The Original Water-Color Paintings by John James Audubon for The Birds Of America
by Audubon, John James
- Used
- Very Good
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Very Good/Good Plus
- ISBN 10
- 0517249456
- ISBN 13
- 9780517249451
- Seller
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Sorn, East Ayrshire, United Kingdom
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About This Item
Outlet, 1985-11-01. Hardcover. Very Good/Good Plus. 13x11x2. A large tome. 431 colour plates reproduced in facsimile after the great American bird artist. Original publisher's blue cloth - gilt embossed to the spine and to the front board. A 55 page index at the rear. A little light spotting and other (?) marking to the fore-edges. 2 fold-out plates (there are a number) have additional creases to them, where they haven't been closed on the right crease line. The jacket has not been price-clipped. It has some shelf wear, some rubbing to the head and tail of the spine and rubbing to the rear panel with slight associated loss and some lifting of the outer laminate. A 6cm tear to the head of the rear panel of the jacket, which has been expertly repaired. A very good copy in good plus jacket.
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- Bookseller
- Trumpington Fine Books Limited
(GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 023175
- Title
- The Original Water-Color Paintings by John James Audubon for The Birds Of America
- Author
- Audubon, John James
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- Good Plus
- Quantity Available
- 1
- ISBN 10
- 0517249456
- ISBN 13
- 9780517249451
- Publisher
- Outlet
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1985-11-01
- Size
- 13x11x2
- X weight
- 153 oz
Terms of Sale
Trumpington Fine Books Limited
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- Facsimile
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- Jacket
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- Rubbing
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- Shelf Wear
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- 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.
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- 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...
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