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The Owls of North America (North of Mexico) - All the Species and Subspecies Illustrated in Color and Fully Described
by Karalus, Karl E. and Allan W. Eckert
- Used
- first
- Condition
- See description
- ISBN 10
- 0385048181
- ISBN 13
- 9780385048187
- Seller
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Cape Coral, Florida, United States
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About This Item
Garden City, New York: Doubleday and Company, Inc., 1974 Collector's edition - the first edition after the limited edition of 3000 copies has been printed. A gallery of superb paintings and drawings by Karl E. Karalus. A joy to read - a treasury of information - text by Allan W. Eckert. Folio. 12 1/2" x 9 3/8" x 1 1/2" thick. Yellow buckrum stamped in brown and gilt on spine. xxv, 278 pages. 59 Color plates printed on slick paper. 15 comparison tables. Pictorial endpages. Just very little very light foxing on page edges and widely scattered otherwise very clean and bright. Tight. Nice pictorial slipcase. near Fine/ Very good. .
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- Bookseller
- Cultural Connection
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 018668
- Title
- The Owls of North America (North of Mexico) - All the Species and Subspecies Illustrated in Color and Fully Described
- Author
- Karalus, Karl E. and Allan W. Eckert
- Book Condition
- Used
- Binding
- Hardcover
- ISBN 10
- 0385048181
- ISBN 13
- 9780385048187
- Publisher
- Doubleday and Company, Inc.
- Place of Publication
- Garden City, New York
- Date Published
- 1974
- Bookseller catalogs
- General #1;
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About Cultural Connection
Home to collectible and scarce or rare hard to find books and quality collectible fine art including wood sculpture, limited edition cast marble sculpture, paintings and wood block prints. Our book inventory has a large number of first editions, books autographed by the author, maps, limited editions and books with engravings. We have many scarce and collectible books. Our book specialties are art, archaeology, history, natural history, and fiction. Our art collection includes African tribal art, American, antiques, Asian, Eskimo, European, Far Eastern, Indian, Mid Eastern, 17th, 18th and 19th century, 20th century, contemporary, and Precolumbian art.
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- New
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- Edges
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- First Edition
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- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
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