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Eagles, Hawks & Falcons of the World
by Leslie Brown
- Used
- near fine
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Near Fine/Very Good
- Seller
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Gleneden Beach, Oregon, United States
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About This Item
Secaucus,NJ: The Wellfleet Press, 1989. Hardcover. Near Fine/Very Good. Massive Book, Two Volumes in One, 945 pages with index, 125 beautiful color plates each with a key, several diagrams, 94 full page world maps depicting habitat, a very comprehensive and complete study of Eagles, Hawks and Falcons including species and sub species, Book is near Fine, over sized 11.75 inches in height, 8.75 inches in width and 2.5 inches in thickness, a trace of corner and edge wear, No previous owner bookplate or writing, solid binding, very clean brown cloth boards with bright gilt titles to spine. Jacket is Very Good, rear panel shows an "alligator pattern" in the plastic coating of jacket (publisher flaw) else Fine, beautiful full color front panel and solid spine. shows well in new mylar sleeve. A Very Clean and most presentable Copy. Shipped media and no overseas shipping. 4to - over 9¾ - 12" tall.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Pacific Coast Books
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 001464
- Title
- Eagles, Hawks & Falcons of the World
- Author
- Leslie Brown
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Near Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- The Wellfleet Press
- Place of Publication
- Secaucus,NJ
- Date Published
- 1989
- Keywords
- Raptors, Eagles,Hawks, Falcons
Terms of Sale
Pacific Coast Books
10 day return guarantee, with full refund including original shipping costs for up to 10 days after delivery if an item arrives mis-described or damaged.
About the Seller
Pacific Coast Books
Biblio member since 2015
Gleneden Beach, Oregon
About Pacific Coast Books
Pacific Coast Books specializes in quality of books of interest from our store on the Central Oregon Coast. We are proud members of the Antiquarian Booksellers Association of America and have been buying and selling books for almost 20 years. Visit our website at www.Pacifc CoastBooks.net. Please feel free to call or email with any titles you would like to add to your collection. Only a small fraction of our inventory is online. We buy book collections.
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