Popular Handbook of Indian Birds
by Hugh Whistler
- Used
- very good
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Very Good/No Jacket
- Seller
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Gleneden Beach, Oregon, United States
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About This Item
Edinburgh: Gurney and Jackson, 1949. 4th Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/No Jacket. Fourth Edition, 1949, no jacket, 560 pages, with 24 plates, 7 are in color, 108 text illustrations, Book is Very Good Plus, very clean publisher's green ribbed cloth with bright gilt titles to spine, Top Edge bright gilt, bumping to heel of spine and some corners, first end paper has a rub spot, rear end paper has a quarter sized piece missing, text and plates are Fine. Very clean. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Pacific Coast Books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 003136
- Title
- Popular Handbook of Indian Birds
- Author
- Hugh Whistler
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- No Jacket
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- 4th Edition
- Publisher
- Gurney and Jackson
- Place of Publication
- Edinburgh
- Date Published
- 1949
- Keywords
- Indian Birds, Ornithology
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Pacific Coast Books
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Gleneden Beach, Oregon
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