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An Australian Bird Book: with Supplement, A Complete Guide to the Birds of Australia
by Leach, J. A
- Used
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Fair Condition/No Dust Jacket
- Seller
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melbourne, Victoria, Australia
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About This Item
Whitcombe and Tombs Limited, Melbourne and Sydney, 1929. Reprint. Hardcover (Illustrated Boards). Fair Condition/No Dust Jacket. Illustrator: Photographic and Illustrations. introduction by Frank Tate, preface, notes and hints for identification by author, index to supplement and index. The text is illustrated with both colour and black- and white illustrations and black and white photography. Maps of where to find the birds are also supplied. Green coloured cloth covered boards with black coloured titles to the front panel and backstrip. This book was first published in 1911 and this seventh, revised and enlarged edition. A Field guide to Australian birds, giving habitats, ranges and identification hints. This book is showing age and use. Softening, rubbing and a little fraying of the back strip edges and book corners. Rubbing of the lower book edges. Flecking, rubbing and stains to the panels, the rear panel particularly affected. Browning of the endpages with the results of insects to be seen on the free front end page. The coloured illustration between page 18 / 19 has become loose, and the edge is a little creased and chipped. Uniform tanning of the text block edges and pages. Faint foxing throughout. fading of the backstrip. The front panel of the dustwrapper has been fixed to the free front end page. The front hinge has cracked and the underlying webbing visible – please see photograph. Revised Edition. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. [3], 2- 232 pages,. Please refer to accompanying picture (s). Illustrator: Photographic and Illustrations. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 500 grams. Category: Animals & Birds; Australia; Inventory No: 0124531. .
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Details
- Bookseller
- Syber's Books ABN 40533682787
(AU)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 0124531
- Title
- An Australian Bird Book: with Supplement, A Complete Guide to the Birds of Australia
- Author
- Leach, J. A
- Illustrator
- Photographic and Illustrations
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover (Illustrated Boards)
- Book Condition
- Used - Fair Condition
- Jacket Condition
- No Dust Jacket
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- Reprint
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Whitcombe and Tombs Limited
- Place of Publication
- Melbourne and Sydney
- Date Published
- 1929
- Keywords
- BZDB2 Natural History -- Australia, birds, guide, identification Animals & Birds; Australia; Photographic and Illustrations Unbranded Leach, J. A. An Australian Bird Book: with Supplement, A Complete Guide to the Birds of Australia
Terms of Sale
Syber's Books ABN 40533682787
transaction in Australian $'s for checks and money orders.If the book is not as described, return within 14 days, for a refund of the cost of the book.
We are registered for GST and goods sold to an Australian delivery address will include GST. Our ABN 15 100 960 047
About the Seller
Syber's Books ABN 40533682787
Biblio member since 2005
melbourne, Victoria
About Syber's Books ABN 40533682787
General secondhand dealers, with 3 cats.We have two shops, 227 Glenferrie Rd Malvern 3144, Victoria 03 9530 2222 ( open 7 days Midday 'til 5.30 PM)And the other at 666 Glen Huntly Road Caulfield South 03 9523 666 open 11:00 am - 5.00 pm-ish the other 6 days. We seem to specialize in non mainstream stuff but read and stock Science-fiction, fantasy, detective fiction, history, biography and true crime, war, natural history. cooking, children's books and try to avoid current text books.We probably have the largest collection of Science Fiction, Penguins and general crime in Victoria in an open shop ( David has 8 bookcases 900mm x 2200mm of sf and f) ( Penny has 8 bookcases 1200mm x 2400 of sf and f )On shelf each shop has 30,000 plus books and we list over 30000 books online
Glossary
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- Fair
- is a worn book that has complete text pages (including those with maps or plates) but may lack endpapers, half-title, etc....
- Hinge
- The portion of the book closest to the spine that allows the book to be opened and closed.
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- 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...
- 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....
- Reprint
- Any printing of a book which follows the original edition. By definition, a reprint is not a first edition.
- Rubbing
- Abrasion or wear to the surface. Usually used in reference to a book's boards or dust-jacket.
- Dustwrapper
- Also known as book jacket, dust cover, or dust wrapper, a dust jacket is a protective and decorative cover for a book that is...
- 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,...
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
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