic Changes, Glacial Range Contraction, Migration Routes, Island Avifaunas,
Terms of Sale
booksonlinebrighton
30 day return guarantee, with full refund including shipping costs for up to 30 days after delivery if an item arrives misdescribed or damaged.
About the Seller
Glossary
Some terminology that may be used in this description includes:
- Shelf Wear
- Shelf wear (shelfwear) describes damage caused over time to a book by placing and removing a book from a shelf. This damage is...
- 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
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- 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...
- First Edition
- In book collecting, the first edition is the earliest published form of a book. A book may have more than one first edition in...
- 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....
- Leaves
- Very generally, "leaves" refers to the pages of a book, as in the common phrase, "loose-leaf pages." A leaf is a single sheet...
Frequently asked questions
This Book’s Categories
Signed Books
Why settle for an ordinary copy of your favorite book when you could have an autographed copy? Find signed books here.
What is a first edition?
Even if you’re only peripherally aware of book collecting, you’ve doubtless heard the term, first edition, bandied about but you may still be in the dark as to what makes them such a big deal. Learn about first editions and why collectors value them here.
