A FIELD GUIDE TO WESTERN BIRDS : 1941 First Edition, 19rh Printing
by Peterson, Roger Tory
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- near fine
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Near Fine/No Jacket
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About This Item
Boston, MA: Houghton Mifflin/The Riverside Press Cambridge, 1941. First Edition, First Thus . Hardcover. Near Fine/No Jacket. Roger Tory Peterson (Author-Illustrator). Text/As New. Vintage 1941, First Edition, 19th Printing. Illustrated green linen boards/NF w/light edge rubs & surface. Frontispiece: Color Guide to 18 Jays, Thrushes & Tanagers. DJ/None. Light brown spotting (acidic paper reaction) to upper text block & leading edge. Classic, and now historical, field guide to birds of western United States (from the Pacific, through the Rockies to western parts of the Great Plains) written & illustrated by Roger Tory Peterson's (1908 - 1996). 240 pgs, illustrated b/w in full & line drawings.
Synopsis
"The Birder’s Bible" for more than 60 years, Roger Tory Peterson’s classic Field Guide to Western Birds includes all species found in North America west of the 100th meridian and north of Mexico. Featuring the unique Peterson Identification System, Western Birds contains 165 full-color paintings that show more than 1,000 birds from 700 species. Summer and winter ranges, breeding grounds, and other special range data are shown on easy-to-read range maps.
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- Title
- A FIELD GUIDE TO WESTERN BIRDS : 1941 First Edition, 19rh Printing
- Author
- Peterson, Roger Tory
- Illustrator
- Roger Tory Peterson (Author-Illustrator)
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Near Fine
- Jacket Condition
- No Jacket
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition, First Thus
- Publisher
- Houghton Mifflin/The Riverside Press Cambridge
- Place of Publication
- Boston, MA
- Date Published
- 1941
- Pages
- 240
- Keywords
- Birds, Ornithology, Field Guide, North AmericaWest
- Bookseller catalogs
- Ornithology; Birds;
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