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Rare and modern books

Perrins, Christopher, Ad Cameron

Birds: Their Life, Their Ways, Their World

Reader's Digest, 1980

30.00 €

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(STREETSVILLE, Canada)

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Year of publication
1980
ISBN
0895770652
Place of printing
Pleasantville, NY
Author
Perrins, Christopher
Publishers
Reader's Digest
Keyword
BIRDS ORNITHOLOGY
Cover description
Near Fine
Illustrator
Ad Cameron
Binding description
H
Dust jacket
Yes
State of preservation
Very Good
Binding
Hardcover
Inscribed
No
First edition
No

Description

Originally published Elsevier, Lausanne in 1976 Birds is actually two books in one. it opens with a compreensive description of the diverse lives of birds. In the second part of Birds you'll meet all 176 bird families that have ever lived on earth, including those that are now extinct. Contains more than 1,000 spectacular color painting by nature artist Ad Cameron, depicting such scenes as aerial combat between golden eagles, cranes performing a wild courtship dance, and cuckoos evicting sparrows from the next. Cameron has captured the winged creatures of our planet in stunningly lifelike postures certain to enhance your enjoyment and appreciation of the natural world.416p. illus [col] Heavy [1.6 kg large format volume.]11 x 8.8 x 1.7"]] Name of previous owner on verso of title page, dj slightly sun faded, else fine

Edizione: re-issue