THE SMALLER BRITISH BIRDS: With Descriptions of their Nests, Eggs, Habits etc., etc., etc.
by Adams, H.G. and H.B
- Used
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Some edge-wear to cloth, a tight, very good copy.
- Seller
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Iowa City, Iowa, United States
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About This Item
London: Gibbings and Company, 1894. Second edition.. Some edge-wear to cloth, a tight, very good copy.. Pp. iv, 252, 16 fine color plates of birds after A. F. Lydon + 16 color fine plates of bird eggs. Publisher's gilt-decorated and pictorial blue ribbed cloth, top edge gilt, royal 8vo. From the library of Major O.C.C. Nichols with his bookplate. Inscription dated 1895 on the front blank endpaper.
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- Bookseller
- Natural History Books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 1457
- Title
- THE SMALLER BRITISH BIRDS: With Descriptions of their Nests, Eggs, Habits etc., etc., etc.
- Author
- Adams, H.G. and H.B
- Book Condition
- Used - Some edge-wear to cloth, a tight, very good copy.
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- London: Gibbings and Company, 1894. Second edition.
- Keywords
- Ornithology Birds Britain United Kingdom UK Nests Eggs Habits Chromlithographic plates Natural Sciences Natural Science
- Bookseller catalogs
- Ornithology;
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