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THE FAMILY OF PARROTS
by [LEAR, Edward]
- Used
- Very Good
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Very Good/Very Good
- ISBN 10
- 0764903365
- ISBN 13
- 9780764903366
- Seller
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ELLSWORTH, Maine, United States
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About This Item
Publisher's original olive green cloth with spine lettering gilt, octavo, pp. 64. First edition in this format. Edward Lear (1812-1888) published his original parrot drawings in a twelve-part folio between 1830 and 1832 under the title "Illustrations of the family of Psittacidae, or parrots." Here, beautifully reproduced from that London original, are all 42 plates with a descriptive index.
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- Bookseller
- T. BRENNAN BOOKSELLER, ABAA
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 3669
- Title
- THE FAMILY OF PARROTS
- Author
- [LEAR, Edward]
- Illustrator
- Edward Lear
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Binding
- Hardcover
- ISBN 10
- 0764903365
- ISBN 13
- 9780764903366
- Publisher
- New York: American Museum of Natural History / San Francisco: Pomegranate Artbooks, [1997]
- Place of Publication
- Petaluma, California
- This edition first published
- March 1997
- Bookseller catalogs
- Birds;
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T. BRENNAN BOOKSELLER, ABAA
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About the Seller
T. BRENNAN BOOKSELLER, ABAA
Biblio member since 2013
ELLSWORTH, Maine
About T. BRENNAN BOOKSELLER, ABAA
Thomas Brennan was established professionally as a Bookseller in 1998 and still exhibits annually at several antiquarian book fairs. He has 25 years full-time experience in the Book Trade and is a member in good standing of The International League of Antiquarian Booksellers (ILAB); The Antiquarian Booksellers' Association of America (ABAA); The Ephemera Society of America; and The Manuscript Society.
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