Popular Handbook of Indian Birds
by Hugh Whistler
- Used
- very good
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Very Good
- Seller
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Oxford, Oxfordshire, United Kingdom
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About This Item
London: Gurney and Jackson, 1935. colour frontispiece, xxviii, 513m 2 pp publisher's adverts.illustrated with twenty full-page plates (ninety-five figures) of which five are coloured, and ninety-six figures in the text, from drawings by H. Gronvold. Publisher's dark green cloth, gilt titles to spine, purple eps, top edge gilt, Small ink ownership inscription on half title, corners bruised a little, spine faded. Firm, useable coipy. 2nd Edition. Hardcover. Very Good. Illus. by H. Gronvold. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾".
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- Bookseller
- Interquarian (GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 004133
- Title
- Popular Handbook of Indian Birds
- Author
- Hugh Whistler
- Illustrator
- H. Gronvold
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Edition
- 2nd Edition
- Publisher
- Gurney and Jackson
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1935
- Keywords
- Ornithology, India, Birds, Birding, Twitchers,
- Bookseller catalogs
- Travel and Exploration; India; Natural History;
- Size
- 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾"
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