WANDERING ALBATROSS. Adventures Among the Albatrosses and Petrels in the Southern Ocean
by Matthews, L. Harrison
- Used
- Hardcover
- Condition
- See description
- Seller
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Owen Sound, Ontario, Canada
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About This Item
London: Macgibbon & Kee, 1951.. 8vo. x + 134 + 10 pp of plates. Illus. from photos and drawings by the author. Blue cloth. Owner's bookplate and booksellers stamp on front free endpaper and pastedown. Some occasional light foxing. Spine faded, still a good tight copy..
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- Bookseller
- About Books, ABAC (CA)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- L1964
- Title
- WANDERING ALBATROSS. Adventures Among the Albatrosses and Petrels in the Southern Ocean
- Author
- Matthews, L. Harrison
- Book Condition
- Used
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- London: Macgibbon & Kee, 1951.
- Keywords
- Ornithology
- Bookseller catalogs
- ABE;
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About the Seller
About Books, ABAC
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Owen Sound, Ontario
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