Birds of Western Canada. (Canada Department of Mines; Victoria Memorial Museum, Museum Bulletin No. 41. Biological Series, No. 10. September, 15, 1926)
by Taverner, P. A
- Used
- good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Good/No Jacket
- Seller
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Greensboro, North Carolina, United States
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About This Item
Ottawa: F. A. Acland, Printer to the King's Most Excellent Majesty, 1926. First Edition First Printing . Hardcover. Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. 8vo. 380 pages, indexed. Hardcover bound in green cloth. The binding is worn and bumped and a bit shaken. Some wrinkling to the cloth on the spine. Front inner hinge is starting. A few gatherings is starting. Text is a little toned but generally clean. Illustrated with black and white drawings and color plates.
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- Bookseller
- Pages Past Used and Rare Books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 047177
- Title
- Birds of Western Canada. (Canada Department of Mines; Victoria Memorial Museum, Museum Bulletin No. 41. Biological Series, No. 10. September, 15, 1926)
- Author
- Taverner, P. A
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good
- Jacket Condition
- No Jacket
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition First Printing
- Publisher
- F. A. Acland, Printer to the King's Most Excellent Majesty
- Place of Publication
- Ottawa
- Date Published
- 1926
- Size
- 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾
- Weight
- 3.90 lbs
- Keywords
- 1926; P. A. Taverner; Birds of Western Canada; Ornithology; Birding; Natural History.
- Bookseller catalogs
- Birds;
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Greensboro, North Carolina
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Pages Past is a small used & rare bookshop located a few blocks from the University of North Carolina at Greensboro. Since 1996 we have been serving the Triad community as well as customers from around the world. We have around 15-20,000 volumes in our shop. We specialize in North Carolina, Virginia, Civil War, Old Leather, Christianity, Eastern and Western Philosophies, and the simply unusual. We very likely have the oldest books in Greensboro; we keep a nice selection of antiquarian volumes and scholarly books.
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- Cloth
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