BIRD OF LIFE, BIRD OF DEATH: A Naturalist's Jourrney Through a Land of Political Turmoil.
by Maslow, Jonathan
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- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Fine in near fine dust jacket (some rubbing to the edges and folds of the dj) /near fine
- ISBN 10
- 067152738X
- ISBN 13
- 9780671527389
- Seller
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About This Item
New York:: Simon & Schuster,, (1986). Hardcover first edition -. Fine in near fine dust jacket (some rubbing to the edges and folds of the dj) . First printing. The author's second book, an account of a trip he made in 1983 to Guatemela in search of the quetzal, the bird of life, a bird whose existence in endangered both by loss of habitat and by the civil war raging in Guatemela. A blend of political, social and natural history. Map, selected bibliography, index. 229 pp.
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- Bookfever.com, IOBA (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 61412
- Title
- BIRD OF LIFE, BIRD OF DEATH: A Naturalist's Jourrney Through a Land of Political Turmoil.
- Author
- Maslow, Jonathan
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover first edition -
- Book Condition
- Used - Fine in near fine dust jacket (some rubbing to the edges and folds of the dj)
- Jacket Condition
- near fine
- Binding
- Hardcover
- ISBN 10
- 067152738X
- ISBN 13
- 9780671527389
- Publisher
- Simon & Schuster,
- Place of Publication
- New York:
- Date Published
- (1986)
- Keywords
- central america, latin america, birds, nature, environment, endangered species, quetzal, guatemala,
- Bookseller catalogs
- Travel and Exploration;
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