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Bantams and Miniature Fowl
by W H Silk
- Used
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Good/Acceptable
- Seller
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Goring-by-Sea, West Sussex, United Kingdom
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
Poultry World, 1111. Hardcover. Good/Acceptable. No edition stated. 171 pages. Illustrated jacket over orange cloth with gilt titles to spine. Includes photographic plates. Pages have slight foxing, tanning and minor thumbing. Foxing more noticeable towards the start and end of the book. Previous owner's inscription to front endpaper. Text block edges rather foxed. Boards have some moderate edge wear, with slight bumping to corners and minor bumping to spine ends. Slight pale mark to front. Gilt is bright. Unclipped jacket in poor condition, with areas of loss, heavy tears, creases, stains and marks. A few liquid droplet marks.
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Details
- Bookseller
- World of Rare Books
(GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 1643783765MHP
- Title
- Bantams and Miniature Fowl
- Author
- W H Silk
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good/Acceptable
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- Poultry World
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About the Seller
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Goring-by-Sea, West Sussex
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Glossary
Some terminology that may be used in this description includes:
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- Text Block
- Most simply the inside pages of a book. More precisely, the block of paper formed by the cut and stacked pages of a book....
- 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...
- Foxed
- Foxing is the age related browning, or brown-yellowish spots, that can occur to book paper over time. When this aging process...
- 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...
- 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....
- Poor
- A book with significant wear and faults. A poor condition book is still a reading copy with the full text still readable. Any...
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
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