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A New Australian Finch The Scaly-Chested Finch (Donacola lepidothorax) reprinted from The Emu Vol. XXV 1926
by Cayley, Neville W
- Used
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Good-Very Good/no dustwrapper
- Seller
-
Camira, Queensland, Australia
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About This Item
1926. hardbound. Good-Very Good/no dustwrapper. 8vo. colour plate Neville Cayley's description of The Scaly-Chested Finch, a new species at the time, being reprinted from 'The Emu' January 1926; full-page colour frontispiece plate and one page of text - this copy bound in green buckram with printed title label to spine, marbled endpapers, and with multiple blank pages following text; heavy tanning to title page and last page, scattered foxing, o.w. G-VG.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Gotcha By The Books
(AU)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 21970
- Title
- A New Australian Finch The Scaly-Chested Finch (Donacola lepidothorax) reprinted from The Emu Vol. XXV 1926
- Author
- Cayley, Neville W
- Format/Binding
- Hardbound
- Book Condition
- Used - Good-Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- no dustwrapper
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Date Published
- 1926
- Pages
- 7pp
- Size
- 8vo
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Bookseller catalogs
- Animals/Natural History;
Terms of Sale
Gotcha By The Books
30 day return guarantee, with full refund including original shipping costs for up to 30 days after delivery if an item arrives misdescribed or damaged.
About the Seller
Gotcha By The Books
Biblio member since 2017
Camira, Queensland
About Gotcha By The Books
Gotcha By The Books is an online bookshop, working from home, in Camira, Queensland, Australia. The owner has been selling books in Brisbane since 1985, and Gotcha By The Books has been online since 2001. We specialize in Poetry, Australian Poetry, Literature, Art, Australiana, Aboriginal Australia, Rare and Antiquarian Books. We buy books on any subject (so long as we know we can re-sell them!). We are open by appointment.
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- Title Page
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- Dustwrapper
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- New
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- Buckram
- A plain weave fabric normally made from cotton or linen which is stiffened with starch or other chemicals to cover the book...
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