The Harvest of the Sea: A Contribution to the Natural and Economic History of the British Food Fishes
by Bertram, James G
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- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Light edge wear to outer joints, small corner (1 inch square) missing from the bottom outer corner of the front free endpaper; o
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Iowa City, Iowa, United States
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About This Item
New York: D. Appleton and Co., 1866. First edition.. Light edge wear to outer joints, small corner (1 inch square) missing from the bottom outer corner of the front free endpaper; overall, a tight, bright and clean copy in near fine condition.. Pp. xv, 519; frontispiece woodcut plate of Wick Harbor; 50 text-figures (all from woodcuts). Publisher's original forest green cloth, lettered in gilt on the spine and with three panel lines at the head and foot of the spine, lg 8vo. The chapters cover the following topics: fish life and growth, fish commerce, fish culture, anglers' fishes, natural and economic history of the salmon, natural and economic history of the Herring, white-fish fisheries, natural and economic history of the oyster, our shell-fish fisheries and the fisher folk. No ownership marks and only a few signs of use.
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- Bookseller
- Natural History Books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 7760
- Title
- The Harvest of the Sea: A Contribution to the Natural and Economic History of the British Food Fishes
- Author
- Bertram, James G
- Book Condition
- Used - Light edge wear to outer joints, small corner (1 inch square) missing from the bottom outer corner of the front free endpaper; o
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- New York: D. Appleton and Co., 1866. First edition.
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- Ichthyology;
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Natural History Books is an independent, rare book retailer operating out of Iowa City, IA. The business is owned and operated by Noriko and Russell Ciochon. We only sell books through our NHB website and other book service websites. We do not offer books for sale within the state of Iowa.We specialize in rare and hard to find books in all areas of natural history especially ornithology, herpetology, ichthyology, mammalogy, paleontology, botany, evolutionary biology and travel and exploration. Our rare and hard-to-find book section has many fine hand-colored plate books. Our latest acquisition is the ichthyology and aquarium fish collection of Ross Socolof Books of Florida. We are always buying natural history books – if you have a collection to offer, please contact us at noriko@naturalhistorybooks.com or by calling (319) 354-9088.
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