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LIFE ON EARTH-- A Natural History
by Attenborough, David
- Used
- very good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good/Good
- ISBN 10
- 0316057452
- ISBN 13
- 9780316057455
- Seller
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Newport, Washington, United States
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About This Item
Boston and Toronto: Little, Brown and Company, 1980. First US Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Good. 4to - over 9?" - 12" tall. Type: Hardback First American Edition. Hardcover Book in Very Good Condition with a Good Dust Jacket. 319 pages. 10 x 7 inches. David Attenborough has undertaken a history of nature, from the emergence of tiny one-celled organisms more than 3,000 million years ago to apelike but upright man. A book of wonders! Binding of blue cloth w bold gilt titles, clean and unmarked, with slight sunning on lower edge. Tight and solid. Filled with exquisite full page colored photographs of various life forms. Endpapers an attractive green. Pages clean, unmarked. Dust jacket bright and clean, with shelf-wear and chipping around edges and a small tear on the bottom, center. 1980, Little, Brown and Co., Boston and Toronto
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- Bookseller
- The Parnassus BookShop
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 002519
- Title
- LIFE ON EARTH-- A Natural History
- Author
- Attenborough, David
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First US Edition
- ISBN 10
- 0316057452
- ISBN 13
- 9780316057455
- Publisher
- Little, Brown and Company
- Place of Publication
- Boston and Toronto
- Date Published
- 1980
- Size
- 4to - over 9?" - 12" t
- Keywords
- EVOLUTION; LIFE SCIENCES; BIOLOGY; ZOOLOGY; NATURE; NATURAL HISTORY;
- Bookseller catalogs
- Science;
- X weight
- 0 oz
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- Gilt
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- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
- Chipping
- A defect in which small pieces are missing from the edges; fraying or small pieces of paper missing the edge of a paperback, or...
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