Natural History of the Birds of Eastern and Central North America
by Edward Howe Forbush and John Bichard May
- Used
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Collectible; Very Good/Very Good
- Seller
-
Waccabuc, New York, United States
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
Boston: Houghton Mifflin Co, 1939. Cloth. Collectible; Very Good/Very Good. 1939 Houghton Mifflin edition. Solid and VG+ in a bright, price-clipped, VG dustjacket, with light chipping at the spine ends and panel edges. Thick quarto, 554 pgs. plus 97 handsome color plates.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Appledore Books, ABAA
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 4022
- Title
- Natural History of the Birds of Eastern and Central North America
- Author
- Edward Howe Forbush and John Bichard May
- Format/Binding
- Cloth
- Book Condition
- Used - Collectible; Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Houghton Mifflin Co
- Place of Publication
- Boston
- Date Published
- 1939
- Keywords
- Rare ornithology, Rare Bird Books
- Bookseller catalogs
- Natural History;
Terms of Sale
Appledore Books, ABAA
All books are offered subject to prior sale. Materials are returnable within 1 week of receipt provided prior notice is given.
About the Seller
Appledore Books, ABAA
Biblio member since 2005
Waccabuc, New York
About Appledore Books, ABAA
Buy and sell - rare, unusual and antiquarian - art, photography, literature, scholarly, sports, childrens, bindings.
Glossary
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- 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...
- 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...
- 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....
- 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...
- VG
- Very Good condition can describe a used book that does show some small signs of wear - but no tears - on either binding or...
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
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