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In Quest of Bower Birds
First Edition
Hard Cover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. First Edition. very slight edge wear cover edges, otherwise book clean and tight. DJ: slight edge wear, some scuffing. Due to weight extra may apply to any quoted postage Size: 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall.
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Australia's Beautiful Birds
Language: English
Published by Sydney Austalian Consolidated Press (Women's Weekly) no publication date (recent)
Seller: Versandantiquariat Karin Dykes, Nürnberg, Germany
Seller rating 5 out of 5 stars
weicher Einband. English language softcover, 27,5 x 20,5cm, 128 pages, handwritten dedication on title page, otherwise light traces of usage, good condition. Richly illustrated with colour photos. 501 gr.
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In Quest of Bowerbirds
Language: English
Published by Sydney : Rigby Publishers, 1984
ISBN 10: 0727019422 ISBN 13: 9780727019424
Condition: Good. Original red boards, dust jacket, illustrated with numerous (full page) colour photographs, 4to.; Remnants of glue on bottom flaps (removed price tag).
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The National Geographic Magazine, Vol. 120, No. 6 (December, 1961)
Published by National Geographic Society, Washington, 1961
Soft Cover. Condition: Good with no dust jacket. Map of Canada is present, in very good condition. Square, tight binding. Wrappers are yellow and white with general soiling and light shelf wear, including owner's name written at top front. Pages clean, slightly age-darkened. ; Contents: Kenney, Wentzel, and Nebbia, "Life in Walled-off West Berlin"; Phillips, Boyer and Edwards, "Canada, My Country"; "New Map Portrays the Young Titan of the North"; Emerson, "The Kress Collection: Gift to the Nation"; Chaffer, "Australia's Amazing Bowerbirds"; "Your Society Takes Giant New Steps: The President's Annual Message to Members."; 10.0" tall.
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In Quest of Bowerbirds
Seller: Barclay Books, York, WA, Australia
Association Member: ANZAAB ILAB
Seller rating 5 out of 5 stars
Hardback. 1994. First edition. A near fine copy only marked by light edge rubbing. The d/w is very good.
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Hardcover. Condition: Very Good+. Dust Jacket Condition: Good+. Interior of book is clean, no marks or writing. COver has a 1 inch tear at the bottom front. ; B and w and color photos; 11.3 X 8.8 X 0.5 inches; 108 pages.
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In Quest of Bowerbirds
Language: English
Published by Rigby Publishers, Adelaide, 1984
ISBN 10: 0727019422 ISBN 13: 9780727019424
First Edition
Hardcover/gebunden. Condition: gut. 1. Auflage. Ohne Schutzumschlag, der Einband ist an den Kanten etwas berieben. In englischer Sprache. 108 S. pages. 28,5 x 21,5 cm.
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In quest of bowerbirds.
Seller: Lost and Found Books, Healesville, VIC, Australia
Seller rating 5 out of 5 stars
First Edition Signed
hard cover with dust jacket. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 1st edition. Illustrated with photographs in colour and black and white, maps. 29 cm. 108 pages VG/VG. Very good book in very good dust jacket with light shelf wear and edge wear, laminate lifting a little lower rear, signed by the author on front endpaper. Signed by author.
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In quest of bower birds.
Language: English
Published by Sydney: Rigby, 1984., 1984
ISBN 10: 0727019422 ISBN 13: 9780727019424
Seller: Andrew Isles Natural History Books, Prahran, VIC, Australia
Association Member: ANZAAB ILAB
Seller rating 4 out of 5 stars
Quarto,108 pp.,colour photographs, very good copy in dustwrapper. Norman Chaffer was an excellent amateur ornithologist and photographer.
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In Quest of Bowerbirds.
Language: English
Published by Rigby, Adelaide., 1984., 1984
Seller: Peter Moore Bookseller, (Est. 1970. PBFA, BCSA), Cambridge, United Kingdom
Association Member: PBFA
Seller rating 5 out of 5 stars
Hardcover. Condition: Good. pp.(x)+108. 28cm. Double column. Numerous colour photographic illustrations, some full page. Location maps. References. Index. Hard cover in dust jacket. A good clean copy ISBN. 0-7270-1942-2.
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Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Immediate dispatch from Somerset. Nice older book in good condition. Pages in good condition. Hardcover. English. See images for condition. About the book >.>.> The world of Australian ornithology has long awaited Norman Chaffer's account of the highlights from his sixty-year investigation and study of bowerbirds in the wild. These extraordinary birds-unique to the Australian region-first captured his attention in 1923 when as a young naturalist he was shown the handiwork of some Satin Bowerbirds. The painstaking and skilled process of filming bowerbirds behaviour and environment made Norman Chaffer a renowned master of the art of bird photography and it also makes an absorbing story. In a delightful blend of personal recollection and scientific observation, Norman Chaffer now recalls many outback expeditions in search of various bowerbird species in their native haunts, some of which he was the first to investigate and photograph. His detailed studies give fascinating insights into the remarkable bowers built and decorated by the male birds as stores for collections of display objects-sometimes totalling thousands of items-and as courtship stations to which they entice th.
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Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. Hardcover in fine condition, light shelf wear to the dust jacket. Color photographs.
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IN QUEST OF BOWER BIRDS
Published by Published by Rigby, Adelaide, SA, 1984
Seller: A&F.McIlreavy.Buderim Rare Books, Buderim, QLD, Australia
Association Member: ANZAAB ILAB
Seller rating 5 out of 5 stars
First Edition
First Edition.Small 4to.pp vii + 108, bibliography with maps and many plates in colour. Original red hardcover in rear foxed pictorial dust wrapper else very good.
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Observations on the Golden Bower-Bird
Published by R.A.O.U. Sydney 1956, 1956
Seller: Andrew Barnes Books / Military Melbourne, Melbourne, VIC, Australia
Seller rating 4 out of 5 stars
1st edition softback with stiff wrappers Fine tall octavo 39pp., col. frontis., b/w pls., bibliog., Reprinted from the Emu Vol. 56 part 1.
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In Quest of Bower Birds Chatter, Norman
Seller: Hay-on-Wye Booksellers, Hay-on-Wye, HEREF, United Kingdom
Seller rating 5 out of 5 stars
Condition: Good. Light wear to the extremities of the dust jacket. Some marks and scratches to both sides. Content clean and readable.
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Observations on the Golden Bower-bird.
Published by Melbourne: Royal Australasian Ornithologists Union, 1956., 1956
Seller: Andrew Isles Natural History Books, Prahran, VIC, Australia
Association Member: ANZAAB ILAB
Seller rating 4 out of 5 stars
Octavo,39 pp.,colour frontispiece. Publisher's stiff wrappers, spine worn. "With compliments Norman Chaffer Sydney June 1956". Reprinted from The Emu Volume 56.
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In quest of Bower Birds.
Seller: Antiquariaat A. Kok & Zn. B.V., Amsterdam, Netherlands
Seller rating 5 out of 5 stars
Adelaide, 1984. 108 pp. Col. ills. Hardcover,d/j.
