The Birds of the British Islands - Vol. V.
by Stonham, Charles
- Used
- Good
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Good/No Jacket
- Seller
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Carlisle, Cumbria, United Kingdom
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
London: Grant Richards LTD, 1911. Spine and top edge heavily sunned, spine ends chipped with some minor loss. Light rubbings to boards. Gutters cracked, particularly front one. Bookplate to front pastedown, some foxing, the odd stain to edges, else contents clean and bright.. Cloth. Good/No Jacket. Illus. by Medland, Lilian M.. Folio.
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- Bookseller
- Bookcase
(GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 55631
- Title
- The Birds of the British Islands - Vol. V.
- Author
- Stonham, Charles
- Illustrator
- Medland, Lilian M.
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good
- Jacket Condition
- No Jacket
- Publisher
- Grant Richards LTD
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1911
- Bookseller catalogs
- Natural History;
- Size
- Folio
Terms of Sale
Bookcase
30 day return guarantee, with full refund including original shipping costs for up to 30 days after delivery if an item arrives misdescribed or damaged.
About the Seller
Bookcase
Biblio member since 2009
Carlisle, Cumbria
About Bookcase
A Georgian four-floor antiquarian bookshop in Carlisle's historic quarter specialising in Cumbria, Scotland, Mountaineering and rare finds. We are a friendly business, which was started by a local family and is run by friendly and experienced team members.
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- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- Sunned
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- Bookplate
- Highly sought after by some collectors, a book plate is an inscribed or decorative device that identifies the owner, or former...
- 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,...
- 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...
- Cloth
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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....
- Folio
- A folio usually indicates a large book size of 15" in height or larger when used in the context of a book description. Further,...
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