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Mammals of the Mexican Boundary of the United States a Descriptive Catalogue of the Species of Mammals Occurring in That Region; with a General Summary of the Natural History , and a List of Trees Part 1 Smithsonian Bulletin 56
by Mearns, Edgar Alexander
- Used
- fair
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Fair/No Jacket
- Seller
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Rio Rancho, New Mexico, United States
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About This Item
Government Printing Office, 1907 530 pp with 126 B&W illustrations and two folding maps. Text is clean, toned, title page loose.front hinge cracked. Both maps are intact.Green cloth boards with gold-stamped cartouche of the Smithsonian on front board are intact with the spine loosely attached. Front pastedown has the signature of W.P. Taylor (1888 - ??) at the University of California Museum of Vetenary Zoology in Berkeley. Taylor served as Assistant Curator and later Curator of Mammals from 1909-1916, before going to work for the Bureau of Biological Survey.. Hardcover. Fair/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.
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- Bookseller
- Catron Grant Books
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 500612
- Title
- Mammals of the Mexican Boundary of the United States a Descriptive Catalogue of the Species of Mammals Occurring in That Region; with a General Summary of the Natural History , and a List of Trees Part 1 Smithsonian Bulletin 56
- Author
- Mearns, Edgar Alexander
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Fair
- Jacket Condition
- No Jacket
- Publisher
- Government Printing Office
- Date Published
- 1907
- Bookseller catalogs
- The Southwest; Natural History - Mammalia;
- Size
- 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall
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About the Seller
Catron Grant Books
Biblio member since 2012
Rio Rancho, New Mexico
About Catron Grant Books
Specializing in olderbooks on travel and exploration in Asia, and World War II Pacific and Southeast Asia.Online sales and antiquarian book shows in the American West.
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