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Australia and the Pacific Islands: A Natural History (The Continents We Live On series)
by KEAST, Allen
- Used
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Very Good+ in Good dust jacket
- Seller
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Littleton, Colorado, United States
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About This Item
New York: Random House. Very Good+ in Good dust jacket. 1966. Hardcover. A pictorial tour of Australia, New Zealand, New Guinea and the Pacific Islands (including Tahiti,and Hawaii), with 249 photos, 106 of which are in color and including several maps. The emphasis here is on wildlife; also with information about plant life, topography and climate of these areas. With color endpaper maps. Text by Allen Keast and with a foreword by Alan Moorehead. An entry in publisher's "The Continents We Live On" series. --- In full red cloth-covered boards with gilt-stamped outline of Australia, New Zealand and Southeast Asia to front cover; gilt spine titling. Color images of a group of kangaroos and of a Pacific atoll to front panel of dust jacket. --- With a little soiling to cloth, else a tightly-bound, unmarked copy. Unclipped dust jacket with chipping and tears along edges (some tape-repaired). Wrapped in removable archival mylar protector. (NOTE: Due to the weight of this item, extra shipping charges may be requested for any shipment other than by USPS Media Mail in the US.); Quarto - 11 to 13 in. tall; 298 pages .
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- Bookseller
- Bluebird Books
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 84942
- Title
- Australia and the Pacific Islands: A Natural History (The Continents We Live On series)
- Author
- KEAST, Allen
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good+ in Good dust jacket
- Publisher
- Random House
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1966
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About the Seller
Bluebird Books
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Littleton, Colorado
About Bluebird Books
Bluebird Books is the bookselling business of Eric Mayer, operating from my base in Littleton, Colorado. I specialize in classic fiction and literature, books on birds and natural history, railroadiana, biography, history and many other genres. Bluebird Books features publications by the Modern Library and Everyman's Library. I offer free shipping on books shipped within the US via USPS Media Mail. INTERNATIONAL ORDERS: I recommend that you use Biblio.com for your international orders because they have formed a partnership with Asendia to allow for much more affordable shipping on parcels weighing under 5 lb. (about 2.26 kg).
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- Chipping
- A defect in which small pieces are missing from the edges; fraying or small pieces of paper missing the edge of a paperback, or...
- Spine
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- Quarto
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- Cloth
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- Jacket
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- Gilt
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- Good+
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- Edges
- The collective of the top, fore and bottom edges of the text block of the book, being that part of the edges of the pages of a...
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