AMERICAN ORNITHOLOGY OR, THE NATURAL HISTORY OF THE BIRDS OF THE UNITED STATES
by WILSON ALEXANDER AND CHARLES LUCIAN BONAPARTE:
- Used
- Hardcover
- Condition
- See description
- Seller
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BAKEWELL, Derbyshire, United Kingdom
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About This Item
PHILADELPHIA, PORTER AND COATES, 1878. THE POPULAR EDITION, THREE VOLUMES IN ONE. THICK SMALL QUARTO. pp. 214, 390, 426. CONTAINS A LONG ESSAY ON THE LIFE OF WILSON. REBOUND USING THE ORIGINAL RED BEVELLED BOARDS AND SPINE, NEW ENDPAPERS, REPAIRED TITLE PAGE. ILLUSTRATED WITH 103 PLATES ENGRAVED FROM DRAWINGS FROM NATURE, FOUR PER PAGE. SOME SLIGHT WEAR TO THE BOARDS AND FOXING TO THE EDGES OF THE PLATE ONLY. CLEAN AND TIGHTLY BOUND. NO DATE BUT CIRCA 1878. VERY SCARCE IN THE UK.
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- Bookseller
- Hawkridge Books
(GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 32303
- Title
- AMERICAN ORNITHOLOGY OR, THE NATURAL HISTORY OF THE BIRDS OF THE UNITED STATES
- Author
- WILSON ALEXANDER AND CHARLES LUCIAN BONAPARTE:
- Book Condition
- Used
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- PHILADELPHIA, PORTER AND COATES, 1878
- Keywords
- AMERICAN ORNITHOLOGY, BIRDS,
- Bookseller catalogs
- ORNITHOLOGY;
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Hawkridge Books
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BAKEWELL, Derbyshire
About Hawkridge Books
Visit our website at www.hawkridge.co.ukHawkridge Books – quality books with a quality service. Fine and antiquarian books bought and sold, specialising in natural history, particularly ornithology, but also including books on a wide range of interesting subjects. Hawkridge Books is owned and run by Irene and Joe Tierney; this means that customers are provided with a personal service and given individual attention. We have been in the book business for over 20 years and ran a bookshop in the Peak District village of Castleton for 15 years. The shop was closed in 2010 and we moved our best stock to our home in Broomhill, Sheffield. The current stock runs to some 7,000 volumes. Although we specialise in ornithology, where we have 1100 volumes, and natural history (700 volumes), we have books in all subjects. For example, we have 700 books published by the Folio Society, 400 history books, and a similar number on topography, including 200 books on Derbyshire. All our books are selected to ensure that they are in the best condition and any faults are mentioned.
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- Rebound
- A book in which the pages have been bound into a covering replacing the original covering issued by the publisher.
- Plate
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- New
- A new book is a book previously not circulated to a buyer. Although a new book is typically free of any faults or defects, "new"...
- 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...
- 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...
- Quarto
- The term quarto is used to describe a page or book size. A printed sheet is made with four pages of text on each side, and the...
- 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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