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Islands at the Edge of Time: A Journey to America's Barrier Islands
by Hansen, Gunnar
- Used
- Near Fine
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Near Fine/Near Fine
- ISBN 10
- 1559632518
- ISBN 13
- 9781559632515
- Seller
-
Brooksville, Florida, United States
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About This Item
Washington DC: Island Press/Shearwater Books, 1993. First Edition, !st Printing . Hardcover. Near Fine/Near Fine. Number line in the work reads as follows: 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1. 220 pages, interior of book is clean. At the top edge of the back cover there is some light wear; covers are two-tone brown with gilt lettering on the spine. No apparent underlining, no highlighting, no bookplates, no owner names, not ex-libris, no remainder marks, no folded or dogeared pages, no foxing, no smudges. Dust jacket is protected in an archival quality cover. A quite nice copy; available for immediate shipment.
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- Bookseller
- James Lasseter, Jr.
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 0008375
- Title
- Islands at the Edge of Time: A Journey to America's Barrier Islands
- Author
- Hansen, Gunnar
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Near Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Near Fine
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition, !st Printing
- ISBN 10
- 1559632518
- ISBN 13
- 9781559632515
- Publisher
- Island Press/Shearwater Books
- Place of Publication
- Washington DC
- Date Published
- 1993
- Keywords
- Barrier islands-Atlantic Coast (U. S.) Barrier Islands - Gulf Coast (U.S.). Atlantic Coast (U. S.)-Description and Travel. Natural History-Atlantic Coast (U.S.) Islands at the Edge of Time: A Journey to America's Barrier Islands.
Terms of Sale
James Lasseter, Jr.
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About the Seller
James Lasseter, Jr.
Biblio member since 2018
Brooksville, Florida
About James Lasseter, Jr.
Focus on, but not limited to, signed nonfiction books that are relatively scarce.
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- Fine
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