ALEXANDER WILSON: NATURALIST AND PIONEER. A Biography
by (Wilson, Alexander). Cantwell, Robert
- Used
- good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Good
- Seller
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Cadyville, New York, United States
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About This Item
Philadelphia and New York: J. B. Lippincott Company, (1961).. (1961).. Good. - Quarto, green cloth titled in gilt within black rectangles on front cover & spine, in a color pictorial dust wrapper. The covers are bumped with rubbing & slight fraying along the bottom edges. There is a tiny hole in the cloth of the rear cover. The head & tail of the spine are chipped & frayed. The dust jacket is soiled & chipped with a number of pieces out. 318 & [1] pages. Illustrated with 8 color plates, 16 full-page black-and- white illustrations & black-and-white drawings by Robert Ball. There is occasional light soiling. Good in a fair dust wrapper. <p>First edition.
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- Bookseller
- Blue Mountain Books & Manuscripts, Ltd.
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 3120
- Title
- ALEXANDER WILSON: NATURALIST AND PIONEER. A Biography
- Author
- (Wilson, Alexander). Cantwell, Robert
- Book Condition
- Used - Good
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Philadelphia and New York: J. B. Lippincott Company, (1961).
- Date Published
- (1961).
- Keywords
- NATURAL HISTORY; ORNITHOLOGY; BIRDS; ORNITHOLOGIST; POET; PAINTER; PIONEER; SCOTS; SCOTTISH; ALEXANDER WILSON; BIOGRAPHY; ROBERT CANTWELL; ILLUSTRATIONS; PLATES; ILLUSTRATOR; ROBERT BALL; FIRST EDITION; 1ST EDITION.
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Blue Mountain Books & Manuscripts, Ltd.
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Blue Mountain Books & Manuscripts, Ltd.
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Cadyville, New York
About Blue Mountain Books & Manuscripts, Ltd.
Blue Mountain Books & Manuscripts, Ltd. (incorporated 1989) is a general antiquarian book store which buys and sells collections and individual items of significance. Booksellers Ric Zank and Daniel Meunier each bring to the business over 18 years of experience in seeking out and offering for sale unusual, uncommon and rare books, autographs, and ephemera in all fields. Our office is open 7 days a week from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. and frequently later. An answering machine will take your message after hours and when we are out of the office.
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