Animal Life in the Sea and on the Land: A Zoology for Young People
by Cooper, Sarah
- Used
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Very Good with no dust jacket; Boards rubbed, owner signature on front pastedown endpaper.
- Seller
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Selkirk, New York, United States
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About This Item
NY: American Book Company. Very Good with no dust jacket; Boards rubbed, owner signature on front . pastedown endpaper.. 1887. Hardcover. Olive cloth with titles in gilt on spine. Many engravings. xiii, 413pp, index. A vintage zoology text with descriptions and illustrations of the apteryx (kiwi bird), horned toad, pearly nautilus, bower-bird, slave making ant, wasps, llama, armadillo, and apes. Skates around topic of evolution with a concluding paragraph about man and a comparative illustration of ape and human skeletons. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall .
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Details
- Bookseller
- Old Saratoga Books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 42346
- Title
- Animal Life in the Sea and on the Land: A Zoology for Young People
- Author
- Cooper, Sarah
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good with no dust jacket; Boards rubbed, owner signature on front pastedown endpaper.
- Publisher
- American Book Company
- Place of Publication
- NY
- Date Published
- 1887
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Keywords
- Antiquarian Science Textbooks, Antiquarian Zoology
- Bookseller catalogs
- Science and Technology;
Terms of Sale
Old Saratoga Books
We are happy to provide a refund within thirty days of the customer's receipt of any book(s) upon return of the book(s) to our shop.
About the Seller
Old Saratoga Books
Biblio member since 2005
Selkirk, New York
About Old Saratoga Books
Old Saratoga Books owners Dan and Rachel Jagareski have been selling books since 1996. After running an open shop for twenty years in the historic village of Schuylerville we now sell books online and at book fairs. We are members of the Independent Online Booksellers Association (IOBA). Our specialties include books about history, science, cooking, children's books, and the arts. Rachel is a graduate of the Colorado Antiquarian Book Seminar and has attended Rare Book School in Charlottesville, Virginia.
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