Birds of Arabia
by Colonel R. Meinertzhagen, D. S. O
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good in Good+ dust jacket
- Seller
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Charlottesville, Virginia, United States
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About This Item
C1a. Very Good in Good+ dust jacket. Hardcover. Hardcover. 4to. Published by Oliver and Boyd, Edinburgh, UK. 1954. Xiii, 624 pages, plus 19 color plates, 9 photographic plates, and large folding map in rear pocket. First Edition/First Printing. DJ has shelf-wear present to the DJ extremities (DJ is chipped and worn). Bound in cloth boards with titles present to the spine and front board. Boards have light shelf-wear present to the extremities. Previous owner's name (Tom Lovejoy) present to the FFEP. Offsetting present to the endpapers. Foxing present. Text is free of marks and notes. Binding tight and solid. Colonel Richard Meinertzhagen, CBE, DSO (3 March 1878 17 June 1967) was a British soldier, intelligence officer, and ornithologist. He had a decorated military career spanning Africa and the Middle East. He was credited with creating and executing the Haversack Ruse in October 1917, during the Sinai and Palestine Campaign of the First World War, but his participation in this matter has since been refuted. EB; 8vo 8" - 9" tall .
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- Bookseller
- Last Exit Books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 67763
- Title
- Birds of Arabia
- Author
- Colonel R. Meinertzhagen, D. S. O
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good in Good+ dust jacket
- Place of Publication
- C1a
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