Horseshoe Crabs and Velvet Worms: The Story of the Animals and Plants That Time Has Left Behind
by Fortey, Richard
- Used
- Fine
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Fine/Fine
- ISBN 10
- 0307263614
- ISBN 13
- 9780307263612
- Seller
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Sewell, New Jersey, United States
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About This Item
Book and dust jacket are in fine condition. The image provided is the actual book I'm offering for sale. No markings or damage to any pages. No sunning. No clips. Structure of the book (covers, binding, spine, hinges) is tight and free of damage. Page block is nice and square. Uncut Fore Edge. Additional photos will be provided upon request to ensure the quality and integrity of your book purchase.
Synopsis
Richard Fortey was a senior paleontologist at the Natural History Museum in London until his retirement in 2006. He is the author of several books, including Fossils: The Key to the Past; The Hidden Landscape, which won the Natural World Book of the Year in 1993; Life: A Natural History of Four Billion Years of Life on Earth; Trilobite!, which was short-listed for the Samuel Johnson Prize; Earth: An Intimate History; and Dry Storeroom No. 1: The Secret Life of the Natural History Museum. He has won the Lewis Thomas Prize for Writing About Science from Rockefeller University and the Michael Faraday Prize from the Royal Society. He was president of the Geological Society of London during its bicentennial year in 2007 and is a Fellow of both the Royal Society and the Royal Society of Literature. He lives in Oxfordshire.
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- Bookseller
- The Dusty Bookcase (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 0005326
- Title
- Horseshoe Crabs and Velvet Worms: The Story of the Animals and Plants That Time Has Left Behind
- Author
- Fortey, Richard
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover. 332 pp.
- Book Condition
- Used - Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Fine
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First United States Edition
- Binding
- Hardcover
- ISBN 10
- 0307263614
- ISBN 13
- 9780307263612
- Publisher
- Alfred A. Knopf
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 2012
- Pages
- 332
- Keywords
- Nonfiction, Science,Biology, Nature, Evolution, Animals
- Bookseller catalogs
- Science; Animals; Nature; Evolution; Non-fiction; Biology;
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