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Island Life - a natural history of the islands of the world
by Carlquist, Sherwin
- Used
- Very Good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good
- Seller
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London, Greater London, United Kingdom
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About This Item
Garden City, New York: The Natural History Press, 1965. Illustrated, large octavo, pp xii, 451, a neat stamp on the front endpaper, otherwise very clean internally, front hinge cracking slightly, green cloth with black cloth spine, very slightly worn and marked.. First Edition. Cloth. Very Good.
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- Bookseller
- Mike Park Ltd
(GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 013759
- Title
- Island Life - a natural history of the islands of the world
- Author
- Carlquist, Sherwin
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- The Natural History Press
- Place of Publication
- Garden City, New York
- Date Published
- 1965
- Bookseller catalogs
- Ornithology; Natural History; Ecology;
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About the Seller
Mike Park Ltd
Biblio member since 2005
London, Greater London
About Mike Park Ltd
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- Hinge
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- First Edition
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- Spine
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- Octavo
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- Cloth
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