The Passenger Pigeon
by Mershon, W. B
- Used
- Very Good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good
- Seller
-
Portland, Oregon, United States
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About This Item
The Outing Publishing Company, 1907. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Very Good. Full red cloth boards with gilt lettering, page edges untrimmed, color frontispiece, photographic plates. Previous owner has made one marginal note in pencil about their own pigeon & a note on the front endpaper "A fascinating & beautiful book"; no other pencil markings found but they might be lurking. Toning to half-title from laid in article about pigeons--it is now in a clear plastic sleeve. Not really worth anything, but this and a couple other clippings laid in.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Crooked House Books & Paper (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 002802
- Title
- The Passenger Pigeon
- Author
- Mershon, W. B
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Publisher
- The Outing Publishing Company
- Date Published
- 1907
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
Terms of Sale
Crooked House Books & Paper
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About the Seller
Crooked House Books & Paper
Biblio member since 2005
Portland, Oregon
About Crooked House Books & Paper
Welcome to the Crooked House, a one-of-a-kind bookstore in Portland, Oregon. Specializing in the beautiful and unusual: books by, for and about women, cookery, domestic science, decorative publishers bindings, weird how-to books and ephemera, 1920s-30s women's magazines, Modern Library, and more.
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- Cloth
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- 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...