Bird Books and Bird Art: An Outline of the Literary History and Iconography of Descriptive Ornithology
by Anker, Jean
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Henderson, Nevada, United States
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 018201
- Title
- Bird Books and Bird Art: An Outline of the Literary History and Iconography of Descriptive Ornithology
- Author
- Anker, Jean
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- New New
- Jacket Condition
- No jacket, as issued
- Edition
- 1990 reprint of 1938 original, Lmtd 300
- Publisher
- Maurice Martino Publisher
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1990
- Keywords
- Ornithology.
- Bookseller catalogs
- Ornithology / Bird Books;
- Size
- xviii, 251pp
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