THE NATURAL HISTORY OF THE AGRICULTURAL ANT OF TEXAS- A MONGRAH OF THE HABITS, ARCHITECTURE, AND STRUCTURE OF POGONOMYRMEX BARBATUS
by McCOOK, HENRY CHRISTOPHER
- Used
- very good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good/No d/w
- Seller
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Skreen, Sligo, Ireland
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About This Item
Philadelphia: J.P. Lippincott, 1880. Book. Very Good. Cloth. First Edition.. 311pp; With xxiv full page plates of line drawings to rear;Minor shelf wear to edges, corners bumped ; and head and tail of spine chipped; A label to front cover states "Lewis's Medical And Scientific Library" but no other stamps or labels inside; A tight and bright copy; Size: 8vo.
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- Bookseller
- Weathered Stone Books (IE)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 004474
- Title
- THE NATURAL HISTORY OF THE AGRICULTURAL ANT OF TEXAS- A MONGRAH OF THE HABITS, ARCHITECTURE, AND STRUCTURE OF POGONOMYRMEX BARBATUS
- Author
- McCOOK, HENRY CHRISTOPHER
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- No d/w
- Edition
- First Edition.
- Publisher
- J.P. Lippincott
- Place of Publication
- Philadelphia
- Date Published
- 1880
- Keywords
- ANTS; AGRICULTURAL ANT OF TEXAS;
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About the Seller
Weathered Stone Books
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Skreen, Sligo
About Weathered Stone Books
In operation since 1982 as The Winding Stair Bookshop, Dublin until 2005. Then in USA as Wandering Star Books an online bookseller also conducting appraisals for private collectors and institutions. Now back in Ireland and living in beautiful Sligo with views of the Atlantic and selling online.
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