Sketches of South Afican Bird-Life
by Haagner, A. & Ivy, R.H
- Used
- very good
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Very Good /No Jacket
- Seller
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Eastbourne, East Sussex, United Kingdom
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About This Item
Cape Town, South Africa: T. Maskew Miller. Bound in gold cloth with bright gilt titles and decoration (gold blocked & plumed bird on rock) to front board and spine, this 1914 hardback Second Edition is VG. XXXV1/301pp with Prefaces, Introduction, Systematic Index, 148 B/W photos, 9 Chapters and Name Index. Top righthand corners of both boards bumped, odd marks to front boards and inscription on FFEP, otherwise Vg . Very Good. Hardback. 2nd Edition. 1914.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Camillas Bookshop (GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 0012139
- Title
- Sketches of South Afican Bird-Life
- Author
- Haagner, A. & Ivy, R.H
- Format/Binding
- Hardback
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- No Jacket
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- 2nd Edition
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- T. Maskew Miller
- Place of Publication
- Cape Town, South Africa
- Date Published
- 1914
- Keywords
- South African Birds
- Size
- 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.
Terms of Sale
Camillas Bookshop
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About the Seller
Camillas Bookshop
Biblio member since 2009
Eastbourne, East Sussex
About Camillas Bookshop
Camilla's Bookshop is a large secondhand and antiquarian bookstore situated in the resort town of Eastbourne.We have more than 500,000 books in all categories. Our specialities include: armed forces, transport, travel, politics, history, literature (several thousand novels including modern firsts), religion, esoteric & occult and art.Shop hours are 10:00 - 17:00, excepting Sundays and Bank Holidays.Unfortunately, we do not ship to Denmark.
Glossary
Some terminology that may be used in this description includes:
- FFEP
- A common abbreviation for Front Free End Paper. Generally, it is the first page of a book and is part of a single sheet that...
- 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....
- 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...
- VG
- Very Good condition can describe a used book that does show some small signs of wear - but no tears - on either binding or...