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The Birds of Cornwall and the Isle of Scilly

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Title: The Birds of Cornwall and the Isle of Scilly

Description: First edition. Presentation copy signed by the Author. Publishers navy buckram with blind-stamped bird vignette. Gilt title, gilt bands, gilt vignette to spine. Colour endpapers and page-blocks. Frontispiece portrait plate. Full-page plates, maps and graphs. In-text illustrations. A very beautiful copy in excellent condition.

Product Details:

Publisher: Headland Publications., Cornwall

Author: R. D. Penhallurick

Date Published: 1978

Binding: Hardback

Condition: As New

Weight: 1410g

Reserve: $10.00

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