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Pageantry of Tropical American Birds + Oiseaux Brillans et Remarquables du Bresil
de Descourlitz, J.T
- Usado
- Tapa dura
- First
- Estado
- A bright and clean set in near fine condition.
- Librería
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Iowa City, Iowa, United States
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Sobre este artículo
New York: Holt, Rinehart and Winston, 1960. First edition.. A bright and clean set in near fine condition.. Pp. 23, with 32 fine color plates and 28 plain plates. One-half green cloth over tan cloth, spine is lettered in gilt and with gilt hummingbirds on front cover, color pictorial dust jacket, lg folio (17.5 x 11.5 inches) + Pp. 40 (text). Gray printed wrappers, lg folio, both volumes housed together in gray paper-covered hard slipcase. This is a facsimile reprint of the extremely rare "Oiseaux Brillans du Bresil" originally published in 1835. There is an English commentary by J. Moojen in the first volume and the second volume in wrappers is a facsimile reprint of the original text by Descourlitz. No ownership marks.
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- Librería
- Natural History Books
(US)
- Inventario del vendedor #
- 9745
- Título
- Pageantry of Tropical American Birds + Oiseaux Brillans et Remarquables du Bresil
- Autor
- Descourlitz, J.T
- Estado del libro
- Usado - A bright and clean set in near fine condition.
- Cantidad disponible
- 1
- Encuadernación
- Tapa dura
- Editorial
- New York: Holt, Rinehart and Winston, 1960. First edition.
- Peso
- 0.00 libras
- Catálogos del vendedor
- Ornithology;
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Sobre el vendedor
Natural History Books
Miembro de Biblio desde 2007
Iowa City, Iowa
Sobre Natural History Books
Natural History Books is an independent, rare book retailer operating out of Iowa City, IA. The business is owned and operated by Noriko and Russell Ciochon. We only sell books through our NHB website and other book service websites. We do not offer books for sale within the state of Iowa.We specialize in rare and hard to find books in all areas of natural history especially ornithology, herpetology, ichthyology, mammalogy, paleontology, botany, evolutionary biology and travel and exploration. Our rare and hard-to-find book section has many fine hand-colored plate books. Our latest acquisition is the ichthyology and aquarium fish collection of Ross Socolof Books of Florida. We are always buying natural history books – if you have a collection to offer, please contact us at noriko@naturalhistorybooks.com or by calling (319) 354-9088.
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- Cloth
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- Folio
- A folio usually indicates a large book size of 15" in height or larger when used in the context of a book description. Further,...
- Facsimile
- An exact copy of an original work. In books, it refers to a copy or reproduction, as accurate as possible, of an original...
- Wrappers
- The paper covering on the outside of a paperback. Also see the entry for pictorial wraps, color illustrated coverings for...
- Reprint
- Any printing of a book which follows the original edition. By definition, a reprint is not a first edition.
- First Edition
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- 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....
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- 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...
- Fine
- A book in fine condition exhibits no flaws. A fine condition book closely approaches As New condition, but may lack the...
