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Australian Birds and Their Young: a Portfolio of Paintings of Breeding Species of the Eastern States
by Lindsey, Terrence (text )
- Used
- good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Good/Good
- ISBN 10
- 0726966509
- ISBN 13
- 9780726966507
- Seller
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melbourne, Victoria, Australia
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About This Item
Cassell Australia, Stanmore, New South Wales, 1979. First Edition. Hardcover. Good/Good. Illustrator: Gladys O'Grady. 283pp., foreword by Terence Lindsay, index. The text is illustrated with full colour reproductions of paintings of Gladys O'Grady. Coloured endpapers. Black coloured boards with white writing on spine. Illustrated dustwrapper, showing Plumed Egret, with black background and white writing on front panel and spine. This book illustrates an extensive range birds found on the East Coast of Australia, with either eggs or young. The artist has been studying birdlife all of her 85 years, and the accompanying text has an emphasis on nesting and breeding habits of the birds illustrated. Slight rubbing of the bottom edge of the dustwrapper, and the lower corners of the boards; otherwise very good order. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Please refer to accompanying picture (s). Illustrator: Gladys O'Grady. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilo. Category: Natural History & Resources; Natural History -- Ornithology; Australia; ISBN: 0726966509. ISBN/EAN: 9780726966507. Inventory No: 0208183. . 9780726966507
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- Bookseller
- Syber's Books ABN 40533682787
(AU)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 0208183
- Title
- Australian Birds and Their Young: a Portfolio of Paintings of Breeding Species of the Eastern States
- Author
- Lindsey, Terrence (text )
- Illustrator
- Gladys O'Grady
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good
- Jacket Condition
- Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- ISBN 10
- 0726966509
- ISBN 13
- 9780726966507
- Publisher
- Cassell Australia
- Place of Publication
- Stanmore, New South Wales
- Date Published
- 1979
- Keywords
- BZDB2 Art, Natural History, Birds, Breeding Pairs, Australia Natural History & Resources; Natural History -- Ornithology; Australia; Gladys O'Grady Unbranded ISBN: 0726966509 EAN: 9780726966507 Lindsey, Terrence (text ) Australian Birds and Thei
- Bookseller catalogs
- Natural History -- Ornithology;
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About the Seller
Syber's Books ABN 40533682787
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melbourne, Victoria
About Syber's Books ABN 40533682787
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