The Bedside Book of Birds: An Avian Miscellany by Gibson, Graeme - 2005

Doubleday Canada, 2005-10-18. First Printing. Hardcover. Good.

Used - Good. Used book that is in clean, average condition without any missing pages.

Doubleday Canada, 2005 Book. Very Good+. Hardcover. 1st Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Minor shelf wear to book and dust jacket. Otherwise a tight, unmarked volume. Color illustrations. Index. xiv, 370 pp..

The Bedside Book of Birds: An Avian Miscellany, Gibson, Graeme. Published by Doubleday Canada, 2005. 8vo up to 9½" tall., xiii, 369 pp. with colour illustrations; illustrated endpapers. Green cloth boards. In fine, unread condition; light top edge ruffle to unclipped jacket which is otherwise fine. "… an unprecedented and enchanting treasure trove of paintings, drawings, poems, essays, and scientific observations, beautifully captures the interest and emotions birds evoke. The illustrations range from early cave paintings to Audubon's famous portraits to abstract works created in the twentieth century. There are writings by Shakespeare, Coleridge, Poe, Ted Hughes, and Jorge Luis Borges, among many others. Excerpts from famous scientific works, including Darwin's observations on the tameness of the Galapagos Islands' birds, and popular nature writers as W. H. Hudson, Peter Matthiessen, Farley Mowat, and Barry Lopez."

Used - Good. Former library book; may include library markings. Used book that is in clean, average condition without any missing pages.

Used - Good. Used book that is in clean, average condition without any missing pages.

Toronto: Doubleday Canada, 2005. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo. pp. 370, ""gorgeously illustrated, woven from centuries of human response to the delights of the feathered tribes, ""The Bedside Book of Birds"" is for anyone who is aware of birds, and for everyone who is intrigued by the artistic forms that humanity has created to represent the soul"",

Doubleday Canada, 2005-10-18. Hardcover. Very Good. Hardcover. Very Good / Very Good dust jacket. A few pencil underlines. Tight binding. For any additional information or pictures, please inquire.

Doubleday Canada, 2005. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. xiii, 369 p. 24 cm. Numerous colour illustrations. Green cloth in mylar-covered pictorial dustjacket. A collection of various writings on birds - their observation, history, lives, uses, and transformations - from authors as diverse as Ovid, Kafka, Poe, Thoreau, and Gibson's own spouse, Margaret Atwood. Whether read in bed, while birdwatching, or in a favourite armchair, there is much here to enjoy for every ornithophile.