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Harrier, Hawk of the Marshes. The Hawk That Is Ruled by a Mouse
by Hamerstrom, Frances; illustrated by Jonathan Wilde; foreword by Roger Troy Peterson
- Used
- Fine
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Fine/fine
- ISBN 10
- 0874745381
- ISBN 13
- 9780874745382
- Seller
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Spring Green, Wisconsin, United States
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About This Item
Washington DC: Smithsonian Institution Press, 1986. first edition. Hardcover. Fine/fine. Jonathan Wilde illus. 171 p, many in-text and full-page illustrations, 23cm tall, octavo. Green cloth and gilt title on spine.
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- Bookseller
- Sandhill Books
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 00004640
- Title
- Harrier, Hawk of the Marshes. The Hawk That Is Ruled by a Mouse
- Author
- Hamerstrom, Frances; illustrated by Jonathan Wilde; foreword by Roger Troy Peterson
- Illustrator
- Jonathan Wilde illus
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Fine
- Jacket Condition
- fine
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- first edition
- ISBN 10
- 0874745381
- ISBN 13
- 9780874745382
- Publisher
- Smithsonian Institution Press
- Place of Publication
- Washington DC
- Date Published
- 1986
- Keywords
- ornithology; birds; hawks; harriers
- Bookseller catalogs
- Nature;
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- Octavo
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- Gilt
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