On 9 Oct 2000, Arthur & Meg Grimes wrote:

> Hi,
> Just wondering if anyone else purchased the Sibley Guide to Birds with
> mis-bound pages.

Not mine; however, given the shabby quality of bookbinding anymore, I
very much recommend that anyone buying this book closely examine the
binding at both the top an bottom to make sure the page signatures
are properly aligned and glued. Of the four copies available in the
store where I bought mine, only one of the four had a properly
manufactured binding which appeared like it might last a few years.

Otherwise, Sibley is a really neat guidebook, and one which makes an
excellent companion to those which provide thorough textual
descriptions of plumage.

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Douglas Canning
Olympia, Washington
dcanning at igc.org
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