The Herring Gull's World: A Study of the Social Behaviour of Birds
by Tinbergen, Niko
- Used
- Very Good
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Very Good/Very Good
- Seller
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Beloit, Wisconsin, United States
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About This Item
New York: Basic Books, 1961. First American printing of the revised version of this classic natural history study, of the intelligence & social behavior of herring gulls, based on extensive observation & experimentation. One of the New Naturalist Monograph series, though unusual in not presenting a complete exploration of the subject's range & variations. Hardcover in jacket, as pictured. Book shows a small scuff to the front cover, light foxing / spotting to upper edge, ink name & departmental address on free endsheet; jacket lightly rubbed with some edgewear, minor chipping, tanned spine. Text clean; xvi, 255 pages; index, bibliography, many figures & b/w plates. . Revised Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. Octavo.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Bookworks MWABA, IOBA (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- w0723
- Title
- The Herring Gull's World: A Study of the Social Behaviour of Birds
- Author
- Tinbergen, Niko
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good
- Edition
- Revised Edition
- Publisher
- Basic Books
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1961
- Size
- Octavo
- Keywords
- Natural History, Ornithology, Ethology, Seagulls, Biology
Terms of Sale
Bookworks MWABA, IOBA
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About the Seller
Bookworks MWABA, IOBA
Biblio member since 2006
Beloit, Wisconsin
About Bookworks MWABA, IOBA
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- Octavo
- Another of the terms referring to page or book size, octavo refers to a standard printer's sheet folded four times, producing...
- Chipping
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- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- Spine
- The outer portion of a book which covers the actual binding. The spine usually faces outward when a book is placed on a shelf....