Bird Behaviour: A Contribution Based Chiefly On A Study Of The Black-Headed Gull
by F. B. Kirkman
- Used
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Good/Acceptable
- Seller
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Goring-by-Sea, West Sussex, United Kingdom
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About This Item
T. Nelson & Sons, Ltd. And T.C. & E.C. Jack, Ltd, 1937. Hardcover. Good/Acceptable. 1937. No edition remarks. 232 pages. Pictorial dust jacket over blue cloth with gilt lettering and design. Includes black and white photographic plates throughout. Blue upper text block edge. Pages are lightly tanned with mild foxing throughout. Some warping of pages suggests mild water damage to gutters. Moderate foxing to end papers and text block edges. Paste down glue visible to rear paste down edge. Boards have moderate shelf-wear with bumping and fraying to corners and rubbing to surfaces. Mild tanning to board edges. Moderate crushing to spine ends. Gilt lettering is bright to front board but darkening on spine. Unclipped jacket has moderate edgewear with chips, tears, and creasing. Moderate markings to panels including pencil, thumbing and notable mark on rear panel which obscures text. Tape on inside of head of spine and rear flap. Moderate tanning and foxing to inside.
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- Bookseller
- World of Rare Books (GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 1688982168ALK
- Title
- Bird Behaviour: A Contribution Based Chiefly On A Study Of The Black-Headed Gull
- Author
- F. B. Kirkman
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good/Acceptable
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- T. Nelson & Sons, Ltd. And T.C. & E.C. Jack, Ltd
- Date Published
- 1937
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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...
- Rubbing
- Abrasion or wear to the surface. Usually used in reference to a book's boards or dust-jacket.
- 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...
- 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....
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- 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...