Hummingbirds
by Greenewalt, Crawford H.; Foreword By Dean Amadon
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Near Fine Book/Very Good
- Seller
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Pasadena, California, United States
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About This Item
New York: Doubleday / American Museum of Natural History, 1960. First Edition . Beige Cloth. Near Fine Book/Very Good. Plates From 70 Ultra-High-Speed Photographs In Full Color, Tipped In. . Xxi, 250. Beige Cloth. First Edition. An Important Original Study Of The Sources Of Feather Iridescence And The Nature Of Hummingbird Flight, With Outstanding Color Photography And Hand-Drawn Illustrations. A Bright, Clean Copy. Dust Jacket Price Clipped, Slight Rubbing, 1 1/2"Tear At Bottom Of Front Panelwith 1/4" V-Chip. Former Owner's Name.
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- Bookseller
- Arroyo Seco Books
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 051143
- Title
- Hummingbirds
- Author
- Greenewalt, Crawford H.; Foreword By Dean Amadon
- Illustrator
- Plates From 70 Ultra-High-Speed Photographs In Full Color, Tipped In.
- Format/Binding
- Beige Cloth
- Book Condition
- Used - Near Fine Book
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Doubleday / American Museum of Natural History
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1960
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Keywords
- General
- Bookseller catalogs
- Photography; Biology and Ecology;
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About the Seller
Arroyo Seco Books
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Pasadena, California
About Arroyo Seco Books
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- Tipped In
- Tipped In is used to describe something which has been glued into a book. Tipped-in items can include photos, book plates,...
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- First Edition
- In book collecting, the first edition is the earliest published form of a book. A book may have more than one first edition in...
- Price Clipped
- When a book is described as price-clipped, it indicates that the portion of the dust jacket flap that has the publisher's...
- Fine
- A book in fine condition exhibits no flaws. A fine condition book closely approaches As New condition, but may lack the...
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- Rubbing
- Abrasion or wear to the surface. Usually used in reference to a book's boards or dust-jacket.
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