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The Crucible of Creation - the Burgess Shale and the Rise of Animals
by Morris, S. Conway
- Used
- Fine
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- fine
- ISBN 10
- 0198502567
- ISBN 13
- 9780198502562
- Seller
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Calgary, Alberta, Canada
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About This Item
New York: Oxford University Press, 1998. Hardcover. fine. 1st edition. xxiii,242pp. Octavo. Original black cloth with silver lettering on spine. B/W photos and coloured illustrations. Sketch drawings. Dust jacket is illustrated and unmarked. As new condition. fine Morris guides us through the Burgess Shale and examines the discoveries in the relation to our place in evolution. 1998
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- Bookseller
- Aquila Books (CA)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 130203
- Title
- The Crucible of Creation - the Burgess Shale and the Rise of Animals
- Author
- Morris, S. Conway
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - fine
- Quantity Available
- 1
- ISBN 10
- 0198502567
- ISBN 13
- 9780198502562
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1998
- Keywords
- Burgess Shale|Evolution|Palaeobiology
- Bookseller catalogs
- Natural Sciences;
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