Newnes London, 1961. Hardback. First edition, 1961. Maroon cloth with gilt lettering to spine. Good condition; boards clean, bumps to corners and spine, slight rubbing and edgewear, foxing to fore edges, pages clean and tightly bound in Fair condition price-clipped dust jacket; edgeworn with some chips, tears and marks. Published: Newnes London, 1961

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Bookseller: Roy Turner Books (GB)
Bookseller's Inventory #: 10798
Title: Down The Long Wind: A Study of Bird Migration
Author: CHRISTIAN, Garth
Format/Binding: Hardback
Book Condition: Used
Quantity Available: 1
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Newnes London
Date Published: 1961

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With more than thirty years' experience of collecting literary first editions, I specialise in the areas of both contemporary and earlier fiction, poetry, drama and children's books with particular emphases on signed modern firsts, authors' first and early published books, American and Irish literature and literary prize-winning writers.

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