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Rails: A Guide to the Rails, Crakes, Gallinules and Coots of the World
by Taylor, Barry; van Perlo, Ber [Illustrator]
- Used
- very good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good/Very Good
- ISBN 10
- 0300077580
- ISBN 13
- 9780300077582
- Seller
-
Portland, Oregon, United States
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About This Item
Yale University Press, 1998-09-10. First Edition , First Printing. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. Crisp copy, unmarked text; small spot fore edge of text block (not a remainder mark). Dust jacket has sun fading and shelf wear on edges; Dust Jacket protected by mylar cover.
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- Bookseller
- Chaparral Books
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- CHAPtayGTR
- Title
- Rails: A Guide to the Rails, Crakes, Gallinules and Coots of the World
- Author
- Taylor, Barry; van Perlo, Ber [Illustrator]
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition , First Printing
- ISBN 10
- 0300077580
- ISBN 13
- 9780300077582
- Publisher
- Yale University Press
- Place of Publication
- New Haven
- Date Published
- 1998-09-10
- X weight
- 57 oz
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Chaparral Books
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About the Seller
Chaparral Books
Biblio member since 2015
Portland, Oregon
About Chaparral Books
Chaparral Books is located across from Elephant's Deli on S Corbett Avenue in Portland. We have a well rounded collection of subjects, including an extensive core collection in Western Americana and Native American Literature including Western Writers.
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- 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...
- First Edition
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- Remainder
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- Crisp
- A term often used to indicate a book's new-like condition. Indicates that the hinges are not loosened. A book described as crisp...
- Text Block
- Most simply the inside pages of a book. More precisely, the block of paper formed by the cut and stacked pages of a book....
- Fore Edge
- The portion of a book that is opposite the spine. That part of a book which faces the wall when shelved in a traditional...
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
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