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GOODFELLOW, PETER: : BIRDS OF THE BIBLE: A GUIDE FOR BIBLE READERS AND BIRDWATCHERS.[Author SIGNED copy.]

UK.OXFORD,OXON.JOHN BEAUFOY PUBLISHING,2011.

ISBN 9781909612143.

UK,slim 8vo wraps,author SIGNED,1st edn. NMINT.No owner inscrptn but author's handwritten,blue ink inscrptn,signature and date: 'I hope the Bible's birds will come alive as you read. Peter Goodfellow July 2015'. Bright,crisp,clean,glossy laminated,colour illustrated upper wrap/cover with black+brown lettering,rear panel/cover with brown lettered precis of book's contents.Top+fore-edges bright and clean; contents bright,tight,clean,solid and sound - pristine - no dog-ear reading creases to any pages' corners,no reading creases to spine/backstrip either - unread apart from my own collation.UK,slim 8vo wraps,author SIGNED,inscribed and date,1st edn,6-160pp [paginated] includes a prologue,11 chapters,and epilogue which includes further reading & acknowledgements,profuse colour reproduction illustrations from various sources,and an index; plus [unpaginated] SIGNED,inscribed half-title page with colour frntis to it's recto,colour vignette illustrated title page and contents list/table. In this highly readable account,Peter Goodfellow presents a study of all the birds mentioned in the Bible,relating the references to Bible times and to birdwatching in the Holy Land now,as well as,where appropriate,explaining the message or symbolism behind biblical texts. The prologue sets the secene with a description of the topography and climate of Israel,so that readers - wherever they are - may get a sense of what the place is like.The following chapters cover a variety of topics from the relationship of birds with various people to their place in God's creation and our worship.Birds are mentioned repeatedly in the Bible.They play an important role in illustrating the author's intentions and describing the characters in the stories. Through biblical quotations and accompanying explanations,Peter Goodfellow provides a comprehensive exploration of this role throughout the Old and New testaments for the benefit of all Bible readers and birdwatcher. Since April 2013,again in March 2015,and in this year too,the UK Post Office has altered it's Pricing in Proportion template,altering it's prices,weight allowances,dimensions and lowered it's qualifying compensation rates too! So,please contact seller,for correct, insured shipping/P+p quotes - particularly ALL overseas buyers - BEFORE ordering through the order page!

UK,slim 8vo wraps,author SIGNED,1st edn.
'I hope the Bible's birds will come alive as you read. Peter Goodfellow July 2015'.

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