Last of the Curlews (The Edwin Way Teale Library of Nature Classics)

Author: Bosworth, Fred
Title: Last of the Curlews (The Edwin Way Teale Library of Nature Classics)
Publication: Dodd, Mead & Company, New York, 1987
Edition: 1st Edition

Description: Hardcover. 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. Fine / Near Fine.

Seller ID: ABE-1674238052517

Subject: Birds

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