OCEANIC BIRDS OF SOUTH AMERICA [TWO VOLUMES - SLIPCASED]
by Murphy, Robert Cushman
- Used
- good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Good
- Seller
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CARLSBAD , California, United States
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About This Item
New York: The MacMillion Company, The American Museum of Natural History, 1936. Two volume set in slipcase. Subtitled "A Study of Species of the Related Coasts and Seas, Including the American Quadrant of Antarctica Based Upon the Brewster-Stanford Collection in the American Museum of Natural History." Good folio size books in full green cloth with gilt titles. No name, bookplate or other markings. Slipcase is worn with some splitting at the seams but still sound. [No Priority or International shipping on this item]. First Edition. Hard Cover. Good.
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- Bookseller
- RON RAMSWICK BOOKS, IOBA (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 45691
- Title
- OCEANIC BIRDS OF SOUTH AMERICA [TWO VOLUMES - SLIPCASED]
- Author
- Murphy, Robert Cushman
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- The MacMillion Company, The American Museum of Natural History
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1936
- Note
- May be a multi-volume set and require additional postage.
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RON RAMSWICK BOOKS, IOBA
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CARLSBAD , California
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