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Memoirs of a Naturalist
by Stoddard, Herbert L
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- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- A near fine copy in a very good dust jacket.
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Iowa City, Iowa, United States
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About This Item
Norman, OK: University of Oklahoma, 1969. First edition.. A near fine copy in a very good dust jacket.. Pp. xix, 303, 4 color plates by Sutton, 80+ black-and-white photos. Publisher’s original light tan cloth, lettered in green on the spine and with an illustration of Stoddard’s signature on the front cover, color pictorial dust jacket, lg 8vo. The introduction to this volume is by George Miksch Sutton. Small newspaper clipping noting Stoddard’s death in 1970 tipped into the frontis matter, Stoddard died one year after his memoir was published. This memoir presents a story of Stoddard’s lifetime spent in the cause of leading his fellow Americans to the awareness of the value of our natural resources in both economic and aesthetic terms. Name stamp of the Ron Sauey Memorial Library on the top page edge only. Ron Sauey was co-founder of the International Crane Foundation, Baraboo, Wisconsin. Signature of Fred Ott dated 10/23/91 on the half title page. A rare work.
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- Natural History Books
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 9837
- Title
- Memoirs of a Naturalist
- Author
- Stoddard, Herbert L
- Book Condition
- Used - A near fine copy in a very good dust jacket.
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Norman, OK: University of Oklahoma, 1969. First edition.
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
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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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