Quick-Key Guide to Birds
by Emlen, John T. and David Archbald
- Used
- Very Good
- Paperback
- Condition
- Very Good
- Seller
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Beloit, Wisconsin, United States
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About This Item
New York: Doubleday & Company, Inc., 1967. Field guide with punch-card 'computer' system for identifying bird species from a few "easily observed characteristics". Not a lot on information on the birds, just their identification and basic description. Second of a series of guides using the same punch-card technology, developed by Archbald, director of the University of Wisconsin Arboretum. Paperback, as pictured; two-color cover; riveted swing-out punch cards. Covers lightly rubbed, minor bumping to corners, paper edges a bit tanned. Text clean; 24 pages + 54 punch cards; line illustrations.. Later Printing. Paperback. Very Good. Illus. by Wayne R. Westphal and John E. Dallman. 3¼" by 7¼".
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Details
- Bookseller
- Bookworks MWABA, IOBA (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- x1059
- Title
- Quick-Key Guide to Birds
- Author
- Emlen, John T. and David Archbald
- Illustrator
- Wayne R. Westphal and John E. Dallman
- Format/Binding
- Paperback
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Edition
- Later Printing
- Publisher
- Doubleday & Company, Inc.
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1967
- Size
- 3¼" by 7¼&quo
- Keywords
- Natural History, Field Guides, Ornithology, Birds
Terms of Sale
Bookworks MWABA, IOBA
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About the Seller
Bookworks MWABA, IOBA
Biblio member since 2006
Beloit, Wisconsin
About Bookworks MWABA, IOBA
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