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The Book of Birds
by The Editor of "The Youth's Casket
- Used
- Good
- Condition
- Good/No Dust Jacket
- Seller
-
Chanute, Kansas, United States
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
Buffalo / New York: Phinney & Co., 1855. 64 pages, including eleven full page illustrations. Blind and gilt stamped, red cloth, covers show a few scuffs, as well as some wear at corners and spine ends. Gutters of covers are a little darkened. End leaves are darkened, and there is scattered light foxing and moisture stains seen in contents. Volume remains tight and otherwise clean.. Cloth - Hard Cover. Good/No Dust Jacket. 12mo.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Lloyd Zimmer, Books and Maps
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 042217
- Title
- The Book of Birds
- Author
- The Editor of "The Youth's Casket
- Book Condition
- Used - Good
- Jacket Condition
- No Dust Jacket
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- Phinney & Co.
- Place of Publication
- Buffalo / New York
- Date Published
- 1855
- Size
- 12mo
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Bookseller catalogs
- Ornithology; Children's;
Terms of Sale
Lloyd Zimmer, Books and Maps
10 day return if not as described. S/H is estimated for the costs of a three pound book. Additional fees may be charged for heavier items and conversely a refund will be provided for lighter items costing less to ship. Shipping is always in boxes and well packaged. Email checked daily. Payment by Cash, Check, Money Order, Credit Card, or PayPal. Kansas residents please add 8.95% sales tax. Digital photos are gladly provided upon request.
About the Seller
Lloyd Zimmer, Books and Maps
About Lloyd Zimmer, Books and Maps
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- Leaves
- Very generally, "leaves" refers to the pages of a book, as in the common phrase, "loose-leaf pages." A leaf is a single sheet...
- 12mo
- A duodecimo is a book approximately 7 by 4.5 inches in size, or similar in size to a contemporary mass market paperback. Also...
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- New
- A new book is a book previously not circulated to a buyer. Although a new book is typically free of any faults or defects, "new"...
- 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...
- 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...