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Rats: Observations On The History And Habitat Of The City's Most Unwanted Inhabitants
- Used
- as new
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- As New/As New
- ISBN 10
- 1582343853
- ISBN 13
- 9781582343853
- Seller
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Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States
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About This Item
New York: Bloomsbury, 2004. Book. As New. Hardcover. First Edition. Octavo, black paper covered boards with gilt spine title. Pages untrimmed. 242 pp. including chapter notes. A fascinating contemporary history of American urban zoology and anthropology describing the symbiotic relationship of mans oldest and most persistent vermin. A very tight, clean, fresh, bright, unmarked and unread volume in a crisp, sharp, sparkling, very tight dust jacket. Fine in fine dust jacket. Pristine. BRAND NEW..
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- Bookseller
- Brillig Books
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 08207
- Title
- Rats: Observations On The History And Habitat Of The City's Most Unwanted Inhabitants
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- New As New
- Jacket Condition
- As New
- Edition
- First Edition
- ISBN 10
- 1582343853
- ISBN 13
- 9781582343853
- Publisher
- Bloomsbury
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 2004
- Keywords
- URBAN, HISTORY, ANTHROPOLOGY, CITIES, METROPOLITAN, CIVILIZATION, DISEASE, ANIMALS, PEST, VERMIN, RATS, RODENTS, PLAGUE, INFECTION, SCAVENGER, AMERICAN, SANITAION, HYGIENE, HEALTH, PLANNING, ADMINISTRATION, NEW YORK, CHICAGO, ZOOLOGY, HABITAT, TRAXH, GARB
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About the Seller
Brillig Books
Biblio member since 2006
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
About Brillig Books
An independent bookseller of uncommon, out-of-print, used and rare books since 1991.
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