The Tropical World: Aspects of Man and Nature in the Equatorial Regions of the Globe
by Hartwig, Dr. G
- Used
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Very Good+/No Jacket Issued
- Seller
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SPRINGFIELD, Virginia, United States
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About This Item
London: Longman, Green, and Co, 1873. 556pp/illus. Publisher's blind and gilt embossed cloth covered boards. Illustrated with eight chromooxylographic plates and numerous woodcuts. A popular scientific acount of the natural history of the animal and vegetable kingdoms in the equatorial regions. The binding is firm, though beginning to show the wear in places, both covers are attached. There is some light wear to the extremities, including some bumping to the spine and corners. Internally the book is clean with only light foxing in places. . Revised Edition. Cloth. Very Good+/No Jacket Issued. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.
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- Bookseller
- DBookmahn's Used and Rare Military Books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 006768
- Title
- The Tropical World: Aspects of Man and Nature in the Equatorial Regions of the Globe
- Author
- Hartwig, Dr. G
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good+
- Jacket Condition
- No Jacket Issued
- Edition
- Revised Edition
- Publisher
- Longman, Green, and Co
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1873
- Keywords
- Tropics Geography
- Bookseller catalogs
- Nature; South America; Africa;
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About the Seller
DBookmahn's Used and Rare Military Books
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SPRINGFIELD, Virginia
About DBookmahn's Used and Rare Military Books
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- Gilt
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