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The Birds of Great Britain and Ireland:
by Sir William Jardine
- Used
- Very Good
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Very Good
- Seller
-
Glasgow, Glasgow, United Kingdom
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About This Item
London: W. H. Allen and Co., 1876. Hardcover. Very Good. Undated circa 1876. Small 8vo, pp313 complete with 31 hand coloured plates, portrait frontis of Alexander Wilson and title vignette. Hardcover no dust jacket. Publishers binding of green cloth with black borders and designs to both boards and gilt titles to front board and spine in very good condition with a little shelf wear to top and tail of spine and tip of boards. Inside front hinge starting along with p224 but binding still tight and firm. All pages and plates in very good clean and bright condition. A nice copy.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Nikki Green Books
(GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 000799
- Title
- The Birds of Great Britain and Ireland:
- Author
- Sir William Jardine
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- W. H. Allen and Co.
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1876
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Keywords
- birds / mums
Terms of Sale
Nikki Green Books
30 day return guarantee, with full refund including original shipping costs for up to 30 days after delivery if an item arrives misdescribed or damaged.
About the Seller
Nikki Green Books
Biblio member since 2021
Glasgow, Glasgow
About Nikki Green Books
Nikki Green Books is based in Glasgow. We are third generation bookdealers, beginning with Eve Lowell who started The Dartmoor Bookshop in Ashburton and Sue Lowell Natural History Books, our parent company, based in London. We specialise in natural history along with a wide range of subjects
Glossary
Some terminology that may be used in this description includes:
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
- Shelf Wear
- Shelf wear (shelfwear) describes damage caused over time to a book by placing and removing a book from a shelf. This damage is...
- Hinge
- The portion of the book closest to the spine that allows the book to be opened and closed.
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- Vignette
- A decorative design or illustration placed at the beginning or end of a ...
- 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...
- 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.
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