The Life of the Robin
by Lack, D
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- Paperback
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About This Item
London: Witherby, 1946. xvi, 224, col frontis, 7 b/w plates. . HB. Sm. 8vo, orig. cloth, some spotting to edges. Vg in d/w (not price-clipped; slight edge-wear; spine faded). From the library of Keith Hyatt (d. 2021), acarologist at the Natural History Museum, London, and prominent member of the London Natural History Society, with his name to front pastedown. RSPB bird recorder's prize for 1949 presentation bookplate and accompanying letter to Keith Hyatt tipped in at front, '
for the careful work received from you throughout 1949 in connection with the Junior Bird Recorders' Club.' Obituary for the author tipped in facing dedication page.. Second, revised edition..
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- Bookseller
- Pemberley Natural History Books (GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- S45303
- Title
- The Life of the Robin
- Author
- Lack, D
- Book Condition
- Used
- Binding
- Paperback
- Publisher
- Witherby
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1946
- Keywords
- Ornithology; Birds
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Specialist Natural History Booksellers, providing a mail order service for individual, museums, research institutes, universities and libraries around the world. We supply new, used and antiquarian books on all aspects of natural history, particularly specialising in entomology.
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Specialist Natural History Booksellers, providing a mail order service for individual, museums, research institutes, universities and libraries around the world. We supply new, used and antiquarian books on all aspects of natural history, particularly specialising in entomology.
Established 1989.
Website: www.pemberleybooks.com Searchable stock database and secure ordering
We also have a specialist bookshop in Iver (just west of London - easy to reach by train or car, and close to Heathrow Airport)
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