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Illustrations of the Family of Parrots: The greater Part of them Species Hitherto Unfigured, containing forty-two lithographic Plates (Facsimile of 1832 edition)

Illustrations of the Family of Parrots: The greater Part of them Species Hitherto Unfigured, containing forty-two lithographic Plates (Facsimile of 1832 edition)

Illustrations of the Family of Parrots: The greater Part of them Species
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Illustrations of the Family of Parrots: The greater Part of them Species Hitherto Unfigured, containing forty-two lithographic Plates (Facsimile of 1832 edition)

by Lear, Edward

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London/New York: Pion Limited & Johnson Reprint Corporation, 1978. Hardcover. Illustrations of the Family of Psittacidae, or Parrots: The greater Part of them Species Hitherto Unfigured, containing forty-two lithographic Plates, drawn from Life, and on Stone, by Edward Lear. Facsimile

Bound in publisher's burgundy half morocco with matching cloth sides, top edge gilt, a fine copy, only one binding corner slightly bumped. A fine facsimile of this famous work first published by Edward Lear in 1832, this edition is limited to 530 copies of which 500 were for sale. Includes a loosely inserted 15 page booklet by Brian Reade: "An Essay on Edward Lear's Illustrations of the Family of Psittacidae or Parrots

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Title
Illustrations of the Family of Parrots: The greater Part of them Species Hitherto Unfigured, containing forty-two lithographic Plates (Facsimile of 1832 edition)
Author
Lear, Edward
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Hardcover
Book Condition
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Publisher
Pion Limited & Johnson Reprint Corporation
Place of Publication
London/New York
Date Published
1978
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Rare Books Honolulu is an online only bookstore in Hawaii, specializing in Hawaiiana, Fine Bindings, Illustrated Books, Limited Editions (New and Antiquarian), and "New But Already Out Of Print Books".

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An exact copy of an original work. In books, it refers to a copy or reproduction, as accurate as possible, of an original...
Fine
A book in fine condition exhibits no flaws. A fine condition book closely approaches As New condition, but may lack the...
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Top edge gilt refers to the practice of applying gold or a gold-like finish to the top of the text block (the edges the pages...
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Morocco
Morocco is a style of leather book binding that is usually made with goatskin, as it is durable and easy to dye. (see also...
Reprint
Any printing of a book which follows the original edition. By definition, a reprint is not a first edition.

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