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A Key to the Birds of Australia; With Their Geographical Distribution
by Hall, Robert
- Used
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Good Condition/No Dust Jacket
- Seller
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melbourne, Victoria, Australia
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About This Item
Walker, May and Company, Melbourne, 1906. Reprint. Hardcover. Good Condition/No Dust Jacket. XI, 124pp., a synopsis of the orders, index to genera, preface to second edition, preface to first edition, index, vernacular index and glossary. Map frontispiece. The text is illustrated with black-and-white illustrations and line drawings. Blue textured boards with gilt writing on the front panel and spine. Bumping, rubbing and fraying to the corners of the book and to the head and to the heel of the spine. Some marks to the book panels and the spine has been sunned. Shelf wear evident to the lower edges of the book. Browning and dust marks to the paper edges. Offset tanning to the endpapers, and there are a grubby marks as well. Original owners in name and markings on the ffep. Slight browning internally. A guide to the birds of Australia and to their habitats circa 1900. Second Edition. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Please refer to accompanying picture (s). Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilo. Category: History; Natural History -- Ornithology; Australia; Inventory No: 0101985. .
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- Bookseller
- Syber's Books ABN 40533682787
(AU)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 0101985
- Title
- A Key to the Birds of Australia; With Their Geographical Distribution
- Author
- Hall, Robert
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good Condition
- Jacket Condition
- No Dust Jacket
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- Reprint
- Publisher
- Walker, May and Company
- Place of Publication
- Melbourne
- Date Published
- 1906
- Keywords
- BZDB2 Ornithology -- Australian, Guide -- Birds -- Australian, Natural History -- Australian History; Natural History -- Ornithology; Australia; Unbranded Hall, Robert A Key to the Birds of Australia; With Their Geographical Distribution
- Bookseller catalogs
- Natural History -- Ornithology;
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About the Seller
Syber's Books ABN 40533682787
Biblio member since 2005
melbourne, Victoria
About Syber's Books ABN 40533682787
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- Rubbing
- Abrasion or wear to the surface. Usually used in reference to a book's boards or dust-jacket.
- Shelf Wear
- Shelf wear (shelfwear) describes damage caused over time to a book by placing and removing a book from a shelf. This damage is...
- Sunned
- Damage done to a book cover or dust jacket caused by exposure to direct sunlight. Very strong fluorescent light can cause slight...
- 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...
- First Edition
- In book collecting, the first edition is the earliest published form of a book. A book may have more than one first edition in...
- Offset
- A technique of printing where the inked image or text is ...
- Heel
- The lower most portion of the spine when the book is standing vertically.
- Reprint
- Any printing of a book which follows the original edition. By definition, a reprint is not a first edition.
- 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...
- FFEP
- A common abbreviation for Front Free End Paper. Generally, it is the first page of a book and is part of a single sheet that...
- 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...
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