The Noise of Their Wings
by Kantor, MacKinlay
- Used
- very good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good/Acceptable
- Seller
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Minneapolis, Minnesota, United States
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About This Item
New York, New York: Coward-McCann, 1938. First edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Acceptable. First edition, 1938. Near fine, bright square copy, in an acceptable dust jacket, with tape reinforcement at top and bottom edges of the inside of the jacket. Light soil to unclipped dj and a few additional closed tears. No former owner marks. A noble novel about a man's attempt to restore passenger pigeons to America. Pulitzer prize novelist, author of "Andersonville". With multiple writing careers, as a journalist he was the first and only one allowed to ride with NYPD on their beat. He writing was based on significant historical research. The last passenger pigeon, Martha Washington, died in 1914. Her death sparked the conservation movement for the preservation of threatened species.
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Details
- Bookseller
- The Book House in Dinkytown (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 310784
- Title
- The Noise of Their Wings
- Author
- Kantor, MacKinlay
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- Acceptable
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First edition
- Publisher
- Coward-McCann
- Place of Publication
- New York, New York
- Date Published
- 1938
- Weight
- 1.56 lbs
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The Book House in Dinkytown
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Minneapolis, Minnesota
About The Book House in Dinkytown
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