Vanishing Birds: Their Natural History and Conservation
by Halliday, Tim
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- ISBN 10
- 0030435617
- ISBN 13
- 9780030435614
- Seller
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Daw Park, South Australia, Australia
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About This Item
New York: Holt, Rinehart & Winston. 1978. Octavo Size [approx 15.5 x 22.8cm]. Very Good +in Very Good [price-clipped] Dustjacket. DJ protected in our purpose-made plastic sleeve. DJ has small mark to front lower edge and a slightly faded Spine. Illustrated by author with colour plates as well as black and white drawings and maps. Previous owner's name to the title page. Endpapers decorated with Maps of The World showing the six faunal regions. Robust, professional packaging and tracking provided for all parcels. 296 pages. With a Foreword by Bruce Campbell: examines the evolution of birds so as to identify what makes them vunerable to environmental changes, includes a detailed account of several extinct birds such as the Dodo and the Passenger Pigeon. . 1st Edition. Hardback.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Adelaide Booksellers (AU)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- BIB262835
- Title
- Vanishing Birds: Their Natural History and Conservation
- Author
- Halliday, Tim
- Format/Binding
- Hardback
- Book Condition
- Used -
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Binding
- Hardcover
- ISBN 10
- 0030435617
- ISBN 13
- 9780030435614
- Publisher
- Holt, Rinehart & Winston
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1978
- Bookseller catalogs
- Natural History;
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Daw Park, South Australia
About Adelaide Booksellers
Antiquarian and Secondhand Bookseller. Member ANZAAB.Founded in 1979, Adelaide Booksellers is one of Adelaide's oldest and most respected secondhand and antiquarian booksellers. Members of the Australian and New Zealand Association of Antiquarian Booksellers [ANZAAB]. Has Adelaide's most comprehensive selection of book on military history. Also a very good range of Australiana books, Childrens's Books, Art and History books.Something for every budget. Now primarily an online/telephone seller but open to the public by arrangement.
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