Mammals in the Seas, 4 volumes, complete
by Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- A fine set in near fine dust jackets.
- Seller
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Iowa City, Iowa, United States
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About This Item
Rome: FAO and UNEP, 1978-1982. First edition. A fine set in near fine dust jackets.. Pp. xxv, 264, (3); ix, 151, (2); x, 504, (1); x, 541, (3), numerous photos, maps and diagrams. Publisher's original medium blue cloth, lettered in light blue on the spines and front covers and with drawing of a whale tail on the front covers, color pictorial dust jackets, 4to. Volume I: Report of the FAO ACMRR Working Party on Marine Mammals; Volume II: Pinniped Species Summaries and Reports on Sirenians, Volume III: General Papers and Large Cetaceans, Volume IV: Small Cetaceans, Seals, and Otters. Small signature of original owner, Brownell, on the front endpapers.
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- Bookseller
- Natural History Books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 3440
- Title
- Mammals in the Seas, 4 volumes, complete
- Author
- Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
- Book Condition
- Used - A fine set in near fine dust jackets.
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Rome: FAO and UNEP, 1978-1982. First edition
- Keywords
- Marine mammals mammalogy
- Note
- May be a multi-volume set and require additional postage.
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About the Seller
Natural History Books
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Iowa City, Iowa
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- Tail
- The heel of the spine.