Fishes, Amphibians and Reptiles: Cold-Blooded Vertebrates (The Smithsonian Series, Volume EIght)
by Hildebrand, Samuel; Gilmore, Charles & Doris Cochran
- Used
- near fine
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Near Fine
- Seller
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Traverse City, Michigan, United States
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About This Item
New York: The Series Publishers. Near Fine. 1944. Hardcover. Part I, Fish (author: Samuel Hildebrand); Part II, Amphibians (Author, Charles Gilmore); Part III, Vertebrates (Doris Chocharan). This is volume 8 of the Smithsonian series. It is bound in brown simulated leather with elaborate gilt cover and spine decorations and lettering. The top edge is gilt, and the foredge and bottom edge are deckled (rough cut). There are no owner bookplates or owner names in the book. This is a nice clean, tight and unmarked book with no interior or exterior markings, and it appears to have been unread. ; Smithsonian Series Series; B&W & Color Illustrations; 8vo, 8"- 9" tall; 383 pages .
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- Bookseller
- Peninsula Books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 19999
- Title
- Fishes, Amphibians and Reptiles: Cold-Blooded Vertebrates (The Smithsonian Series, Volume EIght)
- Author
- Hildebrand, Samuel; Gilmore, Charles & Doris Cochran
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Near Fine
- Publisher
- The Series Publishers
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1944
- Keywords
- Fish, Amphibians, Reptiles, Smithsonian
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About the Seller
Peninsula Books
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Traverse City, Michigan
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- Spine
- The outer portion of a book which covers the actual binding. The spine usually faces outward when a book is placed on a shelf....
- Fine
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- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.