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Stepping Stones, The Reminiscences of a Woman Geologist in the Twentieth Century. Volume 53, May 1996 [Signed, 1st Ed., Association Copy]
by Fowler-Billings, Katharine
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- near fine
- Hardcover
- Signed
- first
- Condition
- Near Fine/Very Good
- ISBN 10
- 1878508113
- ISBN 13
- 9781878508119
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About This Item
New Haven, Connecticut: Transactions - The Connecticut Academy of Arts And Sciences, 1996 222pp, [2], bound in black cloth, gilt still bright, binding and hinges tight, illustrated. Inscribed and signed by the author "To Lorna Marshall / from Kay Billings" on the title page. From the personal collection of Lorna Marshall (1898-2002], a well known anthropologist that lived among the !Kung people of the Kalahari Desert, and author of several books based on her studies there. The dust jacket shows a crease on the front flap, light damp marking on the upper edge on the back, and is NOT price-clipped.
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- Title
- Stepping Stones, The Reminiscences of a Woman Geologist in the Twentieth Century. Volume 53, May 1996 [Signed, 1st Ed., Association Copy]
- Author
- Fowler-Billings, Katharine
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Near Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- ISBN 10
- 1878508113
- ISBN 13
- 9781878508119
- Publisher
- Transactions - The Connecticut Academy of Arts And Sciences
- Place of Publication
- New Haven, Connecticut
- Date Published
- 1996
- Keywords
- Women Geologists, Katharine Fowler-Billings, Autobiography
- Bookseller catalogs
- GEOLOGY;
- Size
- 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall
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