London: Collins. Good+ in Good+ dust jacket. 1950. First Edition. Hardcover. No signatures. Moderate foxing to page edges. Some adhesive tape stains to endpapers. Fading to boards. Moderate foxing to dust wrapper. No tears to dust wrapper. Dust wrapper is price clipped. Dust wrapper protected in mylar cover. ; xiv, 178 pages + plates. Green cloth boards. "[. . .] will appeal to ornithologists and amateurs alike by the lively and pleasant quality of the writing, the interesting and extremely informative presentation of the subject, and the learned bibliography." - from dust wrapper blurb. A volume in the celebrated New Naturalist Library. "[. . .] we have now come to look forward to new volumes in this series - well written, beautifully produced, and awakening interest in some fresh feature of Britain's countryside" - quoted from a Guardian review of the series. This volume is one of the "Special Volumes" of the New Naturalist Monographs series.; Series title: New Naturalist Monograph No. M4; 8vo .

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Bookseller: Renaissance Books (NZ)
Bookseller's Inventory #: 14201
Title: The Yellow Wagtail
Author: Smith, Stuart
Format/Binding: Hardcover
Book Condition: Used - Good+ in Good+ dust jacket
Edition: First Edition
Publisher: Collins
Place of Publication: London
Date Published: 1950

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