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Favorite Audubon Birds of America
by AUDUBON, John James; PETERSON, Roger Tory
- Used
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Very Good+ in Very Good dust jacket
- ISBN 10
- 0517535459
- ISBN 13
- 9780517535455
- Seller
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Littleton, Colorado, United States
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About This Item
New York: Crown Publishers Inc.. Very Good+ in Very Good dust jacket. [c.1978]. Hardcover. 0517535459 . A handsome, bright rendition of the famed artwork of John James Audubon, whose famous collection of bird portraits, 'The Birds of America', was the source for these striking paintings. With 103 of Audubon's paintings of American birds in full-page, full color plates, accompanied by Mr. Peterson's commentary on the particular species depicted, including habitat and appearance notes. --- In full green cloth-covered boards with blindstamped image of pelican on cover; titling bright in gilt on spine. --- Top strip on front free endpaper has been cut off; volume is otherwise clean, firm and bright. Dust jacket with chipping and small tears along edges, and with a little age-toning but remaining intact.; Quarto - 11 to 13 in. tall; 160 pages .
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- Bookseller
- Bluebird Books
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 84110
- Title
- Favorite Audubon Birds of America
- Author
- AUDUBON, John James; PETERSON, Roger Tory
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good+ in Very Good dust jacket
- ISBN 10
- 0517535459
- ISBN 13
- 9780517535455
- Publisher
- Crown Publishers Inc.
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- [c.1978]
- Keywords
- 0517535459
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About the Seller
Bluebird Books
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Littleton, Colorado
About Bluebird Books
Bluebird Books is the bookselling business of Eric Mayer, operating from my base in Littleton, Colorado. I specialize in classic fiction and literature, books on birds and natural history, railroadiana, biography, history and many other genres. Bluebird Books features publications by the Modern Library and Everyman's Library. I offer free shipping on books shipped within the US via USPS Media Mail. INTERNATIONAL ORDERS: I recommend that you use Biblio.com for your international orders because they have formed a partnership with Asendia to allow for much more affordable shipping on parcels weighing under 5 lb. (about 2.26 kg).
Glossary
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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....
- Chipping
- A defect in which small pieces are missing from the edges; fraying or small pieces of paper missing the edge of a paperback, or...
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- 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...
- Quarto
- The term quarto is used to describe a page or book size. A printed sheet is made with four pages of text on each side, and the...
- 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.
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