The Birdman
by Henry Douglas-Home
- Used
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Good/Good
- Seller
-
Goring-by-Sea, West Sussex, United Kingdom
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
Readers Union, 1978. Hardcover. Good/Good. 1978. Reprinted. 175 pages. Laminated pictorial dust jacket over green cloth with gilt lettering to spine. Black and white photographs and illustrations throughout by Peter Scott and Robert Gillmor. Pages remain bright and clean. Binding remains firm. Minor pencil annotations to front free endpaper. Boards with minimal shelf wear. Unclipped jacket has light edge wear with minor tears and chipping and mild rubbing and marking.
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Details
- Bookseller
- World of Rare Books (GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 1694014627CRX
- Title
- The Birdman
- Author
- Henry Douglas-Home
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good/Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- Readers Union
- Date Published
- 1978
Terms of Sale
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About the Seller
World of Rare Books
Biblio member since 2009
Goring-by-Sea, West Sussex
About World of Rare Books
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Glossary
Some terminology that may be used in this description includes:
- 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...
- Shelf Wear
- Shelf wear (shelfwear) describes damage caused over time to a book by placing and removing a book from a shelf. This damage is...
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- Rubbing
- Abrasion or wear to the surface. Usually used in reference to a book's boards or dust-jacket.
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- Chipping
- A defect in which small pieces are missing from the edges; fraying or small pieces of paper missing the edge of a paperback, or...