Birds of Arabia
by Meinertzhagen, Col. R
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- See description
- Seller
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About This Item
London: Henry Sotheran, 1980. xiii, 624, 19 mounted col plates, 9 mounted photographic plates, 53 text figs, 35 text maps + 1 folding col map. . HB. Large 4to (346x245mm), orig. half morocco by Morrell, raised bands to spine, gilt title and decoration to compartments, teg, marbled endpapers. Spine and top edge of front board slightly faded. Limited light stain to fore-edge of boards. A very good copy in a fine binding. This is no. 168 of 295 numbered copies.. De Luxe Edition (first edition published in 1954 by Oliver and Boyd) limited to 295 numbered copies. Colour illustrations by George Lodge, D.M. Reid-Henry, and Miss Talbot Kelly..
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- Bookseller
- Pemberley Natural History Books (GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- S46116
- Title
- Birds of Arabia
- Author
- Meinertzhagen, Col. R
- Book Condition
- Used
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Henry Sotheran
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1980
- Keywords
- ABA03-2022; Arabia; Birds; Fine Binding
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Specialist Natural History Booksellers, providing a mail order service for individual, museums, research institutes, universities and libraries around the world. We supply new, used and antiquarian books on all aspects of natural history, particularly specialising in entomology.
Established 1989.
Website: www.pemberleybooks.com Searchable stock database and secure ordering
We also have a specialist bookshop in Iver (just west of London - easy to reach by train or car, and close to Heathrow Airport)
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- Fine Binding
- An elaborate and decorative binding, example including a leather-bound book with gilt edges, raised blind stamps, raised ribs,...
- 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....
- 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...
- 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...
- Raised Band(s)
- Raised bands refer to the ridges that protrude slightly from the spine on leather bound books. The bands are created in the...