Birds of Western Canada
by Taverner, P. A
- Used
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Very Good +
- Seller
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Moose Jaw, Saskatchewan, Canada
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About This Item
Ottawa, ON, Canada: Canada Department of Mines / National Museum of Canada, 1928. 2nd Edition . Cloth. Very Good +. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. 379pp. 84 leaves of plates. Dark blue cloth w goldstamp bird figure, gold lettering and blindstamp border to cover, gold lettering to spine. Moderate edgewear, bumping to corners, small tear to head. Binding square and sound. Octavo. Second edition (revised). National Museum of Canada Bulletin No. 41, Biological Series, No. 10.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Post Horizon Booksellers
(CA)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 048542
- Title
- Birds of Western Canada
- Author
- Taverner, P. A
- Format/Binding
- Cloth
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good +
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- 2nd Edition
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Canada Department of Mines / National Museum of Canada
- Place of Publication
- Ottawa, ON, Canada
- Date Published
- 1928
- Size
- 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall
- Keywords
- Taverner, P.A. (Percy Algernon), 1875-1947. NOISBN Birds & Birdwatching, Ornithology
- Bookseller catalogs
- Natural History / Popular Science;
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About the Seller
Post Horizon Booksellers
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Moose Jaw, Saskatchewan
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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....
- Octavo
- Another of the terms referring to page or book size, octavo refers to a standard printer's sheet folded four times, producing...
- Leaves
- Very generally, "leaves" refers to the pages of a book, as in the common phrase, "loose-leaf pages." A leaf is a single sheet...
- Blindstamp
- A blindstamp is a stamped impression, usually an image, logo, words, or design on the cover or spine of a book, without color or...
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
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