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The Age of Reptiles
by Colbert, Edwin H
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- very good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good/No Jacket
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About This Item
New York: W W Norton & Co Inc, 1965. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7?" - 9?" tall. Type: Hardback First Edition. Hardcover Out-of-Print Book in Very Good Condition. No Dust Jacket. The story of the tetrapod life of an ancient age, during the age of reptilian supremacy, of the interrelationships between amphibians and reptiles, between birds and mammals,and between all these animals and their environment. Forest green cloth binding w/ gilt titles on spine. Very clean and unmarked with a touch of wear to extremities. Sewn binding tight, solid, square. Twenty illustration plates, sixty-seven figures. Former owner name on front endpaper. Pages very clean and free from any markings. xii + 228 p. + 28 pls., 67 figs. Bibliography and Index. 9.75 x 6.75 inches. 1965, W. W. Norton & Co, New York, New York, USA
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- Bookseller
- The Parnassus BookShop
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 012177
- Title
- The Age of Reptiles
- Author
- Colbert, Edwin H
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- No Jacket
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- W W Norton & Co Inc
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1965
- Size
- 8vo - over 7?" - 9?" t
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Keywords
- PREHISTORIC ANIMALS; REPTILES; DINOSAURS;
- Bookseller catalogs
- Science;
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- First Edition
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- Cloth
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- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- Gilt
- The decorative application of gold or gold coloring to a portion of a book on the spine, edges of the text block, or an inlay in...
- Spine
- The outer portion of a book which covers the actual binding. The spine usually faces outward when a book is placed on a shelf....
- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
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