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The Book of a Naturalist
by Hudson, W. H
- Used
- near fine
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Near Fine/No Jacket
- Seller
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La Mesa, California, United States
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About This Item
New York, New York, U.S.A.: George H. Doran Co., 1919. First Edition First Printing . Hardcover. Near Fine/No Jacket. Collection of "studies, essays, & sketches of animal life" from the renowned Anglo-Argentinian naturalist, ornithologist, & author (1841-1942), in 360 pages with Index. A FIRST EDITION, first printing from 1919, this hardcover book has light green cloth-covered boards with gilt lettering to front & spine.Condition is Near Fine: exceptionally clean, binding tight & square, hinges secure, deckled-edge pages are creamy white--many untrimmed at lower edge. Modest tanning to outside page edges, NO foxing. Old gift inscription dated 1919 on ffep, else unmarked. No DJ, likely as issued. Our photos depict the exact book you will receive, never "stock" images of books we don't actually have! Same day shipping on orders received by 2 pm Weekdays (Pacific time); later orders, Weekends, & holidays ship very next business day.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Gargoyle Books
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 019522
- Title
- The Book of a Naturalist
- Author
- Hudson, W. H
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Near Fine
- Jacket Condition
- No Jacket
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition First Printing
- Publisher
- George H. Doran Co.
- Place of Publication
- New York, New York, U.S.A.
- Date Published
- 1919
- Keywords
- NATURE NATURAL ENVIRONMENT PLANTS ANIMALS ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION SCIENTIST
- Bookseller catalogs
- Nature/Gardening/Environmentalism; Animals-Birds-Horses-Pets;
Terms of Sale
Gargoyle Books
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About the Seller
Gargoyle Books
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La Mesa, California
About Gargoyle Books
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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....
- 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...
- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
- FFEP
- A common abbreviation for Front Free End Paper. Generally, it is the first page of a book and is part of a single sheet that...
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- First Edition
- In book collecting, the first edition is the earliest published form of a book. A book may have more than one first edition in...
- 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...
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