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The Birds of the British Islands - Five Volumes
by Stonham, Charles
- Used
- very good
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Very Good
- Seller
-
Carlisle, Cumbria, United Kingdom
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
London: E. Grant Richards, 1906. 1906-1911 published dates. Green half-leather and cloth boards, top edges gilt. Pastel coloured marbling to endpapers. Deckle edges foxed. All spines sunned to tan brown, some more so than others, some board corners also tanned. Extremities lightly rubbed/scuffed. Foxing present throughout all vols with some browning to tissue guards. Some hinges cracked, but all volumes remain tight and sturdy. Some vols have bookplates to front pastedowns. Vol I has owner name to front endpaper. Vol II has cracked front gutter and bookplate to rear pastedown. Overall a clean, tidy, and solid set, all plates present and in good order.. Half - Leather. Very Good. Illus. by Medland, Lilian M.. Folio.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Bookcase
(GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 58503
- Title
- The Birds of the British Islands - Five Volumes
- Author
- Stonham, Charles
- Illustrator
- Medland, Lilian M.
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Publisher
- E. Grant Richards
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1906
- Bookseller catalogs
- Natural History;
- Size
- Folio
- Note
- May be a multi-volume set and require additional postage.
Terms of Sale
Bookcase
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
Bookcase
Biblio member since 2009
Carlisle, Cumbria
About Bookcase
A Georgian four-floor antiquarian bookshop in Carlisle's historic quarter specialising in Cumbria, Scotland, Mountaineering and rare finds. We are a friendly business, which was started by a local family and is run by friendly and experienced team members.
Glossary
Some terminology that may be used in this description includes:
- 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...
- Sunned
- Damage done to a book cover or dust jacket caused by exposure to direct sunlight. Very strong fluorescent light can cause slight...
- Gutter
- The inside margin of a book, connecting the pages to the joints near the binding.
- Bookplate
- Highly sought after by some collectors, a book plate is an inscribed or decorative device that identifies the owner, or former...
- Edges
- The collective of the top, fore and bottom edges of the text block of the book, being that part of the edges of the pages of a...
- Foxed
- Foxing is the age related browning, or brown-yellowish spots, that can occur to book paper over time. When this aging process...
- Folio
- A folio usually indicates a large book size of 15" in height or larger when used in the context of a book description. Further,...
- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
- Cracked
- In reference to a hinge or a book's binding, means that the glue which holds the opposing leaves has allowed them to separate,...
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