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Alaska Bird Trails: Adventures of an Expedition by Dog Sled to the Delta of the Yukon River at Hooper Bay
by Brandt, Herbert
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- Very Good
- Hardcover
- Signed
- first
- Condition
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About This Item
Cleveland, OH: The Bird Research Foundation, 1943. First Edition. Hardcover. Very good/None. Alaska Bird Trails: Adventures of an Expedition by Dog Sled to the Delta of the Yukon River at Hooper Bay, Herbert Brandt, The Bird Research Foundation, Cleveland, OH, 1943, xviii, 464 pp., 10 x 8 inches. Signed and inscribed by author.
Brown decorated cloth with gilt to spine and cover, top and bottom corners slightly worn, scuff mark on cover, light marks on fore edge, clean interior, tight binding, first edition, inscribed copy signed by the author, no dust jacket. Very good condition. Please refer to photos.
Narrative of the expedition with observations on the habits of little-known birds and other wildlife encountered on the expedition. The author's focus was to study the habits of these birds and to collect specimens, including nests and eggs. Illustrated with paintings by Major Allan Brooks and Edward R. Kalmbach, photographs by Frank Dufresne, Olaus J. Murie, and the author, and with pen sketches by C.G. Mitchell, J.R. Moodey, and L.B. Towle.
Brown decorated cloth with gilt to spine and cover, top and bottom corners slightly worn, scuff mark on cover, light marks on fore edge, clean interior, tight binding, first edition, inscribed copy signed by the author, no dust jacket. Very good condition. Please refer to photos.
Narrative of the expedition with observations on the habits of little-known birds and other wildlife encountered on the expedition. The author's focus was to study the habits of these birds and to collect specimens, including nests and eggs. Illustrated with paintings by Major Allan Brooks and Edward R. Kalmbach, photographs by Frank Dufresne, Olaus J. Murie, and the author, and with pen sketches by C.G. Mitchell, J.R. Moodey, and L.B. Towle.
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- Bookseller
- Stellar Books & Ephemera, ABAA
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 421
- Title
- Alaska Bird Trails
- Author
- Brandt, Herbert
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- None
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- The Bird Research Foundation
- Place of Publication
- Cleveland, OH
- Date Published
- 1943
- Keywords
- Alaska, birds, Yukon River, travel, exploration, Herbert Brandt
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