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Sorrows and Joys of a New Zealand Naturalist
by Guthrie Smith, H
- Used
- very good
- Hardcover
- Signed
- first
- Condition
- Very Good/No Jacket
- Seller
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Auckland, New Zealand
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About This Item
New Zealand: A. H. & A. W. Reed, 1936. Numbered Signed copy 421/1000. Ornithological expeditions mainly to the South Island and the Sub Antarctic Islands. CONDITION Green cloth (clean with small nick to spine head, title dulled o/w unworn) 252 pages with 75 b/w photo plates and 4 maps, errata slip opposing page 10. Copy is very bright and crisp. Overweight. Signed by Author. First Edition Thus. Hard Cover. Very Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.
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- Bookseller
- Ariel Books
(NZ)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 15171
- Title
- Sorrows and Joys of a New Zealand Naturalist
- Author
- Guthrie Smith, H
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- No Jacket
- Edition
- First Edition Thus
- Publisher
- A. H. & A. W. Reed
- Place of Publication
- New Zealand
- Date Published
- 1936
- Size
- 8vo - over 7¾" - 9&f
- Bookseller catalogs
- Animals & Birds;
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Ariel Books
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About the Seller
Ariel Books
Biblio member since 2003
Auckland
About Ariel Books
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- Cloth
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- Errata
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- O/W
- An abbreviation for otherwise
- Jacket
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- First Edition
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