Audubon's Elephant: The story of John James Audubon's epic struggle to publish The Birds of America
by Duff Hart-Davis
- Used
- Very Good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good/Very Good
- ISBN 10
- 029782967X
- ISBN 13
- 9780297829676
- Seller
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Edmonton, Alberta, Canada
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About This Item
London: Weidenfeld & Nicolson Ltd, 2003. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo. pp. 6 288, ""With precision and detail, Hart-Davis, an English nature writer, tells the story of Audubon's years in England and Europe trying to sell his unwieldy masterpiece. Audubon, at 41 years old a peripatetic woodsman and artist, sailed for England, carrying a 100-pound portfolio of his bird paintings (his ""elephant"" or double-elephant color folio…
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- Bookseller
- The Edmonton Book Store (CA)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 273252
- Title
- Audubon's Elephant: The story of John James Audubon's epic struggle to publish The Birds of America
- Author
- Duff Hart-Davis
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good
- Edition
- First Edition
- ISBN 10
- 029782967X
- ISBN 13
- 9780297829676
- Publisher
- Weidenfeld & Nicolson Ltd
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 2003
- Size
- 8vo
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