The Log of the Sun - A Chronicle of Nature's Year
by Beebe, William
- Used
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Very Good- in Good dust jacket
- Seller
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Dunedin, New Zealand, New Zealand
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About This Item
London: Hodder and Stoughton. Very Good- in Good dust jacket. [c1932]. Hardcover. Previous owner's inscription dated 1933. 1" missing at tail of dust-jacket spine. Dust-jacket rubbed, with short tears and small chips to margins. Dust-jacket protected in archival mylar cover.; UK edition. xiii, [3] pages + frontispiece + 5 plates. Blue cloth boards with red lettering and rule on spine and front board. Page dimensions: 191 x 125mm. Illustrations by Walter King Stone. Natural history. 52 short essays of natural history observations and reflections. By the author of "Jungle Peace". Chapter titles include: Winter Marvels; The Dark Days of Insect Life; Fish Life; Feathered Pioneers; Dwellers in the Dust; The Simple Art of Sapsucking; The Victory of the Night-Hawk; The Grey Days of Birds; The Dream of the Yellow-Throat; Musk-Rats; A Woodchuck and a Grebe; The Names of Animals, Frogs, and Fish; The Personality of Trees; An Owl of the North. .
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Details
- Bookseller
- Renaissance Books (NZ)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 19192
- Title
- The Log of the Sun - A Chronicle of Nature's Year
- Author
- Beebe, William
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good- in Good dust jacket
- Publisher
- Hodder and Stoughton
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- [c1932]
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About the Seller
Renaissance Books
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Dunedin, New Zealand
About Renaissance Books
We are located in Dunedin, in the South Island of New Zealand. We have in stock over 8,500 books. We are a general antiquarian and out-of-print home-based bookseller, with some specialty areas in English literature, Maori, Travel, Tibet, and New Zealand history.
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