Bird Behavoir: A Contribution Based Chiefly On A Study Of The Black-Headed Gull (SCARCE HARDBACK FIRST EDITION, FIRST PRINTING SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR)
by Kirkman, F B
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- good
- Hardcover
- Signed
- first
- Condition
- Good
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About This Item
London: Nelson, 1937. Good. First edition, first printing. No d/w, now protected in a archival, acetate, clear d/w. PRESENTATION COPY FROM THE AUTHOR, using initials on front endpaper. Inscription reads, 'M.D.K./from/F.B.K./Feb/1937'. Profusely illustrated with thirty plates of photographs and line-drawings. A well-researched and original study of bird-behaviour by ornithologist Frederick Beever Kirkman (1869-1945). With Index, Bibliography and Appendices. Errata slip in Index. Spotting and light dusting to edges; dusting to edges of covers; rubbing to covers, and small cloth losses to head and tail of spine and corners of covers; else a good copy only of a SCARCE first edition, first printing SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR. . Presentation Copy Inscribed And Signed. First edition, First Printing. Hardback. Good.
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- Bookseller
- Greystone Books
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 16880
- Title
- Bird Behavoir: A Contribution Based Chiefly On A Study Of The Black-Headed Gull (SCARCE HARDBACK FIRST EDITION, FIRST PRINTING SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR)
- Author
- Kirkman, F B
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good
- Edition
- First edition, First Printing
- Publisher
- Nelson
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1937
- Keywords
- Signed. Autographed. Natural History. Ornithology. Bird Behaviour. Black-Headed Gulls. Birds. Science. History Of Science. History. Evolution.
- Bookseller catalogs
- Science; Natural History;
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About Greystone Books
Greystone Books is situated in Kent, England. We have been selling on the internet since 1999. We sell collectable books and try to stock obscure and scare non-fiction titles.
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