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THE WORLD ATLAS OF BIRDS
by [Various Ornithologists] Mitchell Beazley (Edited and Designed by)
- Used
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Very Good +/Very Good
- ISBN 10
- 0862836905
- ISBN 13
- 9780862836900
- Seller
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Korumburra, Victoria, Australia
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
Surrey, England: Colour Library Books, 1989. 272pp., colour art illustrations, maps, throughout. Book clean, square. Spine firm. Very small spot to title page, else leaves clean. Art-illustrated gloss boards undamaged. Like-illustrated dustjacket very mildly edge-creased at head, minor foxing to reverse (inner) surface. From the jacket flap: "Written by fourteen of the world's outstanding authorities on ornithology, illustrated with more than 500 original full colour portraits, 270 line drawings, and 167 maps and diagrams, 'The World Atlas of Birds' offers a fresh look at what birds are, how they live, and what lies behind their extraordinary success in coming to terms with virtually every habitat available to our planet, from polar regions to equatorial rain-forests, mountain-tops to the open sea . . . selects more than 500 species of birds and examines them in depth, region by region . . . Written by fourteen of the world's outstanding ornithologists." Book weight approx. 1.55 KG. * Customers outside Australia - This item will incur extra postage charges as it weighs over 1KG. Please email for quote. Size: 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Hardcover and Dustjacket. Very Good +/Very Good.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Diversity Books, IOBA
(AU)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 011708
- Title
- THE WORLD ATLAS OF BIRDS
- Author
- [Various Ornithologists] Mitchell Beazley (Edited and Designed by)
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good +
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good
- ISBN 10
- 0862836905
- ISBN 13
- 9780862836900
- Publisher
- Colour Library Books
- Place of Publication
- Surrey, England
- Date Published
- 1989
- Keywords
- ORNITHOLOGY, BIRDS, REFERENCE
- Bookseller catalogs
- Education/Reference;
Terms of Sale
Diversity Books, IOBA
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Korumburra, Victoria
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