The Sibley Guide to Birds (National Audubon Society)
by SIBLEY, David Allen (author and illustrator)
- Used
- Condition
- Very Good with no dust jacket
- ISBN 10
- 0679451226
- ISBN 13
- 9780679451228
- Seller
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Littleton, Colorado, United States
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About This Item
New York: Chanticleer Press / Alfred A. Knopf. Very Good with no dust jacket. 2001. Flexible covers. 0679451226 . Stated Sixth Printing, September 2001. One of the premier guides to the birds of North America, published in conjunction with the National Audubon Society. In a sturdily-bound softcover with integral flaps; maps and keys to identification at endpapers. Flexible covers with water-resistant coating. With over 6600 of Mr. Sibley's paintings; as well as details about habitat, migration, range and voice; as well as identification keys. Extensively indexed. --- An about Very Good copy: clean, bright and unmarked but with a conspicuous bump to tail of spine and other minor bumps & scuffed spots to cover edges & corners.; Tall Octavo (9 to 10 in. tall); 545 pages .
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- Bookseller
- Bluebird Books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 85898
- Title
- The Sibley Guide to Birds (National Audubon Society)
- Author
- SIBLEY, David Allen (author and illustrator)
- Format/Binding
- Flexible covers
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good with no dust jacket
- Binding
- Paperback
- ISBN 10
- 0679451226
- ISBN 13
- 9780679451228
- Publisher
- Chanticleer Press / Alfred A. Knopf
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 2001
- Keywords
- 0679451226
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Bluebird Books
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Littleton, Colorado
About Bluebird Books
Bluebird Books is the bookselling business of Eric Mayer, operating from my base in Littleton, Colorado. I specialize in classic fiction and literature, books on birds and natural history, railroadiana, biography, history and many other genres. Bluebird Books features publications by the Modern Library and Everyman's Library. I offer free shipping on books shipped within the US via USPS Media Mail. INTERNATIONAL ORDERS: I recommend that you use Biblio.com for your international orders because they have formed a partnership with Asendia to allow for much more affordable shipping on parcels weighing under 5 lb. (about 2.26 kg).
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- Edges
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- Octavo
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- Spine
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- Bumps
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- Tail
- The heel of the spine.
- Jacket
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