The Birds of California. A Complete, Scientific and Popular Account of the 580 Species and Subspecies of Birds Found in the State, the Booklovers’ Edition, limited to 1000 copies, in four volumes
de Dawson, William Leon
- Usado
- Tapa dura
- First
- Estado
- Light edge wear to cloth, a bright and clean copy in near fine condition.
- Librería
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Iowa City, Iowa, United States
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Sobre este artículo
San Diego, CA: South Moulton Company, 1923. First edition.. Light edge wear to cloth, a bright and clean copy in near fine condition.. Pp. xvii, 2121, 48 color plates and 44 drawings by Alan Brooks, 16 photogravures, 32 full page duotone plates and 1100 half-tone text-figures. Publisher’s original green fabricoid binding - a group of western gulls is stamped in high relief on the front cover and spine of each volume, top page edges in gilt, 4to. This is the Booklovers’ Edition which was limited to 1000 numbered copies, this copy is un-numbered. Bookplate of Frederick L. Ott on the front endpaper of each volume. No other ownership marks and few signs of use.
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- Librería
- Natural History Books
(US)
- Inventario del vendedor #
- 9696
- Título
- The Birds of California. A Complete, Scientific and Popular Account of the 580 Species and Subspecies of Birds Found in the State, the Booklovers’ Edition, limited to 1000 copies, in four volumes
- Autor
- Dawson, William Leon
- Estado del libro
- Usado - Light edge wear to cloth, a bright and clean copy in near fine condition.
- Cantidad disponible
- 1
- Encuadernación
- Tapa dura
- Editorial
- San Diego, CA: South Moulton Company, 1923. First edition.
- Catálogos del vendedor
- Ornithology;
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Natural History Books
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Iowa City, Iowa
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Natural History Books is an independent, rare book retailer operating out of Iowa City, IA. The business is owned and operated by Noriko and Russell Ciochon. We only sell books through our NHB website and other book service websites. We do not offer books for sale within the state of Iowa.We specialize in rare and hard to find books in all areas of natural history especially ornithology, herpetology, ichthyology, mammalogy, paleontology, botany, evolutionary biology and travel and exploration. Our rare and hard-to-find book section has many fine hand-colored plate books. Our latest acquisition is the ichthyology and aquarium fish collection of Ross Socolof Books of Florida. We are always buying natural history books – if you have a collection to offer, please contact us at noriko@naturalhistorybooks.com or by calling (319) 354-9088.
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