Game Birds from Northwestern Venezuela + A Contribution to the Ornithology of Northeastern Brazil
by Osgood, W. H. and Conover, B. + Hellmayr, C. E
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- Small marginal tape repair to one page; a fine copy with no signs of use.
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About This Item
Chicago: Field Museum, 1924-1929. First edition. Small marginal tape repair to one page; a fine copy with no signs of use.. Pp. 31 + 294, 1 color plate, other illustrations. Black cloth, gilt-lettered on the spine, lg 8vo. Field Museum of Natural History, Zoology series, volume 17, no. 3 + 18. The entire issue of this journal for 1917-1929 is offered. The issue also contains four additional ornithological papers by Hellmayr, John Zimmer and Charles Cory. In addition, the volume also includes eight other papers on crocodiles, caimans, salamanders, coral snakes and more. Bookplate of the Reading Public Museum on front endpaper and museum stamp on rear endpaper, call number on spine, no other library marks.
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- 2518
- Title
- Game Birds from Northwestern Venezuela + A Contribution to the Ornithology of Northeastern Brazil
- Author
- Osgood, W. H. and Conover, B. + Hellmayr, C. E
- Book Condition
- Used - Small marginal tape repair to one page; a fine copy with no signs of use.
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Chicago: Field Museum, 1924-1929. First edition
- Keywords
- Ornithology birds hunting Venezuela Brazil South America
- Bookseller catalogs
- Ornithology;
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Natural History Books is an independent, rare book retailer operating out of Iowa City, IA. The business is owned and operated by Noriko and Russell Ciochon. We only sell books through our NHB website and other book service websites. We do not offer books for sale within the state of Iowa.We specialize in rare and hard to find books in all areas of natural history especially ornithology, herpetology, ichthyology, mammalogy, paleontology, botany, evolutionary biology and travel and exploration. Our rare and hard-to-find book section has many fine hand-colored plate books. Our latest acquisition is the ichthyology and aquarium fish collection of Ross Socolof Books of Florida. We are always buying natural history books – if you have a collection to offer, please contact us at noriko@naturalhistorybooks.com or by calling (319) 354-9088.
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