Bird Life
by Niko Tinbergen
- Used
- good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Good/Good
- Seller
-
Sidmouth, Devon, United Kingdom
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About This Item
Oxford University Press, 1954. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Good/Good. Bird Life is an account of bird behaviour based on first-hand observation. It describes how birds see and hear, how they find their food, protect themselves from enemies, communicate with each other, and learn by experience.There is a pen inscription inside and some foxing to the end pages. The jacket has been price clipped and has some stains on it.
Synopsis
Bird Life is a book authored by Australian ornithologist Ian Rowley and published by Collins (Australia) in 1975 in its Australian Naturalist Library series. It was issued in octavo format (224 x 150 mm), containing 284 pages, bound in brown cloth with a dust jacket illustrated by a painting of a Superb Fairy-wren. The book is illustrated with numerous photographs, drawings and diagrams and is dedicated by the author: “To my father Duncan Rowley who kindled my interest in birds”.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Fieldfare Books (GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- FF0691
- Title
- Bird Life
- Author
- Niko Tinbergen
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good
- Jacket Condition
- Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press
- Date Published
- 1954
- Weight
- 0.31 lbs
- Keywords
- Birds
Terms of Sale
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About the Seller
Fieldfare Books
Biblio member since 2018
Sidmouth, Devon
About Fieldfare Books
A small family business specialising in the sale of a range of used natural history and bird books.
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- Jacket
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- Price Clipped
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