A Field Guide to the Birds [Signed]
by Peterson, Roger Tory
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- very good
- Hardcover
- Signed
- first
- Condition
- Very Good
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Boston And New York: Houghton Mifflin Company. Very Good. 1934. First edition, first state. Signed by Peterson on front endpaper. Previous owner's somewhat comical inscription incorporates Peterson's signature into the text. Inscription reads: "To Jane and Bill with kindest regards of brother D - and Roger T. Peterson (whoever he is)." Green pebble cloth with silver lettering and illustration on front. No dust jacket. This copy has all the points associated with a first edition, first state: "1934" is printed on the title page, bog-pumper is misspelled as "bob-pumper" in the index, the illustrations of the White Egret and Whistling Swan have "dirty" plumage, and the four color plates have tissue guards with descriptive text. Light wear and soiling to edges and along spine. Light toning to pastedowns and endpapers. Overall very good. The influential field guide of ornithologist Roger Tory Peterson. ; 12mo 7" - 7½" tall; 167 pp; Signed by Author .
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- Bookseller
- Back of Beyond Books
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 024233
- Title
- A Field Guide to the Birds [Signed]
- Author
- Peterson, Roger Tory
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Houghton Mifflin Company
- Place of Publication
- Boston And New York
- Date Published
- 1934
- Keywords
- Field Guide, First Edition, Ornithology, Birding, Roger Tory Peterson, Signed
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Located in the heart of the desert southwest Back of Beyond Books is an indie bookstore in Moab, Utah. The name of the store was drawn from one of Edward Abbey's most well-known fiction titles, The Monkey Wrench Gang. We specialize in natural history, environmental literature, southwestern guidebooks & maps, Native American books, and Western history. But we also carry a wild assortment of fiction, science, philosophy, current affairs, rare books, and generally other cool stuff.
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