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Reptiles and Birds: A Popular Account of their Various Orders
by Louis Figuier; Parker Gillmore (trans)
- Used
- good
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Good
- Seller
-
Leigh-On-Sea, Essex, United Kingdom
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About This Item
London: Cassell and Company, 1892. Hardcover. Good. 'With a description of the habits and economy of some of the most interesting.' Tremendous account of the various orders of birds and reptiles by the french scientist. With 307 b/w illustrations. brown cloth with beveled boards. No date but c. 1892. Some rubbing to edges and top of spine. Spine slightly cocked. Previous owner's name to ffep. Foxing to front matter and page edges. Contents clean and binding sound. Good.
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Details
- Bookseller
- AJ Scruffles
(GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 004203
- Title
- Reptiles and Birds: A Popular Account of their Various Orders
- Author
- Louis Figuier; Parker Gillmore (trans)
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- Cassell and Company
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1892
- Keywords
- zoology, avian, birds, tortoise,
Terms of Sale
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About the Seller
AJ Scruffles
Biblio member since 2010
Leigh-On-Sea, Essex
About AJ Scruffles
AJ Scruffles is an online bookseller, based between Epping and Harlow. Our website also hosts an online magazine with reviews, articles and humour
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...
- Beveled
- Beveled edges, or beveled boards, describe a technique of binding in which the edges of book boards have been cut into slanted...
- 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....
- 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...
- Rubbing
- Abrasion or wear to the surface. Usually used in reference to a book's boards or dust-jacket.
- 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...
- 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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