THE BIRDS OF NORTH AND MIDDLE AMERICA: A DESCRIPTIVE CATALOGUE OF THE HIGHER GROUPS, GENERA, SPECIES, AND SUBSPECIES OF BIRDS KNOWN TO OCCUR IN NORTH AMERICA...
by Ridgway, Rober
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About This Item
Washington, 1911. xxiii,859pp. plus thirty-three plates. Original printed wrappers, rear wrapper detached. Spine bit chipped. Internally clean. Good overall, partially unopened. In a green cloth case, leather label. Part five of Ridgway's eight-volume masterpiece. Ridgway was curator of birds at the Smithsonian, and published many important works on American ornithology. "One of the greatest works on systematic ornithology ever written, won the Brewster Medal of the American Ornithologists' Union" - DAB. DAB XV, p.598.
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- William Reese Company (US)
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- Title
- THE BIRDS OF NORTH AND MIDDLE AMERICA: A DESCRIPTIVE CATALOGUE OF THE HIGHER GROUPS, GENERA, SPECIES, AND SUBSPECIES OF BIRDS KNOWN TO OCCUR IN NORTH AMERICA...
- Author
- Ridgway, Rober
- Book Condition
- Used
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Place of Publication
- Washington
- Date Published
- 1911
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With a catalogued inventory of over thirty thousand items, and a general inventory of over sixty-five thousand items, we are among the leading specialists in the fields of Americana and world travel, and maintain a large and eclectic inventory of literary first editions and antiquarian books of the 18th through 20th centuries.
We issue frequent, and substantial, catalogues in our fields of specialization, and we are equipped to produce smaller lists devoted to specific subjects with ease in response to requests.
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