The Gamebirds and Waterfowl of South Africa
by Horsbrugh, Boyd Robert
- Used
- very good
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Very Good/No Jacket
- ISBN 10
- 0620030178
- ISBN 13
- 9780620030175
- Seller
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Johannesburg, South Africa
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About This Item
Winchester Press, Johannesburg, 1978. Limited. Hardcover. Very Good/No Jacket. Davies, Claude Gibney. Heavy, extra postage required unless posted within South Africa. 160 pages (complete). Hand-numbered 399 of a limited edition of 529 copies of this facsimile reprint of the original 1912 edition. Quarter leathered. Marbled boards, green leather spine, gilt-blocking on spine and three ridges. The book is MOST satisfying. It is clubbable, elegant. The boards are sound, healthy and very neat. The contents are immaculate. The illustrations are vivid, vibrant, vivacious. The pages are wonderfully clean and clear, fresh and bright. Tightly bound. fk. r*18/05/2022. [AK]. Our orders are shipped using tracked courier delivery services.
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- Bookseller
- Chapter 1 Books (ZA)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- bybq
- Title
- The Gamebirds and Waterfowl of South Africa
- Author
- Horsbrugh, Boyd Robert
- Illustrator
- Davies, Claude Gibney
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- No Jacket
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- Limited
- ISBN 10
- 0620030178
- ISBN 13
- 9780620030175
- Publisher
- Winchester Press, Johannesburg
- Place of Publication
- Johannesburg
- Date Published
- 1978
- Bookseller catalogs
- Africana - Birds;
- X weight
- 28 oz
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About Chapter 1 Books
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- Marbled boards
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- Facsimile
- An exact copy of an original work. In books, it refers to a copy or reproduction, as accurate as possible, of an original...
- 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....
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- Reprint
- Any printing of a book which follows the original edition. By definition, a reprint is not a first edition.