Introductory Chapter and Abbreviated Species Accounts from Rails of the World: A Monograph of the Family Rallidae
Language: English
Published by Smithsonian Institution Press, Washington, DC, 1984
- Softcover
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Seller: Main Street Fine Books & Mss, ABAA, Galena, IL, U.S.A.Main Street Fine Books & Mss, ABAA
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Illustrations by J. Fenwick Lansdowne. Folio. Stiff green printed folder housing 31pp pamphlet and 41 color plates. Fine/fine/near fine. Faintest edgewear to folder only. Handsome "Portfolio Edition," being text excerpts and all of the artwork from the original 1977 hardbound limited edition issued in Boston by David R. Godine. All 41 plates (frontispiece and 40 illustrations) are outstanding and pristine.
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- Title
- Introductory Chapter and Abbreviated Species Accounts from Rails of the World: A Monograph of the Family Rallidae
- Author
- RIPLEY, S. Dillon
- Publisher
- Smithsonian Institution Press, Washington, DC
- Publication year
- 1984
- Dust jacket
- Dust Jacket Included
- Binding
- Paperback
- Language
- English
- ISBN 10
- 0874748046
- ISBN 13
- 9780874748048
- Seller catalogs
- Art, Books, Natural History
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