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4to. Pp. 177. Fine in dust wrapper with one small tear. With 106 plates depicting all the birds by John Henry Dick.
Tibet: The High and Fragile Land Behind the Ranges. In Smithsonian, January 1981 (Volume 11, Number 10, Pp 96-105) by Ripley, S.Dillon - 1981
by Ripley, S.Dillon
Tibet: The High and Fragile Land Behind the Ranges. In Smithsonian, January 1981 (Volume 11, Number 10, Pp 96-105)
by Ripley, S.Dillon
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Washington D.C.: Smithsonian Associates, 1981. Book. Illus. by Photographs by Mary Livingston Ripley. Fine. Soft cover. Whole issue of 140 pages including nine other articles, book reviews, event calendar and commentary. 4to/29.5cm. Pictorial card stock covers, light rubbing and soil, back panel creased, internally fine. The author's article includes 11 color illustrations from photographs (some full page). Observations on a two week field trip to Lhasa and southern Tibet in the Spring of 1980 with his wife. S. Dillon Ripley ( 1913-2001) distinguished American ornithologist was then Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution, a position he held from 1964 to 1984..
- Bookseller James Hurley, Books (US)
- Illustrator Photographs by Mary Livingston Ripley
- Format/Binding Paperback
- Book Condition Used - Fine
- Binding Paperback
- Publisher Smithsonian Associates
- Place of Publication Washington D.C.
- Date Published 1981
- Keywords Tibet Ornithology Travel & Description Geology Natural History