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The Birds of Essex County, Massachusetts, [with] Supplement to the Birds of Essex County Massachusetts. Two Volume Set. (Memoirs of the Nuttall Ornithological Club, No. III and No. V [Numbers 3 & 5])
by Townsend, Charles Wendell
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Cambridge, Massachusetts: The Nuttall Ornithological Club, 1905. First Edition. Large Hardcover. Very Good/No Jacket. 0x0x0. First edition. No jacket. The Birds of Essex County, Massachusetts: Spine toned, boards lightly foxed, bookplate on front paste-down endpaper, some pages foxed. Supplement: General wear. 1905 Large Hardcover. Two volume set. Green cloth boards. THE BIRDS OF ESSEX COUNTY, MASSACHUSETTS CONTENTS: Preface; Topography and Faunal Areas; The Ocean and Its Birds: The Sand Beaches and Their Birds; The Sand Dunes and Their Birds; The Salt Marshes and Their Birds; The Fresh Marshes and Their Birds; The Ponds and Their Birds; Lighthouse Records; Ornithological History of Essex County, 1616-1904; Annotated List of the Birds of Essex County: Introduction, Annotated List, Introduced Species, Apocryphal Species, Summary, Addenda; Bibliography; Errata; Index. SUPPLEMENT CONTENTS: Introduction; Changes in the Bird-Life of Essex County Since 1905; Birds of Limited Areas; Annotated List; Summary; Errata; Bibliography; Index.
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- Yesterday's Muse Books
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- Title
- The Birds of Essex County, Massachusetts, [with] Supplement to the Birds of Essex County Massachusetts. Two Volume Set. (Memoirs of the Nuttall Ornithological Club, No. III and No. V [Numbers 3 & 5])
- Author
- Townsend, Charles Wendell
- Format/Binding
- Large Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- No Jacket
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- The Nuttall Ornithological Club
- Place of Publication
- Cambridge, Massachusetts
- Date Published
- 1905
- Size
- 0x0x0
- Weight
- 5.69 lbs
- Keywords
- ANIMALS BIRDS BIRDING ORNITHOLOGY SCIENCE NATURE NATURAL HISTORY AMERICAN HISTORY AMERICANA ESSEX COUNTY MASSACHUSETTS
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- May be a multi-volume set and require additional postage.
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