Handbook of the Birds of India and Pakistan; In Ten Volumes; Vol. 3
by Ali, Salim (With S. Dillon Ripley.)
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- Hardcover
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Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada
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About This Item
Bombay: Oxford University Press 1969. (4to) Very good in very good plus dust jacket. 325pp. Volume 3 only. Black and white illustrations, color plates, maps, index. The dust jacket has a small puncture near the spine on the front panel, there is a previous institution's book plate and a previous owner's name on the front free endpaper. "This volume describes 231 forms (Nos. 435-665) in Ripley's Synopsis, completing the Charadriiformes with Stone Curlews, Courses, Skuas, Gulls and Terns and covering the Columbiformes (Sandgrouse, Pigeons and Doves), PSittaciformes (Parrots), Cuculiformes (Cuckoos) and Strigiformes (Owls). There are twelve colour plates by Paul Barruel, C.J.F. Coombs, D.V. Cowen, A.M. Hughes, J.P. Irani and Donald Watson, illustrating 99 forms". Vol. 3 Stone Curlews to Owls. Locale: India; Pakistan. (Natural History, Birds, Cuckoos--Bird, Doves (Bird), Guidebooks, Handbook, Ornithologic Illustration, Ornithology, Owls, Parrots, Pigeons).
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- Bookseller
- Burton Lysecki Books, ABAC/ILAB (CA)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 150994
- Title
- Handbook of the Birds of India and Pakistan; In Ten Volumes; Vol. 3
- Author
- Ali, Salim (With S. Dillon Ripley.)
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press
- Place of Publication
- Bombay
- Keywords
- Natural History, Birds, Cuckoos--Bird, Doves (Bird), Guidebooks, Handbook, Ornithologic Illustration, Ornithology, Owls, Parrots, Pigeons, Collectible
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- Nature and Environment;
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Burton Lysecki Books, ABAC/ILAB
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Winnipeg, Manitoba
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