The Birds of South America, Volume 1: The Oscine Passerines + Volume 2: The Suboscine Passerines, in 2 volumes, complete.
by Ridgely, Robert S. and Tudor, Guy
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- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- A fine (new) copy in a fine dust jacket (still shrink-wrapped).
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Iowa City, Iowa, United States
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About This Item
Austin: University of Texas Press, 1989-1994. First edition.. A fine (new) copy in a fine dust jacket (still shrink-wrapped).. Pp. xvi, 516, 31 color plates from paintings by Guy Tudor, 700+ distribution maps; xii, 814, 52 color plates from paintings by Guy Tudor, 1000+ distribution maps. Publisher's original green cloth (vol. 1) and red cloth (vol. 2), lettered in gilt on the spine and with gilt map of South America decorated with birds on the front cover, color pictorial dust jacket with map of South America full of color illustrations of birds, thick sm 4to. These two volumes cover over 1700 species of South American birds in great detail. No other ownership marks and no signs of use.
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- Bookseller
- Natural History Books
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 7027
- Title
- The Birds of South America, Volume 1: The Oscine Passerines + Volume 2: The Suboscine Passerines, in 2 volumes, complete.
- Author
- Ridgely, Robert S. and Tudor, Guy
- Book Condition
- New
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Austin: University of Texas Press, 1989-1994. First edition.
- Note
- May be a multi-volume set and require additional postage.
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Natural History Books is an independent, rare book retailer operating out of Iowa City, IA. The business is owned and operated by Noriko and Russell Ciochon. We only sell books through our NHB website and other book service websites. We do not offer books for sale within the state of Iowa.We specialize in rare and hard to find books in all areas of natural history especially ornithology, herpetology, ichthyology, mammalogy, paleontology, botany, evolutionary biology and travel and exploration. Our rare and hard-to-find book section has many fine hand-colored plate books. Our latest acquisition is the ichthyology and aquarium fish collection of Ross Socolof Books of Florida. We are always buying natural history books – if you have a collection to offer, please contact us at noriko@naturalhistorybooks.com or by calling (319) 354-9088.
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