A Selection of Bird Paintings and Sketches
by Rickman Philip
- Used
- Fine
- Signed
- Condition
- Fine
- Seller
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CHESHUNT, Hertfordshire, United Kingdom
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About This Item
Great Britain: Published By Curpotten Limited for Fine Sporting Interests Limited, 1979. Limited to 500 copies. Signed by Rickman. Book measures 16 1/2 x 12 1/4 inches. 31 coloured plates, pencil and ink sketches. Bound in original publishers half morocco, cloth boards, raised bands, gilt stamp tooling within compartments, gilt image on both boards, full gilt edges, marble endpapers. Binding in fine condition Internally, pages and illustrations in very good clean condition throughout. House in orginal publishers slipcase. A very nice clean fine copy. F. Signed by Author. Limited Edition. Leather. Fine. Folio - over 12" - 15" tall.
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Details
- Bookseller
- George Jeffery Books (GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 014372
- Title
- A Selection of Bird Paintings and Sketches
- Author
- Rickman Philip
- Format/Binding
- Book Condition
- Used - Fine
- Edition
- Limited Edition
- Publisher
- Published By Curpotten Limited for Fine Sporting Interests Limited
- Place of Publication
- Great Britain
- Date Published
- 1979
- Size
- Folio - over 12" - 15"
- Keywords
- Birds. Natural History
- Bookseller catalogs
- Leather Bindings; Natural History; Signed/Inscribed By Author;
Terms of Sale
George Jeffery Books
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About the Seller
George Jeffery Books
Biblio member since 2005
CHESHUNT, Hertfordshire
About George Jeffery Books
We are a long established company dealing in second-hand, out of print and antiquarian books on all subjects. We are based in Hertfordshire, just 2 miles north of Junction 25 of the M25. We are members of the PBFA and exhibit at a large number of their fairs across the UK. We also exhibit in London at least twice a month at the Russell and Royal National Hotels, and regularly exhibit at H&D fairs in the South East, we also organise a monthly Fair at the Royal National Hotel, this fair has exhibitors specialising in books, maps, prints and ephemera. Please contact us for any further details.
Glossary
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- 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...
- Morocco
- Morocco is a style of leather book binding that is usually made with goatskin, as it is durable and easy to dye. (see also...
- Folio
- A folio usually indicates a large book size of 15" in height or larger when used in the context of a book description. Further,...
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- Fine
- A book in fine condition exhibits no flaws. A fine condition book closely approaches As New condition, but may lack the...
- Raised Band(s)
- Raised bands refer to the ridges that protrude slightly from the spine on leather bound books. The bands are created in the...