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A Naturalist in Brazil; The Record of a Year's Observation of her Flora and Fauna and her People
by Guenther, Konrad
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good+/No Jacket
- Seller
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SPRINGFIELD, Virginia, United States
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About This Item
Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1931. 400pp, with 32 plates and 40 figures in text, very slight staining, hardly visible, on title-page. The naturalist's "Baedeker." An important work, well-written and illustrated, covering all aspects of the jungles of Amazonia, plants, animals, ecologies, etc, as well as the customs and character of the peoples. "'The Naturalist in Brazil' is the result of an extended expedition into Brazil during the twenties. Interpretative in feeling, it is unquestionably one of the finest general biological travel accounts on the South American continent". Marked only inside front and back covers and spine. Otherwise clean.. First Edition. Illustrated Cloth. Very Good+/No Jacket. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Ex-Library.
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- Seller
- DBookmahn's Used and Rare Military Books
(US)
- Seller's Inventory #
- 004965
- Title
- A Naturalist in Brazil; The Record of a Year's Observation of her Flora and Fauna and her People
- Author
- Guenther, Konrad
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good+
- Jacket Condition
- No Jacket
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- Houghton Mifflin
- Place of Publication
- Boston
- Date Published
- 1931
- Keywords
- Brazil South America Nature
- Bookseller catalogs
- South America;
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SPRINGFIELD, Virginia
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