Handbook of the Birds of Europe the Middle East and North Africa - The Birds of the Western Palearctic - Volume I: Ostriches to Ducks
by Stanley Cramp (Chief Editor) et al
- Used
- good
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Good/Fair
- ISBN 10
- 0198573588
- ISBN 13
- 9780198573586
- Seller
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Pateley Bridge, North Yorkshire, United Kingdom
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About This Item
Oxford: Oxford University Press for the Royal Society for the Protection of Birds, 1977 Book. Illus. by Sir Peter Scott et al. Good. Black Cloth Boards. Limited Edition. 4to - over 9¾ - 12" tall. First volume in a set of reference works on the advances in ornithological knowledge. Limited Ornithologists Edition prepared for RSPB members and limited to 5000 copies. 722pp with index, illustrated with colour plates, maps and drawings. Gilt lettering to spine. Some discolouration to boards, otherwise good copy with no inscriptions. Unclipped DJ has some edge and surface wear, with slight loss to rear flyleaf, otherwise fair/good. VERY HEAVY BOOK, extra postage will be required..
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- Bookseller
- Washburn Books (GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 015095
- Title
- Handbook of the Birds of Europe the Middle East and North Africa - The Birds of the Western Palearctic - Volume I: Ostriches to Ducks
- Author
- Stanley Cramp (Chief Editor) et al
- Illustrator
- Sir Peter Scott et al
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good
- Jacket Condition
- Fair
- Edition
- Limited Edition
- ISBN 10
- 0198573588
- ISBN 13
- 9780198573586
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press for the Royal Society for the Protection of Birds
- Place of Publication
- Oxford
- Date Published
- 1977
- Size
- 4to - over 9¾ - 12"
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