Eggs of North American Birds
by Maynard, Charles Johnson
- Used
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Very Good in Fair dust jacket
- Seller
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Moab, Utah, United States
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About This Item
Boston, MA: DeWolfe, Fiske, and Company. Very Good in Fair dust jacket. 1889. Hardcover. Naturalist Charles Johnson Maynard's attempt at oological classification. The author's wife hand-colored ten plates from specimens. Green cloth boards rubbed on edges, corners a bit bumped. Scarce brown paper dust jacket has large chips to edges and corners and is torn along folds. Some foxing to pages and edges of text block, a bit musty.; Book; 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall .
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- Bookseller
- Back of Beyond Books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 007729
- Title
- Eggs of North American Birds
- Author
- Maynard, Charles Johnson
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good in Fair dust jacket
- Publisher
- DeWolfe, Fiske, and Company
- Place of Publication
- Boston, MA
- Date Published
- 1889
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Back of Beyond Books
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Moab, Utah
About Back of Beyond Books
Located in the heart of the desert southwest Back of Beyond Books is an indie bookstore in Moab, Utah. The name of the store was drawn from one of Edward Abbey's most well-known fiction titles, The Monkey Wrench Gang. We specialize in natural history, environmental literature, southwestern guidebooks & maps, Native American books, and Western history. But we also carry a wild assortment of fiction, science, philosophy, current affairs, rare books, and generally other cool stuff.
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