FOREIGN FINCHES IN CAPTIVITY
by Butler. Arthur G
- Used
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Good+
- Seller
-
Fairfield, New Jersey, United States
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
London: Brumby and Clarke Ltd. Good+. 1899. Second Edition. Hardcover. Original half-cloth and buckram spine with gilt lettering & top edge gilt. Deckle page edges. Illustrated with 60 tissue-protected, vivid chromolithograpic plates by F. W. Frohawk (1861-1946). [6, viii, 317pp, 1]. Text is tight clean & intact: a solid copy. Front spine edges frayed near top & bottom. Spine lightly faded: ends & corners rubbed. Endpapers tanned. Early owner's signature & date. Ornithology, Birds. ; Chromolithographs; 4to 11" - 13" tall; 317 pages .
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Details
- Bookseller
- Nick Bikoff, Bookseller (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 17688
- Title
- FOREIGN FINCHES IN CAPTIVITY
- Author
- Butler. Arthur G
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good+
- Edition
- Second Edition
- Publisher
- Brumby and Clarke Ltd
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1899
- Keywords
- Ornithology
- Bookseller catalogs
- Art;
Terms of Sale
Nick Bikoff, Bookseller
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About the Seller
Nick Bikoff, Bookseller
Biblio member since 2005
Fairfield, New Jersey
About Nick Bikoff, Bookseller
Nick Bikoff and his wife Fran have been buying and selling quality books and ephemera since 1989 when they attended the "Colorado Antiquarian Book Seminar" at the University of Denver. They offer a broad based selection of used, rare, and out-of-print stock ranging from the sixteenth to the twentieth century.
Glossary
Some terminology that may be used in this description includes:
- 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...
- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
- 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...
- 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....
- Top Edge Gilt
- Top edge gilt refers to the practice of applying gold or a gold-like finish to the top of the text block (the edges the pages...
- Good+
- A term used to denote a condition a slight grade better than Good.
- Buckram
- A plain weave fabric normally made from cotton or linen which is stiffened with starch or other chemicals to cover the book...