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Lords Of The Air: The Smithsonian Book of Birds
by Page, Jake and Eugene S. Morton
- Used
- Fine
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Fine/Fine
- ISBN 10
- 0517574071
- ISBN 13
- 9780517574072
- Seller
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Stanley, New York, United States
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About This Item
Smithsonian Books / Orion Books, 1989. Book. Fine. Hardcover. 1st Edition. First Edition, first printing, in clean unclipped jacket (now in new archival quality removable mylar cover). Purple cloth boards with silver lettering on spine. No bumping or wear. Binding is tight and square, pages and edges are clean and bright. No names, writing or marks. Lavishly illustrated in full color. Introduction by S. Dillon Ripley. Clean bright jacket is unchipped, no tears, not price clipped. Stunningly beautiful book, magnificently illustrated -- indispensable forbird lovers everywhere..
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- Bookseller
- Old Scrolls Book Shop - Biblio
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 034273
- Title
- Lords Of The Air: The Smithsonian Book of Birds
- Author
- Page, Jake and Eugene S. Morton
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Fine
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- ISBN 10
- 0517574071
- ISBN 13
- 9780517574072
- Publisher
- Smithsonian Books / Orion Books
- Place of Publication
- Westminster, Maryland, U.s.a.
- Date Published
- 1989
- Keywords
- BIRDS, ORNITHOLOGY, SMITHSONIAN, JAKE PAGE, EUGENE MORTON, FIRST EDITION, NATURE, NATURAL HISTORY
- Bookseller catalogs
- Birds;
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- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
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