PAPERS FROM TORTUGAS LABORATORY Volume XXXII
by Various
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- VG
- Seller
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Tunbridge Wells , Kent, United Kingdom
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About This Item
Washington (D.C.): Carnegie Institution of Washington, 1940. 1st ed. . Green Cloth. VG. 19 Cms x 26 Cms. iv+412+12 plates to final paper, num.plates throughout, 2 col.; withdrawn-stamped University of London heraldic plate fr.pastedown, no further lib.markings at all, clean tight & unmarked; green gilt-lettered covers, with gilt title on fr. & impressed borders appears to be as issued, not a lib.binding, clean, bright & unworn bar hint of rubbing to sp.ends, no lib. markings. 16 papers by various authors, one on geology and ecology, the rest on marine invertebrates (but one at least on a fish species). Scarce, esp. in harback and outside U.S. Issued as Carnegie Isntitution of Washington Publication No.517.
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- Bookseller
- Douglas Books
(GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 004992
- Title
- PAPERS FROM TORTUGAS LABORATORY Volume XXXII
- Author
- Various
- Format/Binding
- Green Cloth
- Book Condition
- Used - VG
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- 1st ed.
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Carnegie Institution of Washington
- Place of Publication
- Washington (D.C.)
- Date Published
- 1940
- Size
- 19 Cms x 26 Cms
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Keywords
- NATURAL HISTORY MARINE BIOLOGY GEOLOGY ECOLOGY CRUSTACEA FLORIDA KEYS
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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.
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