By-Ways And Bird Notes
by Thompson, Maurice
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good with No dust jacket as issued
- Seller
-
Silver Spring, Maryland, United States
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About This Item
New York: John B. Alden. Very Good with No dust jacket as issued. 1885. First Edition; 1st Issue. Hardcover. Maurice Thompson. By-Ways And Bird Notes. New York: John B. Alden, 1885. First Edition in First Issue Binding. 7 ½ x 4 ½ in. 179 pages. Green cloth, letters stamped in gilt, beveled edges, top edges gilt. Cloth slightly worn at head and foot of spine, corners rubbed, contents very good, no owner's name, few tiny spots at top edge of few pages. Russo p.195.; 7 1/2 x 54 1/2 inches; 179 pages .
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Details
- Bookseller
- Dale A. Sorenson
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 706
- Title
- By-Ways And Bird Notes
- Author
- Thompson, Maurice
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good with No dust jacket as issued
- Edition
- First Edition; 1st Issue
- Publisher
- John B. Alden
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1885
- Keywords
- Indiana Literature, Ornithology, Natural History, American Literature
Terms of Sale
Dale A. Sorenson
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About the Seller
Dale A. Sorenson
Biblio member since 2015
Silver Spring, Maryland
About Dale A. Sorenson
Used and rare books of quality in all subjects.
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- Beveled
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- Spine
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