New Naturalist Mono #20, The Wood Pigeon
by R K Murton
- Used
- very good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good/Very Good
- Seller
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Ipswich, Suffolk, United Kingdom
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About This Item
London: Collins, 1965. Collins, London. 1965 1st edition hardback. Very Good/Very Good. 205 x 140 mm, 256 pages. Colour and b/w photos, maps. Book Condition: Very good, clean, tight binding, green boards, neat owner's plate on front paste-down. Dust Jacket Condition: Very good, price-clipped, minor rubbing to corner An excellent monograph on the common and probably least studied of British birds, the Wood Pigeon. The book investigates the alleged crop damage attributed to the bird together with revealing facts on it's breeding behaviour. . . First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Pullet's Books (GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 000174
- Title
- New Naturalist Mono #20, The Wood Pigeon
- Author
- R K Murton
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- Collins
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1965
- Keywords
- Birds, Pigeon
- Size
- 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall
Terms of Sale
Pullet's Books
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About the Seller
Pullet's Books
Biblio member since 2013
Ipswich, Suffolk
About Pullet's Books
Private residence. Internet sales only.I specialise in Natural History, Ornithology, Local History and some walking books. Those listed represent a small proportion of my book stock and welcome search requests of other books I may hold.
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- Plate
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- First Edition
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- Jacket
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- Rubbing
- Abrasion or wear to the surface. Usually used in reference to a book's boards or dust-jacket.
- Paste-down
- The paste-down is the portion of the endpaper that is glued to the inner boards of a hardback book. The paste-down forms an...
- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.