A Natural History of Domesticated Mammals
by Clutton-Brock, Juliet
- Used
- Paperback
- Condition
- VG+/VG++/ND
- ISBN 10
- 0521346975
- ISBN 13
- 9780521346979
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About This Item
SOFTBACK SHIPPED FROM THE UK.* Edition: Reprint. * Impression: 1st * Date of Publication: 1989 (1987) * Publisher: British Natural History Museum.* Binding and cover condition: Stiff card covers showing colour photo of watering cattle, Black titles to spine and face. No bumps or rubs. Minimal shelf wear to edges, none to spine or hinge. In clear slip-on protective cover. VG++ * Contents condition: Ex school-library copy with usual stamps and labels. Clean, crisp tight & bright. No annotations or marks to text. No tanning. Very slight age darkening & some slight marks to page edges. VG+ * Illustrations: Colour and b/w photos, line drawings, maps and diagrams throughout.* Pages: 193pp. text. xv pp. Appendices, references & index at rear.* Product Description:- This book is an attempt to explore the manner in which man has manipulated and changed the way of life of other mammals since the end of the Ice Age, ten thousand years ago. Its main concern is with the enfoldment of animals within human societies, and with the archaeological and historical evidence for the early stages of domestication.* This is a NEAR VG++ ex-library, reprint copy with some faults reducing it to VG+. In slip-on clear plastic protective wrapper.*
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- Seller
- Cocksparrow Books
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- 9638
- Title
- A Natural History of Domesticated Mammals
- Author
- Clutton-Brock, Juliet
- Format/Binding
- Paperback
- Book Condition
- Used - VG+/VG++/ND
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- Reprint, 1989.
- ISBN 10
- 0521346975
- ISBN 13
- 9780521346979
- Publisher
- Cambridge University Press
- Place of Publication
- London UK. 208
- Date Published
- 1989-01-01
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