THE IBIS - A QUARTERLY JOURNAL OF ORNITHOLOGY - VOL. V. [5] 1929
by SCLATER, WILLIAM LUTLEY (editor)
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- Hardcover
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About This Item
British Ornithologists' Union, London, 1929. 778 pp, followed by original wrappers bound at end, 4 beautiful chromolithographic coloured plates, b&w photographic plates, maps, b&w illustrations, front inner hinge cracked, minor flecking to boards, spine faded, else very good copy in publisher's gold-blocked, red, cloth boards.
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- Bookseller
- Camberwell Books (AU)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 212602
- Title
- THE IBIS - A QUARTERLY JOURNAL OF ORNITHOLOGY - VOL. V. [5] 1929
- Author
- SCLATER, WILLIAM LUTLEY (editor)
- Book Condition
- Used
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- British Ornithologists' Union, London, 1929
- Keywords
- natural history birds history
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