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OCEANIC BIRDS OF SOUTH AMERICA: A Study of Species of the Related Coasts and Seas, Including the American Quadrant of Antarctica Based Upon the Brewster-Sanford Collection in the American Museum of Natural History
by Murphy, Robert Cushman
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good Condition/No Dust Jacket
- Seller
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Llandudno, Conwy, United Kingdom
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About This Item
Macmillan/American Museum of Natural History, New York, 1936. First Edition. Hardcover (Original Cloth). Very Good Condition/No Dust Jacket. 1st Edition; Two volumes, illustrated from paintings by Francis L. Jacques, photographs, maps, and other drawings; Vol I, xxii, 640pp, 6 coloured plates, 1-38 b&w plates, 61 text figures; Vol II, viii, 641-1245pp, 10 coloured plates, b&w plates 39-72, 62-80 text figures. Index at front of both volumes, plates at back of both volumes. Original green cloth with gilt titling to spine and front covers. Comprehensive look at avian life in this area. A classic of its field, especially significant for its descriptions of the birds of the Antarctic seas. Geographic background, hydrology, field work, family and species accounts include penguins, albatrosses, petrels, storm petrels, shearwaters, tropic-birds, pelicans, boobies, cormorants, man-o-war birds, oystercatchers, ducks & geese, skuas and jaegers, gulls, terns, skimmers.A beautiful set of books This is the first USA edition. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 5 kilogram. Category: Arctic & Antarctic; Birds; Antarctic; Animals & Birds. Pictures of this item not already displayed here available upon request. Inventory No: 1598. . This book is extra heavy, and may involve extra shipping charges to some countries.
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- Bookseller
- Polar Books
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 1598
- Title
- OCEANIC BIRDS OF SOUTH AMERICA: A Study of Species of the Related Coasts and Seas, Including the American Quadrant of Antarctica Based Upon the Brewster-Sanford Collection in the American Museum of Natural History
- Author
- Murphy, Robert Cushman
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover (Original Cloth)
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good Condition
- Jacket Condition
- No Dust Jacket
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Macmillan/American Museum of Natural History
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1936
- Keywords
- BZDB349 qpolarq, penguins, albatrosses, petrels, storm petrels, shearwaters, tropic-birds, pelicans, boobies, cormorants, man-o-war birds, oystercatchers, ducks & geese, skuas, skimmers polar books antarctic book arctic book Artic/Arctic, Antartic/A
- Bookseller catalogs
- Arctic & Antarctic;
- Note
- May be a multi-volume set and require additional postage.
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Llandudno, Conwy
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