xxxvi, 353 pages of text. Hardcover binding in new condition. Unclipped dustjacket in new condition. Illustrated with numerous color and black & white plates and maps. A few pages with tiny stains in the margins. First edition. Size: Octavo (8vo).

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Bibliographic Details

Title

A Field Guide to Birds of the USSR: Including Eastern Europe and Central Asia.

Publisher

Princeton University Press, Princeton, NJ

Publication Date

1984

Language

English

ISBN 10

0691082448

ISBN 13

9780691082448

Binding

Hardcover

Edition

First Edition.

Condition

Near fine condition

Dust Jacket Condition

Near fine condition (DJ)

Book Type

Book

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The description for this book, A Field Guide to Birds of Russia and Adjacent Territories, will be forthcoming.

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"This field guide, a most satisfactory translation of the earlier Soviet edition, will make life much easier for Western bird-watchers when they seek out the avifauna of eastern Europe, of the Caucasus and Central Asia, of the Siberian tundra and of the Soviet Far East."--John A. C. Greppin, The Times Literary Supplement

"A seminal contribution to world birding."--Howard Simons, The Washington Post Book World

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