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Recounts the dramatic flight over two continents of a dying Eskimo curlew, the last member of a once abundant species
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Fred Bosworth is an esteemed ornithologist, a former reporter and the author of six books. Last of the Curlews was his first novel. He lives in Toronto, Canada.
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- PublisherOlympic Marketing Corp
- Publication date1987
- ISBN 10 0396091865
- ISBN 13 9780396091868
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Last of the Curlews (The Edwin Way Teale Library of Nature Classics)
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Book Description Hardcover. Condition: Very Good+. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good-. Hardcover with dustjacket, first printing of this "Edwin Way Teale Library of Nature Classics edition," was first published in 1954, this beautifully-illustrated novel "offers a poignant and poetic tale of the last of a beautiful, now extinct species of birdlife," book has two minor flaws only: a tiny bump to the top front corner and two pages with a short corner-crease at the bottom, the binding is clean and tight and the contents are fine, the jacket has edge-wear on the front panel, the original price is present and a professional (removable) mylar cover is included ; The Edwin Way Teale Library Of Nature Classics; 143 pages. Seller Inventory # 053627
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Book Description Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. 1st Edition. First thus, inscribed on the verso of the half title page in green ink: "For Arch and Phyllis McCurdy, with best wishes, Fred Bodsworth." Uncommon signed in this edition. A fictionalized account of a year in the life of the last Eskimo curlew, which is now thought to be extinct (it was sighted after the book's original publication in 1955). An influential book with over three million copies sold. Illustrated by T.M. Shortt. Fine book in near fine jacket with just a little wear to edges. // Wood (+) River (=) Books specializes in ecology, natural history, nature writing, the environment, and environmental literature, with a special passion for association copies and notable inscriptions. Seller Inventory # ABE-1674238052517
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