Groombridge and Sons, 1855. Hardcover. Good++/No Dust Jacket. Hardcover. Red leather spine and tips with plain red cloth boards. Gold ruling to boards. Spine has title and illustrations in gold between raised bands. Edge wear, rubbing and soil. Corners frayed. Marblized pink, blue and green endpapers. The following blank endpapers show soil and light foxing. Title and contents pages lightly foxed. Text and illustration pages are lightly tanned at margin edges, occasional light foxing. 60 beautiful colour plates. Binding is nice and tight. Always carefully wrapped and shipped in cardboard boxes to protect your purchase.

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Bookseller: Koster's Collectible Books (US)
Bookseller's Inventory #: INVENT037460I
Title: BRITISH GAME BIRDS AND WILDFOWL
Author: Morris, Beverley R
Format/Binding: Hardcover
Book Condition: Used - Good++
Jacket Condition: No Dust Jacket
Publisher: Groombridge and Sons
Date Published: 1855

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Koster's Collectible Books

Thank You for your order!! All titles subject to prior sale. We ship in boxes, all carefully packed. PAYMENT:Money order, Paypal. NY residents please add 8.625% sales tax. SHIPPING: USPS 4th Class Bookrate, $3.99 1st book, each additional book $1.00. Priority mail $16.00 1st bk, $2 each additional. International shipping is at cost. Call/fax/e-mail to hold. All dust jackets are covered in protective plastic. Orders processed promptly!!Returns are accepted within two weeks of purchase, and must be returned to us at the buyers expense, in the same condition in which it was received, carefully packed.

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About Koster's Collectible Books

Welcome to Koster's Collectible Books. We have been selling quality out of print books since 1990. We invite you to browse our inventory. Although we carry most general categories, our specialties include Military History, Nautical & Naval History, Automobiles, Aviation, Railroads, Oceanliners, Sports & Sporting, the Arts and collectible Childrens books.

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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....
Tight: Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
Jacket: Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
Rubbing: Abrasion or wear to the surface. Usually used in reference to a book's boards or dust-jacket.
Raised Band(s): Raised bands refer to the ridges that protrude slightly from the spine on leather bound books. The bands are created in the...
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...
Cloth: "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...