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Wonders of the Bird World
by R. Bowdler Sharpe
- Used
- Acceptable
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Acceptable
- Seller
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Goring-by-Sea, West Sussex, United Kingdom
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
Wells, Gardner, Darton & Co, 1898. Hardcover. Acceptable. 1898. No Edition Stated. 399 pages. No dust jacket. Green cloth with gilt lettering. Notable staining to page edges. Moderate foxing and tanning to endpapers and page edges. Front hinge cracked. Some gutter cracking. Pages are rough cut. Mild wear and bumping to spine, board edges and corners, with crushing to spine ends. Moderate tanning to spine and board edges, with scuffing, staining and marking to boards. Book has a forward lean.
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Details
- Bookseller
- World of Rare Books
(GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 1705660322DPB
- Title
- Wonders of the Bird World
- Author
- R. Bowdler Sharpe
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Acceptable
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- Wells, Gardner, Darton & Co
- Date Published
- 1898
Terms of Sale
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About the Seller
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Goring-by-Sea, West Sussex
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Glossary
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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...
- Gutter
- The inside margin of a book, connecting the pages to the joints near the binding.
- Cracked
- In reference to a hinge or a book's binding, means that the glue which holds the opposing leaves has allowed them to separate,...
- Acceptable
- A non-traditional book condition description that generally refers to a book in readable condition, although no standard exists...
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- 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...
- Hinge
- The portion of the book closest to the spine that allows the book to be opened and closed.
- 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....
- 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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