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Discovering Fossil Fishes
by John G. Maisey
- Used
- near fine
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Near Fine/Near Fine
- Seller
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Fort Collins, Colorado, United States
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About This Item
Author Dr. John G. Maisey signed and dedicated this book to Bobb Schaeffer – colleague, mentor, and friend. Dr. Schaeffer was a curator and expert on fossil fish at the American Museum of Natural History in New York City, where Maisey is a curator of vertebrate paleontology. In the four decades Schaeffer was at the museum he worked in the field of vertebrate paleontology with his most permanent contribution being the careful descriptions and objective analyses of fish fossils, studies that form the basis of future work.
Condition: Hardcover multi-colored blue cloth boards with silver text on the spine have been protected by a beautiful decorative, unclipped, dustjacket that is in exceptionally condition and protected in Brodart sleeve. The spine, boards, and corners, are in near fine condition with no cosmetic blemishes and all corners sharp. The binding is straight and tight, hinges are firmly attached with no cracking to the end papers. Text block is firm with all pages firmly attached. The interior pages are clean with no tears, no chips, and no previous owner marks. Beautifully Illustrated with 160 paintings, photographs, charts, diagrams, and drawings. 223 page including glossary and index.
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- Bookseller
- Old Books and Such, LLC
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- CLA212500195
- Title
- Discovering Fossil Fishes
- Author
- John G. Maisey
- Illustrator
- David Miller
- Format/Binding
- Hardbound
- Book Condition
- Used - Near Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Near Fine
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Henry Holt
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Pages
- 223
- Size
- H – 10-1/4” W – 9-1/4”
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Keywords
- Fossil Fish, Vertebrate paleontology
- Bookseller catalogs
- Dinosaurs, Fossils;
Terms of Sale
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About the Seller
Old Books and Such, LLC
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Fort Collins, Colorado
About Old Books and Such, LLC
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- Fine
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- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
- G
- Good describes the average used and worn book that has all pages or leaves present. Any defects must be noted. (as defined by AB...
- Brodart
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- 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....
- Text Block
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- Cloth
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