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Desert Wildlife
by Jaeger , Edmund C
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good Condition/Fair
- Seller
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Yungaburra, Queensland, Australia
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About This Item
Stanford, California : Stanford University Press, 1961. Hardcover (Original Cloth). Very Good Condition/Fair. Octavo (standard book size). Numerous black and white photos and illustrations.A series of natural history sketches of the wild animals of the southwestern deserts of the USA First edition of the work in this format and binding, and/or set or series. Size: Octavo (standard book size). 308 pages. Text body is clean, and free from previous owner annotation, underlining and highlighting. Binding is tight, covers and spine fully intact. Very faint foxing in end papers, text unfoxed. Dust jacket has some rubbing, some wear on the edges, some chips and some closed tears.. Dust Jacket price-clipped. Previous owner’s book-plate laid in. Edges browned slightly. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilogram. Category: Animals & Birds; American Animals; Main Picture: Front cover. Pictures of this item not already displayed here available upon request. Inventory No: 50710. Binding is tight, covers and spine fully intact Text body is clean, and free from previous owner annotation, underlining and highlighting Very faint foxing in end papers, text unfoxed Edges browned slightly
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Details
- Bookseller
- Spencer and Murphy Booksellers
(AU)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 50710
- Title
- Desert Wildlife
- Author
- Jaeger , Edmund C
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover (Original Cloth)
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good Condition
- Jacket Condition
- Fair
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press
- Place of Publication
- Stanford, California
- Date Published
- 1961
- Pages
- 308
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Keywords
- American Animals BZDB397 desert animals, North America, natural history, Mohave, Colorado, Baja, Texas, reptiles, birds Animals & Birds; American Animals; Desert Wildlife
- Size
- Octavo (standard book size)
Terms of Sale
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About the Seller
Spencer and Murphy Booksellers
Biblio member since 2020
Yungaburra, Queensland
About Spencer and Murphy Booksellers
Books sourced from all over the world adorn our shelves. We carry a general range of books, some 18,000, including fiction and non-fiction in all genres. We stock collectibles, rare and antiquarian and many out-of-print books. Lonely Planet described Spencer & Murphy Booksellers as "the best bookshop in the North" and we are known as a treasure trove of books and often as Aladdin's Cave of Books.
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- Octavo
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- Jacket
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- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
- Rubbing
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