Parent Birds and Their Young
by Skutch, Alexander F
- Used
- Hardcover
- Signed
- Condition
- See description
- Seller
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Port Elizabeth, South Africa
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About This Item
(Austin and London, University of Texas Press, 1976). 4to; original pale grey cloth; pictorial dustwrapper slightly rubbed and a little creased; the publishers' compliments label, signed by the author, pasted to front free endpaper; signature of previous owner, renowed ornithologist Gordon Maclean, on front pastedown; some tape marks to endpapers and flaps of dustwrapper; pp. xviii + (ii) + 503, incl. index; illustrated throughout with tables, figures, and black-and-white photographs. Good condition. "Parent Birds and Their Young is the most complete up-to-date worldwide survey of the family life and reproductive behavior of birds, from the formation of pairs to the young birds' attainment of independence. Written in language that the general reader can understand, it avoids technicalities, yet the thoroughness of its coverage, supported by a bibliography of over eight hundred titles, makes it valuable as a reference work for the ornithologist. More than one hundred illustrations accompany the text." .
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Details
- Bookseller
- Christison Rare Books, IOBA SABDA (ZA)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 1801
- Title
- Parent Birds and Their Young
- Author
- Skutch, Alexander F
- Book Condition
- Used
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- (Austin and London, University of Texas Press, 1976)
- Keywords
- Signed copy. Birds. Ornithology. Birds
- Bookseller catalogs
- Birds;
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Christison Rare Books, IOBA SABDA
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About the Seller
Christison Rare Books, IOBA SABDA
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Port Elizabeth
About Christison Rare Books, IOBA SABDA
Christison Rare Books operates as a mail order business, based in Port Elizabeth. We are members of IOBA and SABDA. Whereas we stock thousands of books on a wide variety of subjects, our focus has always been on SE Africa - its peoples, wildlife and history. The store is managed by Lindsay Christison. Although we do not run an open book shop, prospective customers who would like to examine items described in our on-line list of stock are welcome to make an appointment.
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