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The Birds of Burma
by Smythies, Bertram E. [A. Hughes, Illustrations]
- Used
- Fine
- Condition
- fine
- Seller
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Calgary, Alberta, Canada
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About This Item
Endinburgh: Oliver and Boyd, 1953. Undetermined. fine. 2nd revised edition. [xliii] 668pp. Quarto. Publisher's green cloth; spint title in gilt, corners lightly bumped. Illustrated dust jacket, unclipped; small notation in ink to spine of jacket. Textblock edges untrimmed. Colour frontis; 30 further colour plates from paintings, folding map at rear. A magnificent copy; bright and beautifully illustrated. fine Originally printed in an extremely limited edition in 1940 in Rangoon. A detailed study of the species of Burma, with beautifully rendered illustrations by Commander A. Hughes of the Colonial Forestry Service. Scarce in this condition and jacket. 1953
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- Bookseller
- Aquila Books
(CA)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 132836
- Title
- The Birds of Burma
- Author
- Smythies, Bertram E. [A. Hughes, Illustrations]
- Format/Binding
- Undetermined
- Book Condition
- Used - fine
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- Oliver and Boyd
- Place of Publication
- Endinburgh
- Date Published
- 1953
- Keywords
- Bird Watching|Birds|British Colonial Government|Burma|Illustrated Book|Southeast Asia
- Bookseller catalogs
- Natural History;
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