Last Of the Curlews
by Bodsworth, Fred
Last of the Curlews is a novel, a fictionalized account of the life of the last Eskimo Curlew. It was written by Fred Bodsworth, a Canadian newspaper reporter and naturalist, and published in 1954.
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Last of the Curlews
by Fred Bodsworth
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- 1956
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- Hardcover
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Goring-by-Sea, West Sussex, GBR
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Museum Press, 1956. Hardcover. Good/Acceptable. 1956. No edition remarks. 122 pages. Pictorial dust jacket over blue cloth. Black and white illustrations throughout by T.M. Shortt. Prize plate to front pastedown. Pages remain bright and clean with minimal tanning and foxing. Binding remains firm. Boards have moderate shelf wear with mild bumping and fraying to corners and crushing and… Read more about this item Item Price
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Last of the Curlews
by BODSWORTH, Fred
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- Used - Near Fine
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- 1995
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- Softcover
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Gloucester City, New Jersey, USA
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Washington, D.C.: Counterpoint, 1995. Softcover. Near Fine. Uncorrected proof of first Counterpoint edition. Foreword by W.S. Merwin. Afterword by Murray Gell-Mann. Illustrated by Abigail Rorer. 12mo. 172pp. Green printed wrappers. Faint sticker shadow on front cover, tiny nick at the foot of the spine, near fine. Item Price
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Last of the Curlews
by Bodsworth, Fred (Shortt T. M. illustrator)
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- Third Edition
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- 1967
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- Hardcover (Original Cloth)
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Llandudno, Conwy, GBR
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Country Book Club, London, 1967. Third Edition. Hardcover (Original Cloth). Very Good Condition/Good. 3rd Edition: 128 pages, illustrated with lovely b/w drawings. Original covers in price clipped dust jacket. Shelf wear to dust jacket, book and contents clean. A book written from the curlews point of view on the epic migration these birds undertake.… Read more about this item Item Price
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Last of the Curlews
by Bodsworth, Fred
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- Used - Good paperback
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- first printing thus,1979
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- 9780440949596
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West New York, New Jersey, USA
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Laurel-Leaf. first printing thus,1979. Good paperback. 16mo,paperback,139pp,illus Short, T.M. edgewear,scrapes,corners wearing,crease marks,cover. corners bumped,tanning,clean,tight,text. nature. Item Price
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Last of the Curlews
by BODSWORTH, Fred
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- Fine
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- 1995
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- Hardcover
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Washington, D.C.: Counterpoint, 1995. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. Reprint. First Counterpoint edition. Foreword by W.S. Merwin. Afterword by Murray Gell-Mann. Illustrated by Abigail Rorer. 174pp. Fine in fine dust jacket. Item Price
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The Faber Book of Food
by Spencer, Colin and Clifton, Claire (eds.)
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- Near Fine
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- 1st Eng
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- 1993
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- Hardcover
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- 9780571164677
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Fitzwilliam , New Hampshire, USA
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London: Faber and Faber. VG+/Near Fine. 1993. 1st Eng. hardcover. 8vo . 548pp . P O name and address stamp front free end paper. Nice copy. . Item Price
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Last of the Curlews.
by Bodsworth, Fred.
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- 1st. Ed.
