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A Natural History of New York City
by John Kieran
- Used
- Fine
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Fine/very good
- Seller
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Bordentown, New Jersey, United States
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About This Item
Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1959. First edition. Hardcover. Fine/very good. First edition. Hardcover in light blue cloth decorated in dark blue and spine lettered in gilt. Map endpapers. xi+ 428 pp. with index. Illustrated with drawings and silhouettes by Henry Bigbee Kane. Fine inoriignal dust jacket, about very good, with rubbing to the extremities and folds and fade to the spine strip. Considered one of the classic and cornerstone New York City history books, a look at the myriad forms of plant and animal life to be found within the territorial limits of the City as well as Kieran's perosnal relflections and reminiscences over 50 years. Kieran developed his book not for the scientist or scholar but for the "sidewalk naturalist". Here he reflects on fish, insects, repties, amphibians, plants, flowers, trees and shrubs, mammals, sea birds. shore birds and waterfowl etc.
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- Bookseller
- The Old Book Shop of Bordentown (ABNJ)
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- E23269
- Title
- A Natural History of New York City
- Author
- John Kieran
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Fine
- Jacket Condition
- very good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First edition
- Publisher
- Houghton Mifflin
- Place of Publication
- Boston
- Date Published
- 1959
- Keywords
- nature, new york city, naturalists, fish, mammals, birds, cities, urban,
- Bookseller catalogs
- Nature;
Terms of Sale
The Old Book Shop of Bordentown (ABNJ)
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About the Seller
The Old Book Shop of Bordentown (ABNJ)
Biblio member since 2005
Bordentown, New Jersey
About The Old Book Shop of Bordentown (ABNJ)
The Old Book Shop of Bordentown is a general used/rare bookshop open to the public Tues.-Sunday 11AM to 5PM (8 PM on Fridays). 10,000 books on premises with another 25,000 in stock. Areas of speciality include baseball, New Jersey, American literature, mysteries. Member, ABAA, ILAB,Antiquarian Booksellers of New Jersey. Located in historic Bordentown City, New Jeresy (est. 1682).
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