COMMON BIRDS OF TOWN AND COUNTRY
by Henshaw, Henry W.; Kennard, Frederic H.; Cooke, Wells W./National Geographic Society
- Used
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Good+/No Dust Jacket
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Gettysburg, Pennsylvania, United States
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About This Item
Washington, D. C.: National Geographic Society (1914) Original brown flexible cloth covers w/ gilt title on front cover. Binding lightly rubbed w/ light fraying to spine ends. Approx. 1/2" tear at bottom of inner hinge. This book contains the following reprints from the National Geographic Magazine: "Birds of Town and Country" by Henry W. Henshaw, May, 1914; "Fifty Common Birds of Farm and Orchard" by Henry W. Henshaw, June, 1913; "Encouraging Birds Around the Home" by Frederic H. Kennard, March, 1914; "Our Greatest Travelers: Birds That Fly from Pole to Pole; Birds that Make 2,500 Miles in a Single Flight" by Wells W. Cooke, April, 1911 Illust. w/ color drawings, b/w photos, and maps.. Good+/No Dust Jacket. Illus. by Louis Agassiz Fuertes. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall.
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- Bookseller
- Shoemaker Booksellers
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 23421ANM
- Title
- COMMON BIRDS OF TOWN AND COUNTRY
- Author
- Henshaw, Henry W.; Kennard, Frederic H.; Cooke, Wells W./National Geographic Society
- Illustrator
- Louis Agassiz Fuertes
- Book Condition
- Used - Good+
- Jacket Condition
- No Dust Jacket
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- National Geographic Society
- Place of Publication
- Washington, D. C.
- Keywords
- ANIMALS BIRDS ORNITHOLOGY AMERICAN HISTORY UNITED STATES NONFICTION GENERAL ILLUSTRATED FUERTES LOUIS AGASSIZ
- Bookseller catalogs
- Animals;
- Size
- 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall
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