The Mink Book
by Robert G Hodgson
- Used
- Very Good
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Very Good
- Seller
-
BATH, Somerset, United Kingdom
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About This Item
Toronto: Fur Trade Journal of Canada, 1953. Cloth. Very Good. 8.5" by 5.5". Not Stated . The third edition of Robert G Hodgson's illustrated study of the mink with in text illustrations. The third edition of this work. Concerned with the mink, semiaquatic carnivorous mammals of the genera Neogale and Mustela and part of the family Mustelidae. With a history of the Mink industry, mutation of the mink, and accounts off the raising of minks month by month. With black and white illustrations in text. By Robert G Hodgson. From the library of Desmond Morris, a zoologist best known for his 1967 sociobiological work "The Naked Ape". Alongside achieving great acclaim as a zoologist, Morris was also known for being an ethnologist and surrealist painter, and for popular television programmes, including "Zoo Time". In the original publisher's full cloth binding. Externally smart with light bumping to head and tail of spine and extremities. Bookseller sticker to front pastedown. Ink inscription to front free endpaper dated 1956. Desmond Morris bookplate to front pastedown. Internally, firmly bound. Pages bright and clean. Very Good
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Details
- Bookseller
- Rooke Books (GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 864A37
- Title
- The Mink Book
- Author
- Robert G Hodgson
- Illustrator
- Not Stated
- Format/Binding
- Cloth
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Fur Trade Journal of Canada
- Place of Publication
- Toronto
- Date Published
- 1953
- Size
- 8.5" by 5.5"
- Keywords
- mink zoology illustrated books zoology
Terms of Sale
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About the Seller
Rooke Books
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BATH, Somerset
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We are a small team dedicated to bringing you very scarce books at reasonable prices. We specialise in rare and hard to come by works on all subjects over the last 500 years, together with modern first editions and decorative sets and bindings. Our library has something for every interest and specialism. We deliver worldwide using a fully tracked and insured courier delivery service.
Where are We?
Based in the literary city of Bath, our offices are housed in the Eastern Dispensary. Built in 1845, the building originally existed as a charitable institution providing medical care. The building now houses our collection of over twenty thousand books and has five full time members of staff.
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- Tail
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