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The Sibley Guide to Birds, Second edition [Damaged] Flexi binding - 2015

by David Allen Sibley

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Alfred A. Knopf, 2015. 2nd edition. Flexi-binding. As New. New copy that arrived from the publisher with a bent cover. This is the later printing with corrected color reproduction. Almost every aspect of the book has undergone a remarkable makeover. Dozens of species have been added, most paintings have been revised, and hundreds of new paintings have been created. Maps have been updated, fonts have been tweaked, illustrations enlarged. Among the revisions that have been made for this second edition: All illustrations are approximately 15%-20% larger than they appeared in the first edition. Every image from the first edition has been re-digitized from the original art. 600 new paintings: including illustrations of 85 rare species and additional aspects of the species included in the original edition. Two-thirds (4,356) of all original art has been revised, providing improved detail, and reflecting new physical and behavioral information. Expanded text includes conservation status, habitat, and tips on finding species in the field. David Allen Sibley, America's most gifted contemporary painter of birds, is the author and illustrator of this comprehensive guide. With The Sibley Guide to Birds, the National Audubon Society makes the art and expertise of David Sibley available to the world in a comprehensive, handsome, easy-to-use volume that will be the indispensable identification guide every birder must own.
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  • Title The Sibley Guide to Birds, Second edition [Damaged]
  • Author David Allen Sibley
  • Binding Flexi-binding
  • Edition 2nd edition
  • Condition New
  • Pages 624
  • Volumes 1
  • Language ENG
  • Publisher Alfred A. Knopf, New York
  • Date 2015
  • Illustrated Yes
  • Features Illustrated, Index, Maps, Price on Product - Canadian, Table of Contents
  • Bookseller's Inventory # SIBL2U
  • ISBN 9780307957900 / 030795790X
  • Weight 3 lbs (1.36 kg)
  • Dimensions 9.8 x 6.25 x 1.5 in (24.89 x 15.88 x 3.81 cm)
  • Library of Congress subjects Birds - North America, Bird watching - North America
  • Dewey Decimal Code 598.097

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Artist, writer, and naturalist David Allen Sibley is the author and illustrator of a series of successful guides to nature, including the New York Times best-seller The Sibley Guide to Birds. He has traveled extensively throughout North America and abroad as a birding tour leader and lecturer. Sibley has contributed art and articles to Smithsonian, Science, The Wilson Journal of Ornithology, Birding, and North American Birds, and he wrote and illustrated a syndicated column for The New York Times. He is the recipient of the Roger Tory Peterson Award for Lifetime Achievement from the American Birding Association and the Linnaean Society of New York’s Eisenmann Medal. He lives in Concord, Massachusetts.

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Citations

  • Choice, 09/01/2014, Page 106
  • Library Journal, 03/01/2014, Page 108
  • Outside, 11/01/2015, Page 36

About the author

Artist, writer, and naturalist David Allen Sibley is the author and illustrator of a series of successful guides to nature, including the New York Times best-seller The Sibley Guide to Birds. He has traveled extensively throughout North America and abroad as a birding tour leader and lecturer. Sibley has contributed art and articles to Smithsonian, Science, The Wilson Journal of Ornithology, Birding, and North American Birds, and he wrote and illustrated a syndicated column for The New York Times. He is the recipient of the Roger Tory Peterson Award for Lifetime Achievement from the American Birding Association and the Linnaean Society of New York's Eisenmann Medal. He lives in Concord, Massachusetts.

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