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Fowls Of The Air
by Long, William J
- Used
- Hardcover
- Condition
- See description
- Seller
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Deep River, Connecticut, United States
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About This Item
Boston: Ginn & Company Publishers, c1901. Reprint of 1903. Near fine in its original dark green covered boards with elaborate gilt text and decorations on the spine and with the same on the front board. The top edge of the text block is gilt. A small octavo of 7 3/4 by 5 1/2 inches with a small amount of mouse nibbling on the fore edges of both boards and with the cloth on the spine tanned a light brown. 310 pages of text illustrated with a frontispiece and nine plates, vignettes and chapter headings by Charles Copeland. The cover art is by Theodore Brown Hapgood in an extremely gilt decorative art nouveau style
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Details
- Bookseller
- Town's End Books
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- TB32272
- Title
- Fowls Of The Air
- Author
- Long, William J
- Book Condition
- Used
- Edition
- Reprint of 1903
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Ginn & Company Publishers
- Place of Publication
- Boston
- Date Published
- c1901
Terms of Sale
Town's End Books
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About the Seller
Town's End Books
Biblio member since 2009
Deep River, Connecticut
About Town's End Books
We purchase and sell only collectible first editions in a number of fields all focused on Americana. We are primarily mail order sellers; however, we are open by appointment and welcome visits from customers.
Glossary
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- 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....
- Octavo
- Another of the terms referring to page or book size, octavo refers to a standard printer's sheet folded four times, producing...
- 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...
- 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...
- Text Block
- Most simply the inside pages of a book. More precisely, the block of paper formed by the cut and stacked pages of a book....
- Fine
- A book in fine condition exhibits no flaws. A fine condition book closely approaches As New condition, but may lack the...
- Reprint
- Any printing of a book which follows the original edition. By definition, a reprint is not a first edition.
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