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Parts Unknown – A Naturalist’s Journey in Search of Birds and Wild Places – The 2001 first edition, first printing, of Tim Gallagher’s collection of travels in search of birds in remote places, published in hardcover by The Lyons Press. A clean copy in its pictorial dust jacket, in very good condition with only light edge wear.
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Parts Unknown – A Naturalist’s Journey in Search of Birds and Wild Places by Tim Gallagher was published in 2001 by The Lyons Press, an imprint of the Globe Pequot Press of Guilford, Connecticut. This copy is the first edition, first printing, with the number line running down to 1, and was printed in the United States. The book was designed by Compset, Inc., and the Library of Congress data catalogues it under bird watching and the author’s journeys.
As the jacket flap describes, Parts Unknown takes its title from the old mapmakers’ habit of marking unexplored regions as parts unknown, and gathers Gallagher’s accounts of visiting and photographing remote places in pursuit of birds. The jacket carries a striking photograph of a pale falcon perched on a rocky outcrop.
Combining travel, field observation and adventure, Parts Unknown is a personal record of a naturalist’s fascination with birds and the wild places they live, and a first printing in its original dust jacket.
Parts Unknown will appeal to birders and ornithology collectors, readers of nature and travel writing, and anyone who enjoys first-hand accounts of fieldwork in remote country.
Condition – Very Good
Hardcover in quarter black cloth with green paper-covered boards, in the original pictorial dust jacket. The jacket is clean and bright, with light wear to the edges. The boards are clean, with light rubbing at the head and foot of the spine. The page edges are clean, the binding is tight and square, and the text is clean with no inscriptions or markings.
