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British Game Birds and Wildfowl. Illustrated with Sixty Coloured Plates.
de MORRIS, Beverley R.;
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Dorchester, Dorset, United Kingdom
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London, Groombridge and Sons, 1864 (2nd edition). Hardback, Large, approx 11.5 x 10 inches. Halfbound leather fine binding maroon morocco leather and marbled boards with gilt line edging. Raised banding, gilt lettering and full gilt decoration to spine. Top page edges gilt, marbled endpapers. In very good condition. Some shelfwear to cover; rubbing to edges and corners, with surface chip to leather on bottom front corner. Marbled paper a little faded and rubbed. Bookplate to front endpaper “Arthur Lavington Payne.” Endpapers slightly cracked between inner hinges, else hinges still firm and strong. Some moderate foxing around edges of title page, frontis guard has taken most of it, frontis has some minor faint spots around edges. A few mild foxing spots and handling marks to inside pages, with some occasional spots to plates but otherwise plates all very clean and bright throughout. Else a very good clean and tight copy. 252pp. Illustrated with Sixty Coloured Plates. (Includes one extra plate loose inside “Eider Duck,” same illustration as at p223, but with slightly different colouring.)
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- The Antique Map & Bookshop
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- British Game Birds and Wildfowl. Illustrated with Sixty Coloured Plates.
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- MORRIS, Beverley R.;
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- London, Groombridge and Sons, 1864 (2nd edition)
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- NATURAL HISTORY::BIRDS MORRIS, Beverley R.; British Game Birds and Wildfowl, Illustrated with Sixty Coloured Plates, Groombridge and Sons, London, scarce, 2nd edition, 1864,
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Dorchester, Dorset
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The Antique Map & Bookshop was established in 1976 and has been in Puddletown since 1978. PUDDLETOWN is situated just outside DORCHESTER in the county of DORSET, on the A35 to BOURNEMOUTH. The village has a by-pass now which means there is easy access to the village and ample space for parking. Our shop is directly on the main road through the village.
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- Cracked
- In reference to a hinge or a book's binding, means that the glue which holds the opposing leaves has allowed them to separate,...
- 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....
- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
- Shelfwear
- Minor wear resulting from a book being place on, and taken from a bookshelf, especially along the bottom edge.
- Marbled boards
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- 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...
- Fine Binding
- An elaborate and decorative binding, example including a leather-bound book with gilt edges, raised blind stamps, raised ribs,...
- Bookplate
- Highly sought after by some collectors, a book plate is an inscribed or decorative device that identifies the owner, or former...
- Marbled Paper
- Decorative colored paper that imitates marble with a veined, mottled, or swirling pattern. Commonly used as the end papers or...
- Rubbing
- Abrasion or wear to the surface. Usually used in reference to a book's boards or dust-jacket.
- Title Page
- A page at the front of a book which may contain the title of the book, any subtitles, the authors, contributors, editors, the...
- 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...
- 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...
- Plate
- Full page illustration or photograph. Plates are printed separately from the text of the book, and bound in at production. I.e.,...