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- 1995
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Hay-on-Wye, Herefordshire, GBR
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Counterpoint. , 1995. 1st. Ed.. pp.xiii, 174 with b/w. illus. 8vo. A fine softback. Originally published in 1955, Fred Bodsworth tells the story of a solitary Eskimo Curlews perilous migration and search for a mate. Item Price
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Last Of The Curlews
by Fred Bodsworth
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- 1966
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- Hardcover
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Goring-by-Sea, West Sussex, GBR
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Longmans., 1966. Hardcover. Good. 1966. 128 pages. No dust jacket. Blue cloth. Pages and binding are presentable with no major defects. Minor issues present such as mild cracking, inscriptions, inserts, light foxing, tanning and thumb marking. Overall a good condition item. Boards have mild shelf wear with light rubbing and corner bumping. Some light marking and tanning. Item Price
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Last of the Curlews
by Fred Bodsworth
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- First edition thus
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- 1963
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- Paperback
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Brampton, Ontario, CAN
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London: Mcclelland and Stewart, 1963. First edition thus. Paperback. Very Good. T M Shortt. London: Mcclelland and Stewart, 1963. First edition thus. Very Good. T M Shortt. Pages tanned, illustrated, 125pp <br/><br/> Item Price
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Last of the Curlews
by Bodsworth, Fred
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- 1st Edition
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- 1955
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- Hardcover
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Montreal, Quebec, CAN
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$40.00
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New York: Dodd, Mead and Co., 1955. Book. Illus. by Shortt, T.M.. Very Good. Hardcover. 1st Edition. First edition. Inscribed to previous owner and signed by the author. Previous owner bookplate. Chipping to dust jacket. . Item Price
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Last of the Curlews
by Bodsworth, Fred
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- 1995
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Toronto, Ontario, CAN
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Washington: Counterpoint, 1995. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. Green cloth spine with gilt lettering over green paper boards. Good clean copy, signed by Bodsworth on the title page. B/w illustrations by Abigail Rorer. Item Price
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Last of the Curlews
by Bodsworth, Fred
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- Used - Very Good
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- 1995
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- Soft cover
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- 9780771098741
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Calgary, Alberta, CAN
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McCllelland & Stewart, 1995 Pocket book. 132 pp. First published 1954. Bright clean copy. Couple of price stickers on rear cover. Item Price
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Last Of The Curlews
by Fred Bodsworth
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- 1966
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- Hardcover
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Goring-by-Sea, West Sussex, GBR
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Longmans., 1966. Hardcover. Good/Good. 1966. 128 pages. Blue pictorial dust jacket over blue cloth. Pages are clean and bright, and appear almost good as new. With minimal tanning throughout. Binding has remained firm. Boards are a little rub worn, slight shelf wear to corners, spine and edges. Corners are a little bumped. Spine ends are mildly crushed. Light… Read more about this item Item Price
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Last of the Curlews
by BODSWORTH, Fred
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- 1955
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Gloucester City, New Jersey, USA
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Washington, D.C.: Counterpoint, 1955. Softcover. Very Good. Later. Paperback About very good in wrappers. Cover rubbed with creasing, some wear. Please Note: This book has been transferred to Between the Covers from another database and might not be described to our usual standards. Please inquire for more detailed condition information. Item Price
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Last of the Curlews
by Bodsworth, Fred
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- 2010
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- Paperback
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Burnaby, British Columbia, CAN
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Toronto: New Canadian Library, 2010. Book. Very Good. Trade Paperback. 12mo - over 6¾ - 7¾" tall. Very light shelf rubbing, little wear overall. Text is clean. 'One of the swiftest and most graceful of all shorebirds, the Eskimo curlew once made its 9,000-mile migration from Patagonia to the Arctic in flocks so dense that they darkened the… Read more about this item Item Price
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Silent Studio
by Duncan, David Douglas
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- Used - Very Good
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- Very Good
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- 1976
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- Hardcover
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Corning , California, USA
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New York: W. W. Norton & Co., 1976. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. 1st American Edition. Hardcover with light shelfwear to jacket ends. Item Price
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Last of the Curlews
by Bodsworth, Fred
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- Near Fine
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- 1966
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- Hardcover
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Winnipeg, Manitoba, CAN
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London, UK: Longmans, Green and Co, 1966. Hardcover. Near Fine/Near Fine. Shortt, T.M.. Clean, tight, unmarked; slight of wear to edges of dust jacket; otherwise appears unread; This is the story of an extraordinary bird, one which hasn't been seen since 1987 and is presumed extinct, a bird which wintered in Patagonia at the Antarctic tip of South… Read more about this item Item Price
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Last of the Curlews
by Bodsworth, Fred
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- 1966
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Johannesburg, ZAF
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Longmans, 1966. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. 8x5x0. reprint. minor shelf wear on jacket. internally clean and neat. soundly bound. very good copy.[SK]. Our orders are shipped using tracked courier delivery services. Item Price
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Last of the Curlews (Counterpoint)
by Bodsworth, Fred
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- 2000
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- 9781887178006
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Counterpoint - PGW. HARDCOVER. 2000. 1887178007 :Binding:HardcoverVendor: Counterpoint LLCSubject:Nature | Essays . Good. Item Price
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Last of the Curlews
by Bodsworth, Fred
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- Near Fine
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- 1995
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- Hard Cover
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Seattle, Washington, USA
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Washington, D.C., U.S.A.: Counterpoint, 1995. Hard Cover. Near Fine/Near Fine. Inscribed By Author. A clean, unmarked copy with a tight binding. 174 pages. Inscribed by author. Item Price
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