British Game Birds and Wildfowl. Illustrated with Sixty Coloured Plates.
by Morris, Beverley R
- Used
- Very Good
- Condition
- Very Good
- Seller
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New York, New York, United States
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About This Item
London: Groombridge and Sons, 1864. Half Morocco. Very Good. Measures 12 by 10 inches, 32 by 26 cm. iv, 252 pp. With sixty lithographic color plates, all finished by hand. Occasional light foxing. Plates are bright and fresh. Rubbing to contemporary red morocco along joints, extremities, edges, corners. One quarter-sized splotch on marble pastedown.
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Details
- Bookseller
- White Fox Rare Books and Antiques (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 002387
- Title
- British Game Birds and Wildfowl. Illustrated with Sixty Coloured Plates.
- Author
- Morris, Beverley R
- Format/Binding
- Half Morocco
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- Groombridge and Sons
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1864
Terms of Sale
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About the Seller
White Fox Rare Books and Antiques
Biblio member since 2010
New York, New York
About White Fox Rare Books and Antiques
By appointment. Antiquarian and rare books with strengths in illustrated plate books, the decorative arts, costume, sporting, foreign language literature (in the original language), with growing emphasis on early printing.
Glossary
Some terminology that may be used in this description includes:
- Morocco
- Morocco is a style of leather book binding that is usually made with goatskin, as it is durable and easy to dye. (see also...
- Rubbing
- Abrasion or wear to the surface. Usually used in reference to a book's boards or dust-jacket.
- 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...