The Golden Age of Zoology: Portraits from Memory
by Goldschmidt, Richard B
- Used
- Paperback
- Condition
- Light wear to spine, a near fine copy.
- Seller
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Iowa City, Iowa, United States
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About This Item
Seattle: University of Washington Press, 1966. First paperback edition.. Light wear to spine, a near fine copy.. Pp. vii, 181, 13 black and white photographs. Publishers tan printed pictorial wrappers, lettered in black on cover and spine, sm 8vo. This memoir from zoologist Richard B. Goldschmidt was originally published as Portraits from Memory: Recollections of a Zoologist. This volume is from collection of Jill Brown with her name stamp on inside of front wrapper and page edges with an inscription on the half titlepage.
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- Bookseller
- Natural History Books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 9289
- Title
- The Golden Age of Zoology: Portraits from Memory
- Author
- Goldschmidt, Richard B
- Book Condition
- Used - Light wear to spine, a near fine copy.
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Binding
- Paperback
- Publisher
- Seattle: University of Washington Press, 1966. First paperback edition.
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Bookseller catalogs
- Naturalist's Travels, Exploration and Biography;
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About the Seller
Natural History Books
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Iowa City, Iowa
About Natural History Books
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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