The Birds of Manitoba
by Thompson, Ernest E
- Used
- very good
- first
- Condition
- very good
- Seller
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Calgary, Alberta, Canada
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About This Item
Washington: Government Printing Office, 1891. Undetermined. very good. 1st Edition. p457-643pp. Octavo. Bound in an attractive modern half calf and marbled boards. Extracted from a larger work but with original front wrapper bound in. Marbled endpapers to match. Single map at rear. Overall a very attractive copy. very good Seton's second publication after the mammals of Manitoba which came out in 1886 as a pamphlet. the publication was based on Seton's field notes and after 5 years delay, it was decided the Smithsonian would publish the work since they had received many of the specimens Seton had collected. His only remuneration was one copies of the finished book. Very scarce! 1891
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- Bookseller
- Aquila Books (CA)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 130717
- Title
- The Birds of Manitoba
- Author
- Thompson, Ernest E
- Format/Binding
- Undetermined
- Book Condition
- Used - very good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- Government Printing Office
- Place of Publication
- Washington
- Date Published
- 1891
- Keywords
- Boy Scouts|Ernest Thompson Seton|Manitoba|Ornithology|Western Canada
- Bookseller catalogs
- Natural History;
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- Octavo
- Another of the terms referring to page or book size, octavo refers to a standard printer's sheet folded four times, producing...
- Calf
- Calf or calf hide is a common form of leather binding. Calf binding is naturally a light brown but there are ways to treat the...
- Marbled boards
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