AMERICAN BIRD-KEEPER'S MANUAL: Or, Directions for the Proper Management of American and Foreign Singing Birds-With Particular Instructions for the Breeding of Canary Birds, and the Proper Treatment of Their Young/Together With Some Remarks...
by Mann, James
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Good+/No Dust Jacket
- Seller
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Gettysburg, Pennsylvania, United States
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About This Item
Boston, MA: James Mann, 1848. 170 pp. Original purple cloth covers stamped in blind w/ gilt title on spine. Covers bound upside-down by publisher. Wear to corners and spine ends. Spine a bit sunned. Binding lightly soiled and scuffed. Light foxing to edges of text block and scattered throughout. . First Edition. Hard Cover. Good+/No Dust Jacket. 16mo - over 5¾" - 6¾" tall.
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- Bookseller
- Shoemaker Booksellers
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 19320ANM
- Title
- AMERICAN BIRD-KEEPER'S MANUAL: Or, Directions for the Proper Management of American and Foreign Singing Birds-With Particular Instructions for the Breeding of Canary Birds, and the Proper Treatment of Their Young/Together With Some Remarks...
- Author
- Mann, James
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good+
- Jacket Condition
- No Dust Jacket
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- James Mann
- Place of Publication
- Boston, MA
- Date Published
- 1848
- Keywords
- ANIMALS BIRD BIRD KEEPERS MANUAL AMERICAN SINGING BIRDS FOREIGN SINGING BIRDS CANARY BIRDS BREEDING DISEASES MARKINGS NATURE REFERENCE
- Bookseller catalogs
- Animals;
- Size
- 16mo - over 5¾" - 6¾" tall
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- Gilt
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- Cloth
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- Sunned
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- Spine
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- First Edition
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- Soiled
- Generally refers to minor discoloration or staining.
- Text Block
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- Edges
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- Jacket
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