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Wild Geese and Eskimos, A Journal of the Perry River Expedition of 1949
by Scott, Peter
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Country Life Ltd, London, 1951. First Edition. Green Cloth. Good/No Jacket. Illustrator: Photo's & Drawings. gilt titles spine; gilt vignette (geese in flight) front; map endpapers (in green) showing route of expedition; col. frontis (pair of Ross's Geese); illustrated throughout by 36 b/w. photo's.; 2 further b/w. maps & numerous b/w. line drawings; "among the world's waterfowl - the ducks, geese and swans - there are several species which have become so greatly reduced in numbers that they face early extinction unless steps are taken at once to avert it. Much more needs to be discovered about the birds themselves before we know where, when and how best to take those steps. The beautiful little Ross's geese, whose nesting colonies were found for the first time in 1938, are among those which are threatened, for their world population is probably no more than 5,000, possibly much less. It was for this specific reason that the Perry River Expedition of 1949 was undertaken. The journal which follows is a daily record of two very happy summer months among the wild geese and the Eskimos."; spine gilts faded & light wear to extremities but a sound copy; including appendices & index - 254 pages. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Illustrator: Photo's & Drawings. Quantity Available: 1. Category: Anthropology; Ornithology; Birds; Natural History & Resources. Inventory No: NAT00024. .
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- Title
- Wild Geese and Eskimos, A Journal of the Perry River Expedition of 1949
- Author
- Scott, Peter
- Illustrator
- Photo's & Drawings
- Format/Binding
- Green Cloth
- Book Condition
- Used - Good
- Jacket Condition
- No Jacket
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Country Life Ltd
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1951
- Keywords
- BZDB227 Natural History/Birds/Ornithology/Geese/Ross's Geese/Canada/Eskimos/Perry River/Peter Scott Anthropology; Ornithology; Birds; Natural History & Resources. Photo's & Drawings Unbranded Scott, Peter Wild Geese and Eskimos, A Journa
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