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Our Summer Migrants: An Account of the Migratory Birds Which Pass the Summer in the British Isles
by HARTING, J. E. [James Edmund];
- Used
- near fine
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Near Fine
- Seller
-
Port Fairy, Victoria, Australia
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About This Item
Tan leather binding with gilt lettering and vignette on spine with embossed symbol in gilt on cover. Slight rubbing to cover. Endpapers and page edges marbled. A near fine copy with pages clean and tight throughout with 37 illustrations from drawings by Thomas Bewick & index. Overall a fine copy
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Details
- Bookseller
- Lansdowne Books
(AU)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 283
- Title
- Our Summer Migrants
- Author
- HARTING, J. E. [James Edmund];
- Illustrator
- Bewick Thomas
- Book Condition
- Used - Near Fine
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Bickers and Son
- Place of Publication
- London,
- Date Published
- 1875
- Pages
- x, 336, [illus]
- Size
- 8vo [22 x 15 cm]
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Bookseller catalogs
- Natural Sciences; First Edition; collectible;
Terms of Sale
Lansdowne Books
30 day return guarantee, with full refund including original shipping costs for up to 30 days after delivery if an item arrives misdescribed or damaged.
About the Seller
Lansdowne Books
Biblio member since 2018
Port Fairy, Victoria
About Lansdowne Books
Lansdowne Books is an independent online store specialising in Antiquarian and Quality Secondhand books. We are based in regional Victoria and offer our collection from around the world. It is possible to collect items from Port Fairy, Victoria Australia.
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- Edges
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- Rubbing
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- Spine
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- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
- Gilt
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- Vignette
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- Fine
- A book in fine condition exhibits no flaws. A fine condition book closely approaches As New condition, but may lack the...
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