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Audubon’s Birds of America: The National Audubon Society Baby Elephant Folio
by Peterson, Roger Tory (Editor); Virginia Marie Peterson (Editor); John James Audubon (Illustrator)
- Used
- near fine
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Near Fine/N
- Seller
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Madison, Indiana, United States
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
New York: Abbeville Press, 1990 (1981). Revised Edition, Third Printing. Folio. 15 x 11-1/2 inches. Unpaginated. Hardcover with dustjacket housed in slipcase. Near Fine / Near Fine / Near Fine. White linen-covered boards with particulars and decorative panels stamped in black to backstrip. Dustjacket illustrated with art from Audubon plates. Sturdy white linen-covered slipcase with glossy paper overlay duplicating dustjacket. Royal blue endpapers. Illustrated with 435 color plates. Color frontispiece (John James Audubon, by John Syme, 1826). Contains A Note About This Edition, Introduction, eleven sections of plates, and Appendix (including Concordance and Index). 3/4-inch crease to upper leading corners of 12 pages, 2-inch dog-ear to lower leading corner cluster of 3 pages, and 1-inch dog-ear to lower leading corner cluster of 7 pages, all likely due to previous owner struggling to return the extremely heavy volume to its slipcase. Else Fine. No bumping. Tips sharp and firm. Slight rubbing and surface wear to dustjacket and paper overlay of slipcase. Else Fine. No chips, tears, or edgewear. "In the Appendix, we have included a two-way Concordance relating our numbers to the numbering of plates in the original Elephant Folio – as well as an Index to the birds illustrated… The plates are captioned with each bird's currently accepted vernacular name, followed in brackets by Audubon's identification (in original spelling and capitalization) when it differs. In addition, each plate carries the bird's up-to-date scientific classification by order, family, and species." (from "A Note About This Edition") The Introduction includes a full-color illustrated survey of the works of other North American bird artists and illustrators. Note: This is an extremely heavy item. Total shipping weight will be in excess of 19 pounds. Additional shipping charges will be required. Please contact Village Lights Bookstore in advance of placing order. United States sale only.
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- Bookseller
- Village Lights Bookstore, ABAA/ILAB
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 0000103
- Title
- Audubon’s Birds of America
- Author
- Peterson, Roger Tory (Editor); Virginia Marie Peterson (Editor); John James Audubon (Illustrator)
- Illustrator
- John James Audubon
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover. White linen-covered boards.
- Book Condition
- Used - Near Fine
- Jacket Condition
- N
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- Revised Edition, Third Printing
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Abbeville Press
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1990
- Pages
- Unpaginated
- Size
- Folio, 15 x 11-1/2 inches
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Keywords
- Birds, America, Audubon
- Bookseller catalogs
- Art; Nature;
Terms of Sale
Village Lights Bookstore, ABAA/ILAB
All listed items are physically in our possession and will normally ship within 48 hours, securely packaged to prevent damage in transit. Within the U.S., we ship USPS Media Mail with insurance against loss or damage. Tracking number provided. Orders with destinations outside the U.S., expedited shipments, oversized/heavy items or sets will require an update of shipping charges before the sale is completed. All items are returnable within 72 hours of receipt with prior notification, if found to be not as described. Safe return shipment is the client's responsibility.
About the Seller
Village Lights Bookstore, ABAA/ILAB
Biblio member since 2008
Madison, Indiana
About Village Lights Bookstore, ABAA/ILAB
Village Lights Bookstore opened as a brick-and-mortar shop in 2008. We are a "mom & pop" business, and we live in the same building. We are members of the Antiquarian Booksellers Association of America, the International League of Antiquarian Booksellers, the American Booksellers Association, and the Great Lakes Independent Booksellers Association. We offer a modest, but diverse, selection of rare, collectible, and antiquarian items, as well as select higher quality new books. We carefully grade our books in accordance with IOBA Book Condition Definitions (https://www.ioba.org/conditions-definitions), describe them using standard ABAA terminology (https://www.abaa.org/glossary), and painstakingly package them to prevent damage in transit. We value direct communication, so please feel free to call if you have questions about our listings or to confirm that an item is still on hand. And consider visiting us on Main Street in the heart of downtown Madison, Indiana, the country's largest contiguous National Historic Landmark District, and a Designated Indiana Cultural District, on the banks of the beautiful Ohio River.
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- Fine
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- Folio
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- Rubbing
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