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Birds, Beasts and Relatives
by Gerald Durrell
- Used
- Very Good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good
- Seller
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Petworth, West Sussex, United Kingdom
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About This Item
London: Collins, 1969. Hardcover. Very Good. 8vo.. First impression. Red cloth boards with gilt lettering to spine. DJ is not price clipped. It has slight damage to bottom of spine and shelf wear with small loss top and bottom to spine. Pages are age tanned but clean. Spotting to page edges. Binding is tight. The second of Durrell's Corfu books 1969
Synopsis
Part coming-of-age autobiography and part nature guide, Gerald Durrell’s dazzling sequel to My Family and Other Animals is based on his boyhood on Corfu, from 1933 to 1939. Originally published in 1969 but long out of print, Birds, Beasts, and Relatives is filled with charming observations, amusing anecdotes, boyhood memories, and childlike wonder.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Reader’s Books
(GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 4242
- Title
- Birds, Beasts and Relatives
- Author
- Gerald Durrell
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- Collins
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1969
- Size
- 8vo.
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About the Seller
Reader’s Books
Biblio member since 2019
Petworth, West Sussex
About Reader’s Books
Market town general antiquarian book shop specialising in literature, travel and history.
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- 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....
- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
- 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...
- 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...
- Age Tanned
- Age tanning, or browning, occurs over time on the pages of books. This process can show up on just the edges of pages, when...
- Shelf Wear
- Shelf wear (shelfwear) describes damage caused over time to a book by placing and removing a book from a shelf. This damage is...
- 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...
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