The birds of China / Rodolphe Meyer de Schauensee; scientific editing by Eleanor D. Brown; color plates by John Henry Dick, John A. Gwynne, Jr., and H. Wayne Trimm; wash drawings by Michel Kleinbaum; endpaper maps by Maude T. Meyer de Schauensee
by De Schauensee, Rodolphe Meyer (1901-)
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- See description
- ISBN 10
- 0198586027
- ISBN 13
- 9780198586029
- Seller
-
Galway, Ireland
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
Oxford: Oxford Univ. Press, 1984. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine cloth copy in a good if somewhat edge-nicked and dust-dulled dust-wrapper, now mylar-sleeved. Remains particularly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and strong. Physical description: 602 p. ill. (some col.) 24 cm. Notes: Includes indexes. Bibliography: p. [519]-523. Subjects: Birds China Identification. Oiseaux Chine Identification. Birds. Zoology. Geography. Identification. Biogeography. Ornithology. Asia. China. Genre: Bibliography. Field guides.
Reviews
(Log in or Create an Account first!)
Details
- Bookseller
- MW Books Ltd. (IE)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 317571
- Title
- The birds of China / Rodolphe Meyer de Schauensee; scientific editing by Eleanor D. Brown; color plates by John Henry Dick, John A. Gwynne, Jr., and H. Wayne Trimm; wash drawings by Michel Kleinbaum; endpaper maps by Maude T. Meyer de Schauensee
- Author
- De Schauensee, Rodolphe Meyer (1901-)
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- ISBN 10
- 0198586027
- ISBN 13
- 9780198586029
- Publisher
- Oxford: Oxford Univ. Press
- Place of Publication
- Oxford
- Date Published
- 1984
Terms of Sale
MW Books Ltd.
Returns accepted within 10 days of receipt if you are unsatisfied with either our description of, or the book itself.
About the Seller
MW Books Ltd.
Biblio member since 2005
Galway
About MW Books Ltd.
MW Books is an academic and antiquarian bookshop with a large stock in core areas such as Early Travel & Exploration, Nineteenth Century Literature, Early Political Economy, Labour and Social History, and Asian and Colonial History. Please don't hesitate to contact us with your questions or comments regarding any item listed.
Glossary
Some terminology that may be used in this description includes:
- First Edition
- In book collecting, the first edition is the earliest published form of a book. A book may have more than one first edition in...
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- Fine
- A book in fine condition exhibits no flaws. A fine condition book closely approaches As New condition, but may lack the...
- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.