BIRDS BY LAND AND SEA
by John MacLair Boraston
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- VG++/No Jacket
- Seller
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Mansonville, Quebec, Canada
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
The Bodley Head-UK: John Lane, 1905. BIRDS BY LAND AND SEA- John MacLair Boraston- Illustrated- John Lane:The Bodley Head-London- 1905-1st Edition-1st Printing- Hardcover:-8vo-VG++/ no dj- Original publishers dark blue cloth with gilt titltes on spine-very light rubbing, clean, square and tight- 282pp + 6pp ads for books on nature- all clean, no tears or writing- Front title page John Lane MDCCCCV (1905)-Complete with 72 b&w photpgraphs taken direct from nature by the Author.-SEE PHOTOS- "This book contains the gist of almost daily observation of birds occurring in Stretford and the surrounding district, and covers a period from Sept., 1902, until Sept., 1903." (Non-fiction-Natural Sciences Birds, Birding, Sea Birds, English Birds, Natural History, Ornithology)- (2630) . 1st Edition-1st Printing. Cloth. VG++/No Jacket. Illus. by Illustrated. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.
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Details
- Bookseller
- jakoll (CA)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 2630
- Title
- BIRDS BY LAND AND SEA
- Author
- John MacLair Boraston
- Illustrator
- Illustrated
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - VG++
- Jacket Condition
- No Jacket
- Edition
- 1st Edition-1st Printing
- Publisher
- John Lane
- Place of Publication
- The Bodley Head-UK
- Date Published
- 1905
- Keywords
- Non-fiction-Natural Sciences Birds, Birding, Sea Birds, English Birds, Natural History, Ornithology
Terms of Sale
jakoll
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About the Seller
jakoll
Biblio member since 2007
Mansonville, Quebec
About jakoll
We specialize in Modern 1st Edition, Children's books, Vintage classics, vinyl records, original movie posters, sports cards, comics, postage stamps and coins.We only sell online at this time and have been doing so for over 30 years.
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- Title Page
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- Jacket
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- 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...
- Cloth
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- Rubbing
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