London: Nelson. Very Good+ in Very Good dust jacket. [1965]. Second Printing. Hardcover. Binding is sound. Red buckram cover has very minimal wear and lightly bumped lower corners. Black panel with gilt lettering on spine is bright and fresh. Previous owner's bookplate and bookstore sticker on front pastedown endpaper and name stamp on ffep. DJ has wear at edges and a few tears. Lower front flap clipped leaving UK price. ; Sixteen color plates, 32 plates with B&W photographs, and many drawings. ; Photographs; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 928 pages .

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Bookseller: James F. Balsley, Bookseller (US)
Bookseller's Inventory #: 6545
Title: A NEW DICTIONARY OF BIRDS
Author: Thomson, A. Landsborough (editor)
Format/Binding: Hardcover
Book Condition: Used - Very Good+ in Very Good dust jacket
Edition: Second Printing
Publisher: Nelson
Place of Publication: London
Date Published: [1965]
Bookseller catalogs: biology; Biology & Ecology; Reference; Birds;

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James F. Balsley, Bookseller

All books are warranted to be as described and genuine (unless stated otherwise in the description). Payment by check, US postal money order or cashier's check in USD will be accepted and should be made out to James F. Balsley. Checks may be held until cleared by the bank unless you are known to me. Checks must be drawn on a US bank. Credit cards are accepted through Biblio.com. Books may be returned for any reason within 10 days of receipt for a full refund of the purchase price provided the book is returned in the same condition in which it was shipped. If the return is because the description is inaccurate or other error on my part, I will also refund the postage both ways.

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James F. Balsley, Bookseller

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My business is strictly on-line sales. I carry an inventory of about 2000 books. About half of these are modern fiction. Most of the rest are scholarly academic books concentrated in the areas of natural science, philosophy, history, and literature.

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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...
Jacket: Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
Buckram: A plain weave fabric normally made from cotton or linen which is stiffened with starch or other chemicals to cover the book...
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...
Good+: A term used to denote a condition a slight grade better than Good.
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....
Bookplate: Highly sought after by some collectors, a book plate is an inscribed or decorative device that identifies the owner, or former...