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The Water-Fowl Family
by Sanford, L[eonard]. C[utler],, L[ouis]. B[ennett]. Bishop, and T[heodore]. S[trong]. Van Dyke
- Used
- first
- Condition
- Near fine. Some minor extremity rubs to exterior, small prior owner name stamped at top of half title and title pages. Leather s
- Seller
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Annapolis, Maryland, United States
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About This Item
New York: Macmillan Company, 1903. Limited edition, #44 of 100 copies on large paper. Leather and marbled paper over boards. Tall Octavo. x, 598 pages. Near fine. Some minor extremity rubs to exterior, small prior owner name stamped at top of half title and title pages. Leather spine and fore corners, marbled paper sides and endpapers, top edge gilt. Spine titled in gilt with 5 raised bands.. Photographic frontispiece plus 19 black and white plates, all with tissue guards. Handsome volume on the natural history and hunting of ducks, geese, swans, rail, and shore birds. This if copy #44 of just 100 in this large paper format. <br /> <br /> See HAND S45.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Back Creek Books LLC, ABAA/ILAB
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 974
- Title
- The Water-Fowl Family
- Author
- Sanford, L[eonard]. C[utler],, L[ouis]. B[ennett]. Bishop, and T[heodore]. S[trong]. Van Dyke
- Illustrator
- Photographic frontispiece plus 19 black and white plates, all with tissue guards
- Format/Binding
- Leather and marbled paper over boards. Tall Octavo. x, 598 pages
- Book Condition
- Used - Near fine. Some minor extremity rubs to exterior, small prior owner name stamped at top of half title and title pages. Leather s
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- Limited edition, #44 of 100 copies on large paper
- Publisher
- Macmillan Company
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1903
- Keywords
- hunting, waterfowl, shooting, decoys
- Bookseller catalogs
- Hunting & Fishing;
Terms of Sale
Back Creek Books LLC, ABAA/ILAB
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About the Seller
Back Creek Books LLC, ABAA/ILAB
Biblio member since 2006
Annapolis, Maryland
About Back Creek Books LLC, ABAA/ILAB
We buy and sell quality used and out-of-print books, with an emphasis on Americana, Military and Naval History, and Nautical material. But we have many good books in a variety of subjects. We are located in historic Annapolis, Maryland.
Glossary
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- 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...
- Fine
- A book in fine condition exhibits no flaws. A fine condition book closely approaches As New condition, but may lack the...
- Top Edge Gilt
- Top edge gilt refers to the practice of applying gold or a gold-like finish to the top of the text block (the edges the pages...
- Half Title
- The blank front page which appears just prior to the title page, and typically contains only the title of the book, although, at...
- Octavo
- Another of the terms referring to page or book size, octavo refers to a standard printer's sheet folded four times, producing...
- Marbled Paper
- Decorative colored paper that imitates marble with a veined, mottled, or swirling pattern. Commonly used as the end papers or...
- 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....
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