THE LAST OF THE HUNTER GATHERERS: Fisheries Crisis at Sea
by Wigan, Michael
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good +/Very Good
- ISBN 10
- 1853107719
- ISBN 13
- 9781853107719
- Seller
-
Korumburra, Victoria, Australia
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
Shrewsbury, England: Swan Hill Press, 1998. 270pp., b/white art-illustrated frontispiece, plus unpaginated (12 page) halftone plate section; a mix of colour and b/white illustrations, archival and contemporary. Book clean and square. Spine firm, bright gilt title there-on. Leaves clean. Graphically-illustrated dustjacket lightly edgeworn only. ".extensively researched book delves into the environment of the last hunter gatherers-fishermen who brave nature's unforgiving forces to bring back a harvest from the oceans and seas." Confronting, with some alarming statistics, contents include: Prelims., 12 chapters, Biblio., Index. Book weight approx. 660g.. First Edition.. Hardcover and Dustjacket. Very Good +/Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Diversity Books, IOBA
(AU)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 004874
- Title
- THE LAST OF THE HUNTER GATHERERS: Fisheries Crisis at Sea
- Author
- Wigan, Michael
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good +
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good
- Edition
- First Edition.
- ISBN 10
- 1853107719
- ISBN 13
- 9781853107719
- Publisher
- Swan Hill Press
- Place of Publication
- Shrewsbury, England
- Date Published
- 1998
- Size
- 8vo - over 7¾" - 9&f
- Keywords
- NATURAL HISTORY, RESOURCES, FISHERIES, FISHING SUSTAINABILITY, ECONOMICS
- Bookseller catalogs
- Natural History;
Terms of Sale
Diversity Books, IOBA
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About the Seller
Diversity Books, IOBA
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Korumburra, Victoria
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