Upland Game Birds
by Sandys, Edwyn, and T.S. Van Dyke
- Used
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Very Good +/No Jacket
- Seller
-
Ann Arbor, Michigan, United States
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
New York: The Macmillan Company, 1924 Book. Very Good +. Hardcover. Reprint. Octavo. ix (iii), 429 (1) pp. The American Sportsman Library series: Reprinted, 1924. Gilt lettering on spine somewhat faded. Minor edge wear, and lightly age-toned bottom and fore- text block edge, and partially toning to front endpapers. No markings, tight binding, pages clean and white. 5.25" x 7.75". Green cloth with gilt stamped illustrated front board, and gilt lettering to front board, gilt lettering to front board and spine, and dark green top text block edge. b&w frontis, list of 9 b&w illustrations, The Partridge Family; The Grouse Family; The Ptarmigan Family; The Turkey Family; The Woodcock; Plover; Foreign Game; The Cranes; The Mourning Dove; The Quail and the Grouse of the Pacific Coast by T. S. Van Dyke; index..
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Details
- Bookseller
- West Side Book Shop, ABAA
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 005320
- Title
- Upland Game Birds
- Author
- Sandys, Edwyn, and T.S. Van Dyke
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good +
- Jacket Condition
- No Jacket
- Edition
- Reprint
- Publisher
- The Macmillan Company
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1924
- Keywords
- PLANTS & ANIMALS BIRDS UPLAND GAME
- Bookseller catalogs
- PLANTS & ANIMALS;
- Size
- Octavo
Terms of Sale
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About the Seller
West Side Book Shop, ABAA
Biblio member since 2006
Ann Arbor, Michigan
About West Side Book Shop, ABAA
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Glossary
Some terminology that may be used in this description includes:
- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
- Octavo
- Another of the terms referring to page or book size, octavo refers to a standard printer's sheet folded four times, producing...
- 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....
- 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...
- 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....
- Reprint
- Any printing of a book which follows the original edition. By definition, a reprint is not a first edition.
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
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