The Birds Of North And Middle America: A Descriptive Catalogue
by Ridgway, Robert
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Good with no dust jacket
- Seller
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Dunedin, New Zealand, New Zealand
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About This Item
Washington: Government Printing Office. Good with no dust jacket. 1916. First Edition. Hardcover. Ex-library. "General Assembly library," N. Z library plate to front paste down. Library stamps and markings. Some staining and marking to boards. Rubbing along spine and corners of boards. ; xiii, [1], 543 pages + 24 plates. Bulletin Of The United States National Museum. No. 50. Part VII. Half-leather binding with five raised bands on spine. Title continues, "Of The Higher Groups, Genera, Species, And Subspecies Of Birds Known To Occur In North America, From The Arctic Lands To The Isthmus Of Panama The West Indies And Other Islands Of The Caribbean Sea, And The Galapagos Archipelago." ; 8vo .
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- Seller
- Renaissance Books (NZ)
- Seller's Inventory #
- 8284
- Title
- The Birds Of North And Middle America: A Descriptive Catalogue
- Author
- Ridgway, Robert
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good with no dust jacket
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- Government Printing Office
- Place of Publication
- Washington
- Date Published
- 1916
Terms of Sale
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About the Seller
Renaissance Books
Biblio member since 2005
Dunedin, New Zealand
About Renaissance Books
We are located in Dunedin, in the South Island of New Zealand. We have in stock over 8,500 books. We are a general antiquarian and out-of-print home-based bookseller, with some specialty areas in English literature, Maori, Travel, Tibet, and New Zealand history.
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- Rubbing
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- Plate
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- Jacket
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- Spine
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