Rails of the World. A Monograph of the Family Rallidae. Paintings by J. Fenwick Lansdowne, and a Chapter on Fossil Species by Storrs L. Olson
by RIPLEY, S. Dillon
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About This Item
Boston: David R. Godine, (1977).. First edition, folio, xx, 406, (2) pp. 41 coloured plates, 17 maps and 10 photographs. Two toned cloth, d.w. slightly worn to the head, in the original card slipcase - this torn to top and bottom, the whole still held in the publisher's original cardboard box.
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- Bookseller
- Bow Windows Bookshop (GB)
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- Title
- Rails of the World. A Monograph of the Family Rallidae. Paintings by J. Fenwick Lansdowne, and a Chapter on Fossil Species by Storrs L. Olson
- Author
- RIPLEY, S. Dillon
- Book Condition
- Used
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Boston: David R. Godine
- Date Published
- (1977).
- Keywords
- Natural History Ornithology
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