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SNOWY:; The Story of an Egret /By Griffing Bancroft / Illustrations by Mel Hunter
by Bancroft, Griffing
- Used
- very good
- Hardcover
- Signed
- first
- Condition
- Very Good/Very Good
- Seller
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Lake Forest, Illinois, United States
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About This Item
New York: The McCall Publishing Company, 1970. First Edition. Cloth. Very Good/Very Good. Mel Hunter. SIGNED by the Author adding "Sanibel - Captiva" on the half title, 12mo, yellow buckram with reddish brown lettering and images of three egrets and nests on front cover, illustrated with B&W pictures of egrets and associates, olive endpapers, 149 pages. BANCROFT, [Jr.] Griffing (1907 - 1999), onithologist by avocation like his father, was the grandson of famed historian, Hubert Howe Bancroft (1832-1918). <br /> <br /> SIGNED by the Author. VERY GOOD COPY: Tight and clean. Illustrations are bright and unfoxed. Moderate wear and light soil to the pictorial dust jacket. No previous owner or remainder marks.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Borg Antiquarian
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 8992
- Title
- SNOWY:; The Story of an Egret /By Griffing Bancroft / Illustrations by Mel Hunter
- Author
- Bancroft, Griffing
- Illustrator
- Mel Hunter
- Format/Binding
- Cloth
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- The McCall Publishing Company
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1970
- Keywords
- ?Florida, birds, fishing, shore, danger, beauty, hats, extinction,
Terms of Sale
Borg Antiquarian
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About the Seller
Borg Antiquarian
Biblio member since 2015
Lake Forest, Illinois
About Borg Antiquarian
BorgAntiquarian (ABAA & ILAB) is a dealer long engaged in selling exceptional collectibles: rare and fine books, autographs and manuscripts, fine art and artifacts. We are generalists in Americana, English & American literature, plus selected authors & important figures (Dickens & Darwin; presidents & 'signers'; scientists & historical figures; Revolutionary & Civil War militaria).
Glossary
Some terminology that may be used in this description includes:
- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- Buckram
- A plain weave fabric normally made from cotton or linen which is stiffened with starch or other chemicals to cover the book...
- 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...
- Half Title
- The blank front page which appears just prior to the title page, and typically contains only the title of the book, although, at...
- Remainder
- Book(s) which are sold at a very deep discount to alleviate publisher overstock. Often, though not always, they have a remainder...
- 12mo
- A duodecimo is a book approximately 7 by 4.5 inches in size, or similar in size to a contemporary mass market paperback. Also...
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