Wake-Robin
by Burroughs, John
- Used
- very good
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Very Good/No Jacket
- Seller
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Harwich Port, Massachusetts, United States
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About This Item
Boston: Houghton Mifflin Company, 1913. Book. Very Good. Cloth. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. 8vo. Cloth. 233 p. Index. Frontispiece photograph of the author. John Burroughs was an American naturalist and essayist who was instrumental in the development of the American conservation movement. He was second only to Thoreau in the fine craft of the nature essay. This volume is his first compilation of nature essays, and "mainly a book about Birds, or more properly an invitation to the study of Ornithology." Moderate shelfwear. Very good..
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Details
- Bookseller
- Rose's Books, IOBA (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- LL-b927-01
- Title
- Wake-Robin
- Author
- Burroughs, John
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- No Jacket
- Publisher
- Houghton Mifflin Company
- Place of Publication
- Boston
- Date Published
- 1913
- Size
- 8vo - over 7¾" - 9&f
- Keywords
- NATURALISTS NATURE CONSERVATION BIRDS ORNITHOLOGY
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About the Seller
Rose's Books, IOBA
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Harwich Port, Massachusetts
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- Fine
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