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Audubon's Quadrupeds of North America
by Audubon, John James
- Used
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Very Good+ in Very Good+ dust jacket
- ISBN 10
- 1555215157
- ISBN 13
- 9781555215156
- Seller
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Traverse City, Michigan, United States
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About This Item
Seacaucus: Wellfleet Press. Very Good+ in Very Good+ dust jacket. 1989. Reprint. 1555215157 . Audubon's famous work was first issued in a 4to edition in 1854 with 155 hand colored prints. It is here reprinted with striking high-quality color illustrations. Original publisher's black cloth covers with gilt spine lettering. A nice clean, tight and unmarked book with no interior or exterior markings--there is a little age spotting to the top edge and just a hint of spotting to the top edge of the half title page. The dust jacket in similarly nice condition with no chips, tears, or markings. This is a large book that weights over 6 pounds--Priority and International shipping will be extra. ; Color Illustrations; 4to 11" - 13" tall; 440 pages .
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Details
- Bookseller
- Peninsula Books
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 19182
- Title
- Audubon's Quadrupeds of North America
- Author
- Audubon, John James
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good+ in Very Good+ dust jacket
- Edition
- Reprint
- Binding
- Hardcover
- ISBN 10
- 1555215157
- ISBN 13
- 9781555215156
- Publisher
- Wellfleet Press
- Place of Publication
- Seacaucus
- Date Published
- 1989
- Keywords
- 1555215157, Art, Animals, Illustrated Books
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About the Seller
Peninsula Books
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Traverse City, Michigan
About Peninsula Books
Peninsula Books has been providing fine and rare books to collectors, institutions and the book trade since 1980. We have a select general stock of books and specialize in Americana in its many forms. We welcome your inquiries and are always happy to answer any questions about our books. Email is usually the quickest way to have your questions answered.
Glossary
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- Reprint
- Any printing of a book which follows the original edition. By definition, a reprint is not a first edition.
- 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....
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- Title Page
- A page at the front of a book which may contain the title of the book, any subtitles, the authors, contributors, editors, the...
- Good+
- A term used to denote a condition a slight grade better than Good.
- 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...
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
- Half Title
- The blank front page which appears just prior to the title page, and typically contains only the title of the book, although, at...
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