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Window on the Wild
by Scott, Jack Denton
- Used
- near fine
- Hardcover
- Signed
- first
- Condition
- Near Fine/Very Good
- ISBN 10
- 0399207228
- ISBN 13
- 9780399207228
- Seller
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Stanley, New York, United States
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About This Item
Putnam, 1980. Book. Near Fine. Hardcover. Signed by Author(s). 1st Edition. Clean stated First Impression, SIGNED by author, in dust jacket. Clean beige boards with turquoise cloth spine, gold lettering on spine. No bumping or wear. Binding is tight and square, pages are clean. Inscribed and signed by author on front free endpaper: "For my friend Herb, who has his own Window on the Wild. - Warm Regards, Jack." Nicely illustrated with linocuts by Geri Greinke. 192 pages. Clean jacket is price clipped at upper corner of front inside flap; has some closed tears and edge wear to rear panel; enclosed in new archival quality removable mylar cover. A balanced and intelligent look at seemingly familiar animals, birds, and insects, which reveal surprising and fascinating information..
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- Bookseller
- Old Scrolls Book Shop - Biblio
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 034691
- Title
- Window on the Wild
- Author
- Scott, Jack Denton
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Near Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- ISBN 10
- 0399207228
- ISBN 13
- 9780399207228
- Publisher
- Putnam
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1980
- Keywords
- nature, natural history, birds, insects, wildlife, Jack Denton Scott, first edition, signed by author
- Bookseller catalogs
- SIGNED Editions; Nature;
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Old Scrolls Book Shop - Biblio
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Stanley, New York
About Old Scrolls Book Shop - Biblio
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- Price Clipped
- When a book is described as price-clipped, it indicates that the portion of the dust jacket flap that has the publisher's...
- Cloth
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- Fine
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- Inscribed
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- New
- A new book is a book previously not circulated to a buyer. Although a new book is typically free of any faults or defects, "new"...
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
- 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....
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