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Birds of Washington Status and Distribution
by Wahl, Terence R. ; Bill Twiet, Steven G. Mlodinow, editors
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good+ in Near Fine dust jacket
- ISBN 10
- 0870710494
- ISBN 13
- 9780870710490
- Seller
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About This Item
Corvallis, OR: Oregon State University Press. Very Good+ in Near Fine dust jacket. 2005. First Edition. First Printing; Hardcover. 0870710494 . Hardcover is blue cloth with silver lettering on spine. Other than previous owner's name on front end paper, book appears as If unsed. Pages are clean and tight. Exhaustively illustrated with hundreds of b/w maps, drawings and charts. Sections include: bird Habitats of Washington; Maps of Seasonal Distribution; Avian Conservation; Evolution of Field Ornithology in Washington; Changes in Status and Distribution since 1950; Species Accounts; references; appendix; author biographies; index of birds; definitions. "Unlike many other state bir books, this wolumed relates changes in the avian population to the effects of human population, habitat modification, and natural events, and identifies curent threats such as forest practices, farming, fishing, irrigation, and waste management..." Very oversized/heavy; 6#. ; Maps, drawings, charts; 1.6 x 10.9 x 8.2 Inches; ix, 436 pages; Hardcover has very slight bumping; previous owner's name tidily written in upper corner of front end paper. DJ has faint rubbing; in a mylar cover. .
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- Bookseller
- Pegasusbooks.biz
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 10962
- Title
- Birds of Washington Status and Distribution
- Author
- Wahl, Terence R. ; Bill Twiet, Steven G. Mlodinow, editors
- Illustrator
- Kelly M. Cassidy, Shaneen Finnegan, G. Scott Mills
- Format/Binding
- First Printing; Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good+ in Near Fine dust jacket
- Edition
- First Edition
- Binding
- Hardcover
- ISBN 10
- 0870710494
- ISBN 13
- 9780870710490
- Publisher
- Oregon State University Press
- Place of Publication
- Corvallis, OR
- Date Published
- 2005
- Keywords
- 0870710494, Ornithology;, Washington State;, Wild Life;, Environment;, Ecology;, Birds;, Wild Birds;, Zoologeography;, Zoology;
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- Fine
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- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
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- A term used to denote a condition a slight grade better than Good.
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