The Mystery of Migration by Baker, Robin - 1981-01-12

Very good. Vg+/vg+, a very nice oversized hardcover.

Viking Press. Used - Good. Good condition. Good dust jacket. A copy that has been read but remains intact. May contain markings such as bookplates, stamps, limited notes and highlighting, or a few light stains. Bundled media such as CDs, DVDs, floppy disks or access codes may not be included.

New York: The Viking Press, 1980. (1980), 256pp, illus., black cloth w/ gilt design & lettering, light shelfwear to cover, slight edgewear to dj, contents clean.. Cloth. Very Good/Very Good -.

Brand: Viking Press, 1981-01-12. First Edition. hardcover. Used: Good.

The Viking Press. Very Good in Very Good- dust jacket. 1980. First Edition. Hardcover. 0670502863 . 4to 11" - 13" tall; 256 pages .

NY: Viking Press, 1981. A stock image [photo] is an accurate representation of the listed book's cover design. Illustrated throughout with color and B&W photographs, art reproductions, and maps. NON price-clipped dust jacket [$ 29.95] clean, crisp, colors bright, minor edge and handling wear. Pages [256 including index] clean, unmarked, binding tight and square. Black buckram boards, clean, bright gilt decorations and lettering, minimal shelf wear at spine ends. PO's name at endpaper and initials and front page edges. Media Mail, Priority & most international shipping include free tracking information. Every book listed is located in my smoke free and climate controlled shop. All are inspected by me and will have qualities and/or flaws described. . 1st Edition. Hard Cover. Near Fine/Near Fine-. Illus. by Various Artists & Photographers. 4to - over 9 3/4 - 12" Tall.

U.S.A: Viking Press, 1981. First Edition. Hardcover. As New/Very Good. 4to - over 9?" - 12" tall. First Printing. Hardcover Book As New with a Near Find Dust Jacket. Quarto book in handsome black cloth binding with bright and bold gilt titles on spine and on front, gilt embossed animals in flight on front-very attractive. Abundantly and elaborately illustrated throughout with photographs and specially commissioned maps and charts. Clean and unmarked, tight and solid volume. Internals As New. Pictorial blue/green/grey jacket with bird colony on front, very clean, no markings, faint wear to some extremities, not price clipped. A thought-provoking survey of the movements of living organisms. "The Mystery of Migration" is the first book for the general reader to propose that all animals migrate from choice and with judgment and not only by instinct; that plants are also migrants, moving either as seeds or spores or as whole plants; that man the nomad, man the explorer, man the… Read More

New York, NY: Studio Book/Viking Press, 1981. 1st US Ed. Hardbound. 4to. 39 Pgs.. Nr Fine in Good DJ/Good. The Mystery of Migration published by Studio Book/Viking Press, New York, NY, 1981. 1st US Edition. Hardbound. Paper DJ. Size 4to (up to 12'' tall). Condition: Nr Fine in Good DJ. 256 Pgs. ISBN 0670502863. LCCN 80-16839. Chief Contributing Editor Dr Robin Baker. Every year countless millions of animals leave the areas in which they have lived for many month and embark on hazardous journeys to new regions, returning to their original homes the following spring. This is the classical image of migration. But the tem can equally be applied to the displacement of the spores and seeds of plants and to the dispersal, emigration, nomadic movement and explorations or animals, including man. This book explains why and how life migrates and also introduces new theories of migration. Description text copyright 2010 BooksForComfort. Item ID 22116.

NY: Viking, 1981. Hard bound, 1st edition, 256pp including index. Superbly illustrated throughout. As new in very good dust jacket. 1.2 kilograms unpacked - extra postage will be requested for shipment outside the province of Manitoba.

New York: Studio Book/Viking Press. Vg/Vg. Pages: 255.. 1980. Hardcover..