The Imperial Collection of Audubon Animals - The Quadrupeds of North America
by John James Audubon and The Rev John Bachman
- Used
- very good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good/Fair
- Seller
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Pateley Bridge, North Yorkshire, United Kingdom
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About This Item
Feltham, M iddlesex: Clountry Life Books, 1968 Book. Very Good. Green Cloth Boards. First Thus. Folio - over 12 - 15" tall. Account of the travels in North America of the French-American artist and naturalist John James Audubon (1785-1851). 307pp with index, illustrated with 150 animal paintings in colour, reproduced from the original 3-volume edition. Edited and with new text by Victor H Cahalane with foreword by Fairfield Osborn. Gilt lettering to top board and spine. Boards slightly bowed, top edges dusty and slight bumping to spine and top corner, otherwise very good copy with no inscriptions. Unclipped DJ edgeworn with two 1.5" tears and some surface wear. VERY HEAVY BOOK, extra postage may be requested..
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- Bookseller
- Washburn Books (GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 015725
- Title
- The Imperial Collection of Audubon Animals - The Quadrupeds of North America
- Author
- John James Audubon and The Rev John Bachman
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- Fair
- Edition
- First Thus
- Publisher
- Clountry Life Books
- Place of Publication
- Feltham, M iddlesex
- Date Published
- 1968
- Size
- Folio - over 12 - 15" tall
- Bookseller catalogs
- Nature, Wildlife and Ecology; Art;
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Washburn Books
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About the Seller
Washburn Books
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Pateley Bridge, North Yorkshire
About Washburn Books
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