Our Rarer Birds Being Studies in Ornithology & Oology
de Dixon, Charles
- Usado
- Tapa dura
- First
- Estado
- Good Plus
- Librería
-
Sorn, East Ayrshire, United Kingdom
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Sobre este artículo
London: Richard Bentley and Son, 1888. 1st Edition. Blue Cloth. Good Plus. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" Large. Whymper, Charles; Keulemans, J. G. 373pp. Frontispiece palte and twenty illustrations as called for support the text. Gilt embossed ignette of an eagle to the front board and gilt embossed lettering to the spine. The spine has slight sunning and there are bumps to the board corners and light bumps to the board edges. Rubbing to the head and tail of the spine with some fraying of the cloth and a little chipping tot he outer cloth covering. Some soiling to the boards. Previous book owners bookplate to the front paste down and a strip of paper remnamt from a previous sticker to the top inner corner of the front end paper. Ink name inscription and date 1890 to the half title page. Light foxing to the fore edges. There is some splitting to the inner hinges between the rear end paper and rear paste down, and either side of the half title page, leaving it slightly loose at the head. Occasional light finger soiling and a few light soil marks and pencil marginalia to the margins of several pages. The book is otherwise tight and in good condition.
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- Librería
- Trumpington Fine Books Limited
(GB)
- Inventario del vendedor #
- 221117
- Título
- Our Rarer Birds Being Studies in Ornithology & Oology
- Autor
- Dixon, Charles
- Ilustrador
- Whymper, Charles; Keulemans, J. G
- Formato/Encuadernación
- Blue Cloth
- Estado del libro
- Usado - Good Plus
- Cantidad disponible
- 1
- Edición
- 1st Edition
- Encuadernación
- Tapa dura
- Editorial
- Richard Bentley and Son
- Lugar de publicación
- London
- Fecha de publicación
- 1888
- Tamaño
- 8vo - over 7¾"
- Peso
- 0.00 libras
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- Tight
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- Tail
- The heel of the spine.
- Bookplate
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- Spine
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- 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...
- Marginalia
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- G
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- 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...
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- Rubbing
- Abrasion or wear to the surface. Usually used in reference to a book's boards or dust-jacket.
- Bumps
- Indicates that the affected part of the book has been impacted in such a way so as to cause a flattening, indention, or light...
- Chipping
- A defect in which small pieces are missing from the edges; fraying or small pieces of paper missing the edge of a paperback, or...
- 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...
