Wild Mammals of Virginia.
by Handley, Jr. , Charles O.; Patton, Clyde P
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good -
- Seller
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Ann Arbor, Michigan, United States
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About This Item
Richmond, VA: Commonweath of Virginia Commission of Game and Inland Fisheries, 1947 Book. Very Good -. Hardcover. First Edition. Large 8vo. No Dust Jacket, As Issued. vi, 220 pp, preface, acknowledgments, introduction, Studying Virginia Mammals; Game Mammals; Furbearers; Rodents; Insectivorous Mammals; Marine Mammals; Vanished Mammals; The Natural Regions of Virginia; Check-List of the Mamals of Virginia; The Keys; Dey to the Orders of Mammals; Systematic Account of Species By Order; bibliography, index. First Edition, 1947. Owner's stamp on endpapers. Lightly age-toned text block edges with only the slightest edge wear, else, Pristine. Clean, tight and strong binding with no underlining, highlighting or marginalia. Green cloth with gilt deer head and lettering on front board, and gilt lettering to spine..
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- Bookseller
- West Side Book Shop, ABAA (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 001377
- Title
- Wild Mammals of Virginia.
- Author
- Handley, Jr. , Charles O.; Patton, Clyde P
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good -
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- Commonweath of Virginia Commission of Game and Inland Fisheries
- Place of Publication
- Richmond, VA
- Date Published
- 1947
- Keywords
- PLANTS & ANIMALS ZOOLOGY UNITED STATES MAMMALS NATURAL HISTORY
- Bookseller catalogs
- PLANTS & ANIMALS;
- Size
- Large 8vo
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- Jacket
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