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Partners for Life, The Mysteries of Animal Symbiosis
by Facklam, Margery
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Fine condition/Fine dust jacket (price clip)
- ISBN 10
- 0316259837
- ISBN 13
- 9780316259835
- Seller
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Henderson, Nevada, United States
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About This Item
San Francisco, California: Sierra Club Books / Little, Brown and Company, 1989. Fine condition in bright, shiny, Fine Dust Jacket (price clipped but NO chips or tears). NO owner's name or bookplate. Clean, square, and tight. Remainder mark on bottom edge; otherwise unmarked. 9.25" wide by 9.25 tall." Beautifully illustrated throughout with charcoal sketches by Pamela Johnson. "First Edition" is so stated, with complete number row (10 987654321) on copyright page. Great fun while learning for young readers. By the award-winning author of many science books for children, including THE BRAIN; & FROZEN SNAKES AND DINOSAUR BONES. Describes specific examples of symbiosis, teamwork in nature between two very different species that benefits both. For example: The massive Nile crocodile allows a little bird, the plover, to walk safely into his open mouth to pick scraps of food. The plover gets a meal; the crocodile gets his teeth cleaned. Index.. First Printing of the First Edition. Oversize Hardcover. Fine condition/Fine dust jacket (price clip). Illus. by Johnson, Pamela. 48pp.
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- Bookseller
- About Books
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 013571
- Title
- Partners for Life, The Mysteries of Animal Symbiosis
- Author
- Facklam, Margery
- Illustrator
- Johnson, Pamela
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Fine condition
- Jacket Condition
- Fine dust jacket (price clip)
- Edition
- First Printing of the First Edition
- ISBN 10
- 0316259837
- ISBN 13
- 9780316259835
- Publisher
- Sierra Club Books / Little, Brown and Company
- Place of Publication
- San Francisco, California
- Date Published
- 1989
- Bookseller catalogs
- Nature / Natural History / Ecology / Gardening; Children's Books / Young Adult Literature;
- Size
- 48pp
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Henderson, Nevada
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- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
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