The Gallinaceous Game Birds of North America, Including the Partridges, Grouse, Ptarmigan, and Wild Turkeys; with Accounts of Their Dispersion, Habits, Nesting, Etc
by ELIOT, Daniel Girard
- Used
- very good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good/No Jacket
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Springtown, Pennsylvania, United States
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About This Item
NY: Francis P. Harper, 1897. Bound in tan cloth, stamped in brown, black and white with illustration of a Turkey pictured on the front panel. The first edition of this now classic book on birds in the U.S. 220 pp.+ the publisher's color chart at end of book. Darkening to spine, but still readable. Bookplate removal mark on front pastedown. . First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.
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- abookshop
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 5001420
- Title
- The Gallinaceous Game Birds of North America, Including the Partridges, Grouse, Ptarmigan, and Wild Turkeys; with Accounts of Their Dispersion, Habits, Nesting, Etc
- Author
- ELIOT, Daniel Girard
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- No Jacket
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- Francis P. Harper
- Place of Publication
- NY
- Date Published
- 1897
- Keywords
- Birds
- Bookseller catalogs
- Natural History;
- Size
- 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall
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