Man and the Living World
by Von Frisch, Karl (Translated By Elsa B. Lowenstein)
- Used
- very good
- Paperback
- Condition
- Very Good/Unknown
- Seller
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Concord, California, United States
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About This Item
TIME, NY, 1965. Very Good/Unknown. Octavo, softcover, VG (corner edge "chewed") in beige pictorial wraps. 294 pages, including index. Time Reading Program. With a new introduction by Rene Dubos. Introduction to biology. illustrated with drawings. the great German biologist Karl von Frisch brings all the fascinating facts of life within a single frame of reference, emphasizing that each facet of the living world is the concern of man. Von Frisch's original German title for the book was even more direct than the English one. He called it Du und das Leben, or "You and Life".
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- Bookseller
- bookwitch (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 30958a
- Title
- Man and the Living World
- Author
- Von Frisch, Karl (Translated By Elsa B. Lowenstein)
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- Unknown
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Binding
- Paperback
- Publisher
- TIME, NY, 1965
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- VG
- Very Good condition can describe a used book that does show some small signs of wear - but no tears - on either binding or...
- Octavo
- Another of the terms referring to page or book size, octavo refers to a standard printer's sheet folded four times, producing...
- New
- A new book is a book previously not circulated to a buyer. Although a new book is typically free of any faults or defects, "new"...
- Pictorial Wraps
- Pictorial wraps are color illustrated covers for paperback books. Preceding mass-market paperbacks, this format brought popular...