Pheasant Jungles
by Beebe, William
- Used
- Very Good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good/Poor
- Seller
-
Salem, Oregon, United States
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
Putnam, 1927. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Poor. 248 pages. Blue cloth with gilt titles and decoration, clean and bright with light edgewear, points of rubbing to corners. Spine square. Binding sound. Dusty top edge. Dust jacket tattered with heavy edgewear, large chips from spine ends, and with front inner flap fully split at front hinge, but present and held in place by Mylar cover. DJ also sports crease lines from when it had previously been folded and laid-in inside the book, but is now jacketing the book in fully removable protective Mylar wrapper. Illustrated endsheets; slight crinkling/creasing to FFEP. Small contemporary bookseller's ticket at bottom edge of rear paste down. Pages lightly toned, text unmarked.
Reviews
(Log in or Create an Account first!)
Details
- Bookseller
- The Book Bin
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- BBS-2017414
- Title
- Pheasant Jungles
- Author
- Beebe, William
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- Poor
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- Putnam
- Date Published
- 1927
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
Terms of Sale
The Book Bin
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
The Book Bin
Biblio member since 2020
Salem, Oregon
About The Book Bin
The Book Bin is a locally owned and operated business that has been in the same family since 1983. We are an ABA- and ABAA-affiliated general-interest bookstore with two stores in Salem and Corvallis, Oregon. We have over 30,000 items listed for sale online, and a dedicated rare book room in our Salem location. Books in our rare book room cover a wide range of subjects, with a focus on science fiction, fantasy and horror, literature and poetry, metaphysics, and children's books.
Glossary
Some terminology that may be used in this description includes:
- 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....
- Hinge
- The portion of the book closest to the spine that allows the book to be opened and closed.
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- 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...
- FFEP
- A common abbreviation for Front Free End Paper. Generally, it is the first page of a book and is part of a single sheet that...
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- Laid-in
- "Laid In" indicates that there is something which is included with, but not attached to the book, such as a sheet of paper. The...
- First Edition
- In book collecting, the first edition is the earliest published form of a book. A book may have more than one first edition in...
- Rubbing
- Abrasion or wear to the surface. Usually used in reference to a book's boards or dust-jacket.
Frequently asked questions
This Book’s Categories
How to tell if a signature is genuine
Author's signatures can undoubtedly increase the value of a rare book or first edition. The more scarce the book is, the more an autograph adds to its value. But how to tell if the signature is real? Find out how you can avoid common pitfalls in identifying an author's signature.
What is a first edition?
Even if you’re only peripherally aware of book collecting, you’ve doubtless heard the term, first edition, bandied about but you may still be in the dark as to what makes them such a big deal. Learn about first editions and why collectors value them here.
