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The Bedside Book of Birds: An Avian Miscellany
de Gibson, Graeme
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- ISBN 10
- 0385660480
- ISBN 13
- 9780385660488
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North Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
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The Bedside Book of Birds: An Avian Miscellany, Gibson, Graeme. Published by Doubleday Canada, 2005. 8vo up to 9½" tall., xiii, 369 pp. with colour illustrations; illustrated endpapers. Green cloth boards. In fine, unread condition; light top edge ruffle to unclipped jacket which is otherwise fine.
"… an unprecedented and enchanting treasure trove of paintings, drawings, poems, essays, and scientific observations, beautifully captures the interest and emotions birds evoke. The illustrations range from early cave paintings to Audubon's famous portraits to abstract works created in the twentieth century. There are writings by Shakespeare, Coleridge, Poe, Ted Hughes, and Jorge Luis Borges, among many others. Excerpts from famous scientific works, including Darwin's observations on the tameness of the Galapagos Islands' birds, and popular nature writers as W. H. Hudson, Peter Matthiessen, Farley Mowat, and Barry Lopez."
"… an unprecedented and enchanting treasure trove of paintings, drawings, poems, essays, and scientific observations, beautifully captures the interest and emotions birds evoke. The illustrations range from early cave paintings to Audubon's famous portraits to abstract works created in the twentieth century. There are writings by Shakespeare, Coleridge, Poe, Ted Hughes, and Jorge Luis Borges, among many others. Excerpts from famous scientific works, including Darwin's observations on the tameness of the Galapagos Islands' birds, and popular nature writers as W. H. Hudson, Peter Matthiessen, Farley Mowat, and Barry Lopez."
Sinopsis
Graeme Gibson is the acclaimed author of Five Legs, Perpetual Motion and Gentleman Death . He is a past president of PEN Canada and the recipient of both the Harbourfront Festival Prize and the Toronto Arts Award, and is a member of the Order of Canada. He has been a council member of World Wildlife Fund Canada, and is chairman of the Pelee Island Bird Observatory. Gibson lives in Toronto with his spouse of thirty-five years, writer Margaret Atwood.
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- Back Lane Books (Member of IOBA)
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- Inventario del vendedor #
- 4252
- Título
- The Bedside Book of Birds: An Avian Miscellany
- Autor
- Gibson, Graeme
- Estado del libro
- Usado
- Cantidad disponible
- 1
- Encuadernación
- Tapa dura
- ISBN 10
- 0385660480
- ISBN 13
- 9780385660488
- Editorial
- Doubleday Canada
- Lugar de publicación
- Toronto
- Primera fecha de publicación de esta edición
- October 18, 2005
- Catálogos del vendedor
- MEMOIR AND BIO; SCIENCE AND NATURE; ART;
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