Dark Estuary
by B. B. ( Denys Watkins-Pitchford)
- Used
- very good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good
- Seller
-
Campbellcroft, Ontario, Canada
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About This Item
London: Hollis & Carter. Very Good. 1953. 1st Edition. Hardcover. 164 p. 25 cm. Worn at corners and spine ends. Gilt titles on spine a little dulled. Some small scratches to the burgundy cloth covers. Discoloration to the endpapers. Inside pages clean, with a little edge tanning. Includes fifteen full colour plates of landscape and wildlife paintings by Denys Watkins-Pitchford (B. B. ) Chapter heads are decorated with his scraperboard illustrations. A record of the author's wildfowl hunting experiences at marshlands in England. .
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Details
- Bookseller
- Homeward Bound Books (CA)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 483
- Title
- Dark Estuary
- Author
- B. B. ( Denys Watkins-Pitchford)
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Publisher
- Hollis & Carter
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1953
- Bookseller catalogs
- Natural History;
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Campbellcroft, Ontario
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- Gilt
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