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Handbook of the Birds of Europe the Middle East and Africa: The Birds of the Western Palearctic: Volume I, Ostrich to Ducks
by Cramp, Stanley [chief editor]; Various
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- Fine
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Fine/Very Good
- ISBN 10
- 0198573588
- ISBN 13
- 9780198573586
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About This Item
Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1982. Hardcover. Fine/Very Good. Hardcover. This is the first volume of a 9-volume series covering different bird groupings. First published in 1977. The volume contains descriptions of 122 species. Each species is shown in color plates, and maps show breeding and wintering areas. There is a small section of colored plates of eggs and plumage at the end of the book. Quarto. Dark blue cloth cover with gilt title to spine. Blue illustrated dust jacket with orange and white title to front and spine panels. Pages are bright and clean. Spine is slightly cocked. Dust jacket has minor wear to edges, rubbing to front and back panels, a short closed tear at foot of spine panel, and British price label on inside front panel. 722 pages, including index. NAT/061522.
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- The Kelmscott Bookshop
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 35657
- Title
- Handbook of the Birds of Europe the Middle East and Africa: The Birds of the Western Palearctic: Volume I, Ostrich to Ducks
- Author
- Cramp, Stanley [chief editor]; Various
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- ISBN 10
- 0198573588
- ISBN 13
- 9780198573586
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press
- Place of Publication
- Oxford
- Date Published
- 1982
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- Cloth
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- Spine
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- Rubbing
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- Jacket
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- 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...
- 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...
- Quarto
- The term quarto is used to describe a page or book size. A printed sheet is made with four pages of text on each side, and the...
- Cocked
- Refers to a state where the spine of a book is lightly "twisted" in such a way that the front and rear boards of a book do not...
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