The Passenger Pigeon
by Mershon, W. B
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Fine in Good+ dust jacket
- Seller
-
Hartland, Michigan, United States
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
New York: The Outing Publishing Co.. Fine in Good+ dust jacket. 1907. First Edition :. Large octovo hardcover in fine maroon cloth with bright gilt lettering on front and on spine; the binding is quite tight and square; the pages are bright and fresh, owner name on endpaper, edges of leafs uncut and some pages unopened--unread; the cover has no discernable wear, else FINE, enclosed in a bright dustjacket, repaired chips, unrepaired chips, old tape, enclosed in clear mylar wrap . A nice copy. Contains all 9 color plates; 225pp We offer fast shipping in cardboard. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall .
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Details
- Bookseller
- Mossback Books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 24527
- Title
- The Passenger Pigeon
- Author
- Mershon, W. B
- Book Condition
- Used - Fine in Good+ dust jacket
- Edition
- First Edition :
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- The Outing Publishing Co.
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1907
- Keywords
- Passenger, Pigeon, PASSENGER Pigeon; Extinct Pigeon
- Bookseller catalogs
- Natural History;
Terms of Sale
Mossback Books
books sent by Media mail @$4.25 first book $3 each book thereafter; average size Air mail @$8.25 within midwest-zone(west-coast zone-$10.50) first book. Heavy books quote for air mail. Books can be returned within 7 days of receipt for any reason but with prior notice given to the seller. Foreign sales need to obtain a quote for postage.
About the Seller
Mossback Books
Biblio member since 2004
Hartland, Michigan
About Mossback Books
Sales through the internet and at book shows in the midwest.
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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...
- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
- 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...
- Good+
- A term used to denote a condition a slight grade better than Good.
- 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...
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- Fine
- A book in fine condition exhibits no flaws. A fine condition book closely approaches As New condition, but may lack the...
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...