Audubon: Life and Art in the American Wilderness
by Streshinsky, Shirley
ISBN: 0820320056
ISBN-13: 9780820320052
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Publisher: University of Georgia Press
Published date: 1998
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Shirley Streshinsky
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Univ of Georgia Pr, 1998-03. Trade Paperback. Very Good. Light shelf wear & a litle handling wear, no creases, no marks, clean & tight. ( more information) Offered by Dilettante Books (United States)
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Bogart, Georgia, U.S.A.: Univ of Georgia Pr, 1998. Pages are clean and unmarked. Cover corners and edges are unmarred. Binding is tight. 407pp. . Soft Cover. Near Fine/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. ( more information) Offered by Nealsbooks (United States)
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Athens, GA: University of Georgia Press, 1998 xxiii, 407 pp., illus., biblio., index; 25 cm. AS NEW. . First paperback edition. Trade Paperback. Fine. Illus. by Brenner, Peter (Photographs by). 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. ( more information) Offered by Left Coast Books (United States)
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