Concord River : Selections from the Journals of William Brewster
by Dexter, Smith O., Editor
- Used
- very good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good/No Jacket
- Seller
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Harwich Port, Massachusetts, United States
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About This Item
Cambridge: Harvard University Press, 1937. Ex-Library. Illus. by Benson, Frank W.. Very Good. Cloth. First Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. First edition. 8vo. Cloth. 258 p. Illustrated with 1 color and numerous black and white plates by Frank W. Benson, noted American Impressionist. A charming and readable book, made up of ornithologist's Brewster's field notes and diaries, of his observations of natural life in and around the Concord River in Massachusetts. This is an ex-library copy from the Sturgis Library in Barnstable, Massachusetts. Library marks include lettering and remains of a sticker on spine, 1938 bookplate, pocket, barcode, title page notations and stamps. Pasted down publisher's note from dustjacket on endpaper. Minot shelfwear. Very good..
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- Seller
- Rose's Books, IOBA
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- Seller's Inventory #
- LL-b855-11
- Title
- Concord River : Selections from the Journals of William Brewster
- Author
- Dexter, Smith O., Editor
- Illustrator
- Benson, Frank W.
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- No Jacket
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- Harvard University Press
- Place of Publication
- Cambridge
- Date Published
- 1937
- Size
- 8vo - over 7¾" - 9&f
- Keywords
- CONCORD MASSACHUSETTS RIVERS NATURAL HISTORY ORNITHOLOGY
- Bookseller catalogs
- Massachusetts; Sturgis Library;
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