Knopf, 1946-01-01. Hardcover. Acceptable/Acceptable. Presumed First. Brown textured boards with gilt stamped cover and spine. Light spotting and soiling to text block edges. Decorative endpapers and illustrations by Roland V. Shutts. Previous owner's name stamped on FFEP. Dust jacket is worn with multiple edge tears, chipping, peeling, and small areas of loss. Vertical crease to rear panel. DJ in a mylar cover. 8vo. 315pp.

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Bookseller: Chaparral Books (US)
Bookseller's Inventory #: CHAPmitRGB
Title: Raising Game Birds
Author: Mitchell, Horace
Format/Binding: Hardcover
Book Condition: Used - Acceptable
Jacket Condition: Acceptable
Quantity Available: 1
Publisher: Knopf
Date Published: 1946-01-01
Weight: 0.00 lbs

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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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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...
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....
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...
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...
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...
Jacket: Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
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....