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The Birds of America
by J.J. Audubon
- Used
- near fine
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Near Fine/Very Good
- ISBN 10
- 0517253046
- ISBN 13
- 9780517253045
- Seller
-
WINFIELD, Kansas, United States
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About This Item
New York, NY: Crescent Books , 1978 Crescent Books, New York. 1978. Hardcover. Reprint Edition. Distributed by Crown Publishers/Designed and Produced by Productions Liber SA/Printed in Italy/Photos from New York Historical Society. Book is tight, square, and unmarked but for F/O bookplate on the front pastedown. Book Condition: Near Fine; light bump to head. DJ: Not Priced; light sun toning to spine; light bumping to head and tail; small closed tear at head. White cloth boards and spine with bright gilt lettering on the spine. Patterned endpapers. 120 pp 4to. This book contains 60 beautiful color illustrations of Audubon's American bird paintings. Each listing contains the original description as written by Audubon. A clean very presentable copy in a Brodart mylar jacket.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Walnut Valley Books/Books by White
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 011132
- Title
- The Birds of America
- Author
- J.J. Audubon
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Near Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- Reprint Edition
- ISBN 10
- 0517253046
- ISBN 13
- 9780517253045
- Publisher
- Crescent Books
- Place of Publication
- New York, NY
- Date Published
- 1978
- Size
- 4to - over 9¾ - 12"
- Keywords
- ornithology, birds, painting, art, collections, Audubon, Audubon bird paintings, science, American Birds,
- Bookseller catalogs
- Art/Music/Motion Pictures/Television; Americana;
Terms of Sale
Walnut Valley Books/Books by White
30 day return guarantee, with full refund including original shipping costs for up to 30 days after delivery if an item arrives misdescribed or in the unfortunate event, damaged. All books are packed and wrapped with care to avoid shifting during shipment and edge/tip strikes during the mailing process.
About the Seller
Walnut Valley Books/Books by White
Biblio member since 2018
WINFIELD, Kansas
About Walnut Valley Books/Books by White
Walnut Valley Books is a small independent home-based business with the bulk of my holdings being of an American military nature covering everything from the Revolutionary War to the current wars in Iraq and Afghanistan. I also have holdings of books on the Middle East, the southwestern United States (New Mexico especially, Kansas related titles, Oklahoma related titles, and other regionally specialized books. All of my holdings are hand-selected to be good quality books of interest to the reader, historian, or the collector. In addition to the above, you will also find a wide range of other topics such as Medical, US History, autobiographical, biographical, sports, women's studies, and many other eclectic topics.
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- Reprint
- Any printing of a book which follows the original edition. By definition, a reprint is not a first edition.
- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
- Brodart
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- Cloth
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- Spine
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