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BIRDS OF THE REPUBLIC OF PANAMA: Part 3 (Three) Only--Passeriformes: Dendrocolaptidae (Woodcreepers) to Oxyruncidae (Sharpbills)/Smithsonian Miscellaneous Collections, Volume 150, Part 3
by Wetmore, Alexander
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good+/Very Good+
- ISBN 10
- 087474122X
- ISBN 13
- 9780874741223
- Seller
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Gettysburg, Pennsylvania, United States
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About This Item
Washington, D. C.: Smithsonian Institution Press, 1972. 632 pp. Original green cloth covers w/ gilt title on spine. Binding very bright and clean. Top corners and spine ends a bit bumped. Light foxing to edges of text block. DJ lightly soiled and foxed. Illust. w/ a color frontispiece and several b/w text figures. Contents very nice.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good+/Very Good+. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.
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- Shoemaker Booksellers
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 24192ANM
- Title
- BIRDS OF THE REPUBLIC OF PANAMA: Part 3 (Three) Only--Passeriformes: Dendrocolaptidae (Woodcreepers) to Oxyruncidae (Sharpbills)/Smithsonian Miscellaneous Collections, Volume 150, Part 3
- Author
- Wetmore, Alexander
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good+
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good+
- Edition
- First Edition
- ISBN 10
- 087474122X
- ISBN 13
- 9780874741223
- Publisher
- Smithsonian Institution Press
- Place of Publication
- Washington, D. C.
- Date Published
- 1972
- Keywords
- ANIMALS BIRDS ORNITHOLOGY PASSERIFORMES DENDROCOLAPTIDAE WOODCREEPERS OXYRUNCIDAE SHARPBILLS NATURE WILDLIFE WILD LIFE WORLD HISTORY REPUBLIC OF PANAMA CENTRAL AMERICA NORTH AMERICA GEOGRAPHICAL DISTRIBUTION REFERENCE NONFICTION GENERAL ILLUSTRATED
- Bookseller catalogs
- Animals; Reference;
- Size
- 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall
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