British Birds in Their Haunts
by Johns, C. A
- Used
- Hardcover
- Condition
- See description
- Seller
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Evesham, Worcestershire, United Kingdom
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About This Item
UK: The Sheldon Press, 1925. 16th Edition. Red bds with gilt title to spine and black title and illustration to front. Some patchy soiling to bds. bumping and fraying to spine ends and corners. 2 cm tear to top spine end. text block attached to boards in 3 places to fep. Colour plates and many other illustrations drawn by Wolf, engraved by Whymper. watermark to bottom edge of book. Interior Good +. with soiling to some pages. Text bindings tight. . Hard Cover. Good. 8vo - over 7�" - 9�" tall.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Harry Righton (GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 014145
- Title
- British Birds in Their Haunts
- Author
- Johns, C. A
- Book Condition
- Used
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- The Sheldon Press
- Place of Publication
- UK
- Date Published
- 1925
Terms of Sale
Harry Righton
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About the Seller
Harry Righton
Biblio member since 2003
Evesham, Worcestershire
About Harry Righton
Diana Righton has been an established family business for the past thirty years (James Place Books for the first 18 years). We have a large stock in the region of 100,000 books, of which only 9,000 are on the net. Please feel free to ask if you have any wants.
Glossary
Some terminology that may be used in this description includes:
- 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...
- 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....
- 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....
- BDS
- Common term for the covers of a hardbound book. The term 'boards' refers to the thick cardboard under the paper or cloth...
- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.