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THE YEAR OF THE WHALE
by Scheffer, Victor B
- Used
- Fine
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Fine/Fine
- Seller
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Lake Forest, Illinois, United States
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About This Item
New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1969. First Edition. Cloth. Fine/Fine. Constellations. Square tall 8vo, black cloth with silver lettering on spine with a blind-stamped sperm whiale & calf on front cover, archival polyester-protected pictorial dust jacket (unclipped) depicting constellations; several blue-white whale decorations as chapter headings by Leonard Everett Fisher, olive drab endpapers, 213 pages + [1] About the Author & the Type. Victor B. Scheffer (1906 - 2011) was an American biologist and the author of eleven books relating to natural history.<br/><br/>His 1969 prize winning book The Year of the Whale became a popular classic of marine biology. That book, called "remarkable" by Christopher Lehmann-Haupt,[5] received wide attention and appeared on American best-seller lists. In a review in the New York Times, famed naturalist Loren Eiseley wrote that "Scheffer knows, as Melville knew, that it is an 'unwritten life' he seeks to chronicle. <br/><br/>The Year of the Whale won the 1970 John Burroughs Medal, recognizing it as the previous year's best natural history book.<br/><br/>SUPERIOR CONDITION: Bright, tight, clean copy in a quite clean dust jacket (unclipped) with slight edgewear (most evident at the head and foot of the dj's spine). No remainder marks.
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- Bookseller
- Borg Antiquarian
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 6114
- Title
- THE YEAR OF THE WHALE
- Author
- Scheffer, Victor B
- Illustrator
- Constellations
- Format/Binding
- Cloth
- Book Condition
- Used - Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Fine
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Charles Scribner's Sons
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1969
- Keywords
- Whales, environment, ecology, illustrated, animals, conservation, marine biology
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About the Seller
Borg Antiquarian
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Lake Forest, Illinois
About Borg Antiquarian
BorgAntiquarian (ABAA & ILAB) is a dealer long engaged in selling exceptional collectibles: rare and fine books, autographs and manuscripts, fine art and artifacts. We are generalists in Americana, English & American literature, plus selected authors & important figures (Dickens & Darwin; presidents & 'signers'; scientists & historical figures; Revolutionary & Civil War militaria).
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