A Familiar History of Birds; Their Nature, Habits, and Instincts
by Stanley, Edward
- Used
- poor
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Poor
- Seller
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Carlisle, Cumbria, United Kingdom
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About This Item
London: John W. Parker, 1838. Volume I only. Lacks spine. Boards lightly bumped, rubbed, shaken. Small ink inscrips. to front pastedown and title, else pp clean and tidy, text and plates bright.. Second. Cloth. Poor. 12mo.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Bookcase (GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 44654
- Title
- A Familiar History of Birds; Their Nature, Habits, and Instincts
- Author
- Stanley, Edward
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Poor
- Edition
- Second
- Publisher
- John W. Parker
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1838
- Size
- 12mo
Terms of Sale
Bookcase
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About the Seller
Bookcase
Biblio member since 2009
Carlisle, Cumbria
About Bookcase
A Georgian four-floor antiquarian bookshop in Carlisle's historic quarter specialising in Cumbria, Scotland, Mountaineering and rare finds. We are a friendly business, which was started by a local family and is run by friendly and experienced team members.
Glossary
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- Poor
- A book with significant wear and faults. A poor condition book is still a reading copy with the full text still readable. Any...
- 12mo
- A duodecimo is a book approximately 7 by 4.5 inches in size, or similar in size to a contemporary mass market paperback. Also...
- 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....
- Shaken
- A hardcover in which the text block is loose, but still attached to the binding.
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...