Guide to the Birds of Europe and North Africa
by Ramsay, Col. R. G. Wardlaw
- Used
- very good
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Very Good
- Seller
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Savage, Maryland, United States
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About This Item
London: Gurney and Jackson, 1923. Hardcover. Very Good. Hardcover. Colonel Ramsay passed away in 1921, two years before this work was published. The book was completed by William Eagle Clark, with assistance from Surgeon Rear Admiral John Sutton Stenhouse. Very scarce in the United States. Small octavo. Dark green cloth cover with gilt title to spine. Pages are generally clean, with slight foxing on first and last few pages, and one creased page. Minor bubbling to cloth near hinges, and minor wear to hinges and edges of boards. Previous owner's bookplate to inside front cover. 335 pages, including index. NAT/061322.
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- Bookseller
- The Kelmscott Bookshop (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 35645
- Title
- Guide to the Birds of Europe and North Africa
- Author
- Ramsay, Col. R. G. Wardlaw
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- Gurney and Jackson
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1923
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