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A Natural History of New York City. A Personal Report After Fifty Years of Study & Enjoyment of Wildlife Within The Boundaries Of Greater New York
by Kieran, John
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About This Item
Boston: Houghton Mifflin Company, 1959. First Edition, First Printing. Very Good in a Very Good Dust Jacket. Very Good/Very Good. Illustrated by Henry Bugbee Kane..
Blue linen cloth coved boards. Spine titles in blue, front decorated with NYC skyline and Empire State Building. Top edge-stained orange. Bindings square and tight, text clean. Endpages decorated with map. Light shelf handling. The dust jacket is price-clipped. Spine sun-darkened. Light wear to edges now in a protective Mylar sleeve. 428 pages. 8.75 inches tall. First Edition/First Printing. . Chapters Include: History; Geology; Geography and Climate; Fresh Water Wonders; An Ample Supply of Insects; About the Fish in Troubled Waters; Amphibians and Reptiles; Lowly Forms of Plant Life; An Endless Array of Flowers; Of Trees and Shrubs; Mammals within the City Gates; Sea Birds Shore Birds and Waterfowl; The Upland Birds; and The Four Seasons in the City; followed by Reference Books and an index.
Blue linen cloth coved boards. Spine titles in blue, front decorated with NYC skyline and Empire State Building. Top edge-stained orange. Bindings square and tight, text clean. Endpages decorated with map. Light shelf handling. The dust jacket is price-clipped. Spine sun-darkened. Light wear to edges now in a protective Mylar sleeve. 428 pages. 8.75 inches tall. First Edition/First Printing. . Chapters Include: History; Geology; Geography and Climate; Fresh Water Wonders; An Ample Supply of Insects; About the Fish in Troubled Waters; Amphibians and Reptiles; Lowly Forms of Plant Life; An Endless Array of Flowers; Of Trees and Shrubs; Mammals within the City Gates; Sea Birds Shore Birds and Waterfowl; The Upland Birds; and The Four Seasons in the City; followed by Reference Books and an index.
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- Blind Horse Books [ABAA - FABA]
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 003763
- Title
- A Natural History of New York City. A Personal Report After Fifty Years of Study & Enjoyment of Wildlife Within The Boundaries Of Greater New York
- Author
- Kieran, John
- Illustrator
- Illustrated by Henry Bugbee Kane.
- Format/Binding
- Very Good in a Very Good Dust Jacket
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition, First Printing
- Publisher
- Houghton Mifflin Company
- Place of Publication
- Boston
- Date Published
- 1959
- Keywords
- New York City, Natural History
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