University of California Publications in Zoology, volume 46, no. 1-7 (1941-1943).
by Ritter, William E. and Kofoid, Charles A. (editors)
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- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Small stain on the spine, a bright and clean copy in very good fine condition.
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Iowa City, Iowa, United States
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About This Item
Berkeley: University of California, 1941-1943. First edition.. Small stain on the spine, a bright and clean copy in very good fine condition.. Pp. (2), 401; 1 color plate by Allan Brooks, 20 full page black-and-white photo-plates, numerous text-figures. Early red cloth, lettered in gilt on the spine, (original printed gray wrappers in place), lg 8vo. This volume contains seven monographs and papers, four are on birds, two are on mammals and one is on reptiles. The two longest monographs are "The White-Crowned Sparrows (Zonotrichia leucophrys) of the Pacific Seaboard: Environment and Annual Cycle" by Barbara Blanchard (178 pages, 20 photo-plates, 30 text-figures, 1941, no. 1) and "Distribution and Variation of the Horned Larks (Otocoris alpestris) of Western North America by William H. Behle (112 pages, 13 text-figures, 1942, no. 1). Mildly ex-library from the Reading Public Museum with white call number on the spine, bookplate of Reading Museum on the front endpaper and Museum stamps on the front original wrapper of each number and on rear endpaper.
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- Natural History Books
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- Seller's Inventory #
- 5676
- Title
- University of California Publications in Zoology, volume 46, no. 1-7 (1941-1943).
- Author
- Ritter, William E. and Kofoid, Charles A. (editors)
- Book Condition
- Used - Small stain on the spine, a bright and clean copy in very good fine condition.
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Berkeley: University of California, 1941-1943. First edition.
- Bookseller catalogs
- Natural History Reference Works;
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Natural History Books is an independent, rare book retailer operating out of Iowa City, IA. The business is owned and operated by Noriko and Russell Ciochon. We only sell books through our NHB website and other book service websites. We do not offer books for sale within the state of Iowa.We specialize in rare and hard to find books in all areas of natural history especially ornithology, herpetology, ichthyology, mammalogy, paleontology, botany, evolutionary biology and travel and exploration. Our rare and hard-to-find book section has many fine hand-colored plate books. Our latest acquisition is the ichthyology and aquarium fish collection of Ross Socolof Books of Florida. We are always buying natural history books – if you have a collection to offer, please contact us at noriko@naturalhistorybooks.com or by calling (319) 354-9088.
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