Outdoor Common Birds: Their Habits and General Characteristics: with original illustrations of the birds and their eggs
by STANNARD, Henry
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good+
- Seller
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Port Fairy, Victoria, Australia
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About This Item
Condition: V. Good+. Very attractive Green cloth cover with Gilt, Black and Red Birds (including Barn Owl Decoration and Lettering to Front & Spine. Binding & pages clean and tight and Illustrations in very good, clean condition. Very slight edge wear. Overall a very good copy now with protective removable sleeve.
Frontispiece Illustration shows nests of Song Thrush and Goldfinch.[see photo] Birds covered include Kestrel, Shrike, Goldfinch, House Martin, Barn Owl, Sparrow Hawk and many more.
Frontispiece Illustration shows nests of Song Thrush and Goldfinch.[see photo] Birds covered include Kestrel, Shrike, Goldfinch, House Martin, Barn Owl, Sparrow Hawk and many more.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Lansdowne Books (AU)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 285
- Title
- Outdoor Common Birds: Their Habits and General Characteristics
- Author
- STANNARD, Henry
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good+
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Frederick Warne and Co.
- Place of Publication
- London,
- Date Published
- [1881]
- Pages
- 215 pp. illus.
- Size
- 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾"
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Bookseller catalogs
- Natural Sciences;
Terms of Sale
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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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- 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...
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- 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....
- Good+
- A term used to denote a condition a slight grade better than Good.
- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.