Boston/Cambridge: Houghton Mifflin Company/The Riverside Press, 1961. 680 pp. Original green cloth covers w/ gilt title on spine. Spine a bit sunned. Corners and spine ends bumped. DJ has wear to edges w/ light insect damage to edges of rear panel. Approx. 3/4" closed tear from bottom edge of rear panel. Spine and edges a bit darkened. Illust. w/ b/w photos.. Hard Cover. Good+ to Very Good-/Good+. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

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Bookseller: Shoemaker Booksellers (US)
Bookseller's Inventory #: 506BIO
Title: EYE OF THE WIND: An Autobiography
Author: Scott, Peter
Format/Binding: Hardcover
Book Condition: Used - Good+ to Very Good-
Jacket Condition: Good+
Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Company/The Riverside Press
Place of Publication: Boston/Cambridge
Date Published: 1961
Keywords: BIOGRAPHY AUTOBIOGRAPHY SCOTT SIR PETER MARKHAM 1909 1989 BRITISH ORNITHOLOGISTS CONSERVATIONISTS PAINTERS ART HISTORY SPORTSMAN ANIMALS ORNITHOLOGY ZOOLOGY BIRDS SPORTS HUNTING HUNTERS WORLD HISTORY EUROPE NONFICTION GENERAL
Bookseller catalogs: Art; Animals; Sports; Autobiography; Sports - Hunting; Hunting;
Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall

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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...
Good+: A term used to denote a condition a slight grade better than Good.
Sunned: Damage done to a book cover or dust jacket caused by exposure to direct sunlight. Very strong fluorescent light can cause slight...
Cloth: "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
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....
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...