The Life of Birds
by Welty, Joel Carl
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Near Fine in Very Good dust jacket
- Seller
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Lake Elsinore, California, United States
Item Price
£36.63£25.64
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About This Item
New York: Alfred A. Knopf. Near Fine in Very Good dust jacket. 1963. First Edition. Hardcover. References. Index. Illustrated by Norman Tolson with 129 line drawings, 99 photographs, and a total of 90 maps, charts and diagrams. From the library of Dr. Jean Cohn with some light pencil marginalia. Burgundy cloth w/gold colored stamp decoration on cover, spine and lettering. Map endpages. Light foxing on edges. Dust Jacket is worn on all edges, now in archival cover. "A comprehensive survey of all that is known about birds - a permanent reference book for bird enthusiasts that is a joy to read." from the cover. ; Large 8vo.; xiii, 546pp. pages; Book Fair .
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- Bookseller
- E Ridge fine Books
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 5356
- Title
- The Life of Birds
- Author
- Welty, Joel Carl
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Near Fine in Very Good dust jacket
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- Alfred A. Knopf
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1963
- Keywords
- Birds & Bird Watching-general Nature / Field Guide Books Nature/ecology, Ornithology - biology - ecology - behavior - anatomoy - birding, Birds - Reference
- Bookseller catalogs
- Natural History: Ornithology & Bird Watching;
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