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The Wisdom of Birds: An Illustrated History of Ornithology
by Birkhead, Tim
- Used
- Very Good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good/Very Good
- ISBN 10
- 1596915412
- ISBN 13
- 9781596915411
- Seller
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Sorn, East Ayrshire, United Kingdom
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About This Item
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC, 2008-10-30. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. 9x7x2. 433pp. (yellow spine)2008. First U.S. edition - first impression. A very good, clean, tight hardback copy in like jacket. No inscriptions. Original publisher's green boards - gilt embossed to the spine. The text supported by numerous photographic reproductions in colour. A bump to the lower front board edge and a corresponding similar bump to the opposite rear board edge. A bump towards the head of the spine and the tail of the spine lightly bumped. The jacket has not been price-clipped and has some light shelf wear. A very good, clean, tight copy in like jacket.
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- Bookseller
- Trumpington Fine Books Limited (GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 022925
- Title
- The Wisdom of Birds: An Illustrated History of Ornithology
- Author
- Birkhead, Tim
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- ISBN 10
- 1596915412
- ISBN 13
- 9781596915411
- Publisher
- Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
- Place of Publication
- U.s.a.
- Date Published
- 2008-10-30
- Size
- 9x7x2
- X weight
- 46 oz
Terms of Sale
Trumpington Fine Books Limited
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