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Autumn Hawk Flights; The Migrations in Eastern North America
by Donald S. Heintzelman
- Used
- near fine
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Near Fine/Good
- ISBN 10
- 0813507774
- ISBN 13
- 9780813507774
- Seller
-
WINFIELD, Kansas, United States
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About This Item
New Brunswick, NJ: Rutgers University Press, 1975 Rutgers University Press, New Brunswick, NJ. 1975. Hardcover. First Edition. Book is tight, square, and unmarked. Book Condition: Near Fine; light bumping to head and tail; light shelfwear. DJ: Good +; NOT Price Clipped ($30.00); small closed tears to panels; chipping at head and tail; sun changes to top of DJ and spine. Blue cloth boards and spine with bright brown lettering on the spine. 398 pp 8vo. This is the first full-scale and authoritative book about one of the great pageants of the world of nature. The autumn migration of hawks along the east coast is one of the most spectacular of all migrations. The book also includes a detailed survey of more than 100 hawk sighting locations. The is also a portion relation the migrations to natural phenomena. A clean very presentable copy in a Brodart mylar jacket.
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- Bookseller
- Walnut Valley Books/Books by White
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 007205
- Title
- Autumn Hawk Flights; The Migrations in Eastern North America
- Author
- Donald S. Heintzelman
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Near Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- ISBN 10
- 0813507774
- ISBN 13
- 9780813507774
- Publisher
- Rutgers University Press
- Place of Publication
- New Brunswick, NJ
- Date Published
- 1975
- Size
- 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾
- Keywords
- hawks, birds, migration, bird watching, ornithologists, conservationists, nature, bird flocks, accipiters, buteos, eagles, falcons, harriers, ospreys, vultures, Hawk Mountain Sanctuary,
- Bookseller catalogs
- Animal Stories;
Terms of Sale
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About the Seller
Walnut Valley Books/Books by White
Biblio member since 2018
WINFIELD, Kansas
About Walnut Valley Books/Books by White
Walnut Valley Books is a small independent home-based business with the bulk of my holdings being of an American military nature covering everything from the Revolutionary War to the current wars in Iraq and Afghanistan. I also have holdings of books on the Middle East, the southwestern United States (New Mexico especially, Kansas related titles, Oklahoma related titles, and other regionally specialized books. All of my holdings are hand-selected to be good quality books of interest to the reader, historian, or the collector. In addition to the above, you will also find a wide range of other topics such as Medical, US History, autobiographical, biographical, sports, women's studies, and many other eclectic topics.
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- Tight
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- Spine
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