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Bird Hiking
by Hausman, Leon Augustus
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good+/Good
- Seller
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Stanley, New York, United States
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About This Item
New Brunswick: Rutgers University Press, 1948. Book. Illus. by Harold Minton, Illustrator. Very Good+. Hardcover. First Edition.. New Brunswick: Rutgers University Press, 1948. First Edition . Very Good+/Good. Harold Minton, Illustrator. First Edition in dust jacket. Clean gray cloth boards with blue cloth spine, white lettering on spine. No fraying or wear-through to cloth boards. Binding is tight, no cracking; pages and edges are clean, and endpapers are intact. Tasteful bookplate and previous owner name and date on front pastedown. Illustrations by Harold Minton. 107 pages with index. Dust jacket is clean, has v-shaped chip at top of rear panel (2" at deepest point), small chip at base of rear panel near spine. Enclosed in new archival quality removable mylar cover. A charming, informal and practical book which is an adventure in enjoyment not only of the sight of birds, but of the countryside or parks in which they live; of the flowers, vines, bushes, and trees among which they move or nest; of the animals and insects that are their neighbors; and of the smells and sounds and colors that surround them. Also practical suggestions concerning time, place, dress, and equipment..
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- Bookseller
- Old Scrolls Book Shop - Biblio
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 025299
- Title
- Bird Hiking
- Author
- Hausman, Leon Augustus
- Illustrator
- Harold Minton, Illustrator
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good+
- Jacket Condition
- Good
- Edition
- First Edition.
- Publisher
- Rutgers University Press
- Place of Publication
- New Brunswick
- Date Published
- 1948
- Keywords
- BIRDS, BIRD WATCHING, HIKING, NATURE, LEON AUGUSTUS HAUSMAN, FIRST EDITION
- Bookseller catalogs
- Nature; Birds;
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About the Seller
Old Scrolls Book Shop - Biblio
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Stanley, New York
About Old Scrolls Book Shop - Biblio
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- Bookplate
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- Edges
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- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
- Jacket
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- 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....
- Good+
- A term used to denote a condition a slight grade better than Good.
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- First Edition
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