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On the Wing: To the Edge of the Earth with the Peregrine Falcon
by Tennant, Alan
- Used
- Fine
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Fine/Fine
- ISBN 10
- 0375415513
- ISBN 13
- 9780375415517
- Seller
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Stanley, New York, United States
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About This Item
New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 2004. Book. Fine. Hardcover. Stated First Edition.. New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 2004. Stated First Edition. Fine/Fine. Fine Stated First Edition in clean unclipped dust jacket. Clean light blue boards with darker blue spine, silver lettering on spine. No fraying or wear. Binding is tight & crisp, pages and edges are clean and bright. Clean endpapers; no names, writing or bookplates. Illustrated with full color photographs. 304 pgs. Clean dustjacket is unchipped, no tears, not price clipped. Enclosed in new archival quality mylar cover. Extraordinary chronicle as author recounts his all-out effort to radio-track the transcontinental migration of the peregrine falcon..
Synopsis
Alan Tennant is the author of numerous books on wildlife and nature, including The Guadalupe Mountains of Texas , which won the Southern Book Award, Western Books Award, and a best nonfiction award from the Texas Institute of Letters. He currently lives in West Texas and conducts natural history trips around the world.
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- Bookseller
- Old Scrolls Book Shop - Biblio
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 029903
- Title
- On the Wing: To the Edge of the Earth with the Peregrine Falcon
- Author
- Tennant, Alan
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Fine
- Edition
- Stated First Edition.
- ISBN 10
- 0375415513
- ISBN 13
- 9780375415517
- Publisher
- Alfred A. Knopf
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 2004
- Keywords
- PEREGRINE FALCON, ALAN TENNANT, BIRDS OF PREY, NATURE, FIRST EDITION
- Bookseller catalogs
- Nature;
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- Fine
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- Jacket
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