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Gobi; Tracking the Desert
by John Man
- Used
- near fine
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Near Fine/Near Fine
- ISBN 10
- 0300076096
- ISBN 13
- 9780300076097
- Seller
-
WINFIELD, Kansas, United States
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About This Item
New Haven, CT: Yale University Press, 1999 Yale University Press, New Haven, CT. 1999. First Printing. Book is tight, square, and unmarked. Book Condition: Near Fine; top tip and heel bumps. DJ: Near Fine; bumping to cover at head and heel and at top tips. Brown boards with cream overlay at spine with bright gold lettering on spine. 212 pp. The Gobi desert in Mongolia has long been considered a wasteland. the collapse of communism gave the author a long-awaited chance to travel through the Gobi. Retracing the steps of the early explorers, living with herdsmen, and drawing on the most recent scientific work, he has now crated the first accessible portrait of this little-known wilderness. A clean pristine copy.
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- Bookseller
- Walnut Valley Books/Books by White
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 002802
- Title
- Gobi; Tracking the Desert
- Author
- John Man
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Near Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Near Fine
- Quantity Available
- 1
- ISBN 10
- 0300076096
- ISBN 13
- 9780300076097
- Publisher
- Yale University Press
- Place of Publication
- New Haven, CT
- Date Published
- 1999
- Size
- 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾
- Keywords
- GOBI DESERT, MONGOLIA, SOVIET BUFFER STATE, ROY CHAPMAN ANDREWS, DINOSAUR EGGS, WILD HORSES, FLAMING CLIFFS, MICHAEL NOVACEK, AMERICAN MUSEUM OF NATURAL HISTORY, FOSSILS, LIFESTYLE CHANGE IN THE NATURALIST,
Terms of Sale
Walnut Valley Books/Books by White
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About the Seller
Walnut Valley Books/Books by White
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WINFIELD, Kansas
About Walnut Valley Books/Books by White
Walnut Valley Books is a small independent home-based business with the bulk of my holdings being of an American military nature covering everything from the Revolutionary War to the current wars in Iraq and Afghanistan. I also have holdings of books on the Middle East, the southwestern United States (New Mexico especially, Kansas related titles, Oklahoma related titles, and other regionally specialized books. All of my holdings are hand-selected to be good quality books of interest to the reader, historian, or the collector. In addition to the above, you will also find a wide range of other topics such as Medical, US History, autobiographical, biographical, sports, women's studies, and many other eclectic topics.
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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....
- Bumps
- Indicates that the affected part of the book has been impacted in such a way so as to cause a flattening, indention, or light...
- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
- Heel
- The lower most portion of the spine when the book is standing vertically.