The Carangoid Fishes of Japan
by Wakiya, Y
- Used
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Clean, very good copy.
- Seller
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Iowa City, Iowa, United States
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About This Item
Pittsburgh: Carnegie Museum, 1923. Clean, very good copy.. Pp. 108, 26 full page photo-plates and half-tone plates. Publisher's lime green cloth, gilt-lettered on the spine, lg 8vo. The Carangidae is a family of fish which includes the jacks, pompanos, jack mackerels, and scads. Annuals of the Carnegie Museum, volume XV, no. 10. The entire volume XV of the Annuals of the Carnegie Museum for 1923-1924 is offered here. Bookplate of the Reading Public Museum on the front endpaper, museum name stamps on the rear endpaper and white call number on the spine. No other museum marks and almost no signs of use.
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- Bookseller
- Natural History Books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 2887
- Title
- The Carangoid Fishes of Japan
- Author
- Wakiya, Y
- Book Condition
- Used - Clean, very good copy.
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Pittsburgh: Carnegie Museum, 1923
- Keywords
- Ichthyology fish Carangidae Japan Asia
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Natural History Books
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Iowa City, Iowa
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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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