Calburn's Birds of Southern Africa: Paintings, Field Sketches and Field Notes (First Edition)
by Calburn, Simon
- Used
- good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Good/Fair
- Seller
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Saint Louis, Missouri, United States
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About This Item
Cape Town, Johannesburg, London: Purnell, 1969. FIRST EDITION, first printing. Full blue cloth with gilt lettering on the spine, lightly bumped, oil stained at the bottom corner near the spine, jacke has a two inch oil stain at the bottom from the spine, clear tape reinforcement at the top of the spine, jacket price clipped. No previous owner's names, not exlibrary. Overall a GOOD book in a FAIR brodart protected dust jacket.. First Edition. Full Cloth. Good/Fair. Folio - over 12" - 15" tall. Hardcover.
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- Bookseller
- Ziern-Hanon Galleries (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 017917
- Title
- Calburn's Birds of Southern Africa: Paintings, Field Sketches and Field Notes (First Edition)
- Author
- Calburn, Simon
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good
- Jacket Condition
- Fair
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- Purnell
- Place of Publication
- Cape Town, Johannesburg, London
- Date Published
- 1969
- Size
- Folio - over 12" - 15"
- Keywords
- Xyz
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- Folio
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