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Attenborough, David & Fuller, Errol: Drawn from Paradise - The Discovery, Art & Natural History of the Birds of Paradise
by ATTENBOROUGH DAVID
- Used
- Hardcover
- Signed
- first
- Condition
- See description
- ISBN 10
- 0007487614
- ISBN 13
- 9780007487615
- Seller
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Leicester, United Kingdom
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About This Item
London, 2012. First Edition. Hard Cover. Dust Jacket. Signed by Author. (London: Collins 2012). DOUBLE-SIGNED BY BOTH AUTHORS. ISBN: 978-0-00-748761-5. Printing number line: 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1. Publisher's pictorial boards in dustwrapper. A fine copy in like dustwrapper. Signed on the title page by the legendary David Attenborough and also by Errol Fuller. This book surveys the paintings made by some of the greatest of natural history artists as they struggled to picture the reality of birds they had never seen alive and tells the story of how the several dozen species in this amazing family were eventually discovered in the forests of remote New Guinea. Uncommon with these attributes.
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- Bookseller
- James M Pickard, ABA, ILAB, PBFA.
(GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 355490722321
- Title
- Attenborough, David & Fuller, Errol: Drawn from Paradise - The Discovery, Art & Natural History of the Birds of Paradise
- Author
- ATTENBOROUGH DAVID
- Format/Binding
- Hard Cover
- Book Condition
- Used
- Jacket Condition
- Dust Jacket
- Edition
- First Edition
- Binding
- Hardcover
- ISBN 10
- 0007487614
- ISBN 13
- 9780007487615
- Publisher
- Harpercollins
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 2012
Terms of Sale
James M Pickard, ABA, ILAB, PBFA.
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About the Seller
James M Pickard, ABA, ILAB, PBFA.
Biblio member since 2006
Leicester
About James M Pickard, ABA, ILAB, PBFA.
James M Pickard (Rare Books) is proud to be a full member of the Antiquarian Booksellers Association (ABA), the International League of Antiquarian Booksellers (ILAB) and The Provincial Booksellers Fairs Association (PBFA).
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