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Platypus (SCARCE FIRST EDITION, FIRST PRINTING SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR, ANN MOYAL)
by Moyal, Ann
- Used
- Hardcover
- Signed
- first
- Condition
- NrF/Fine
- ISBN 10
- 1865083739
- ISBN 13
- 9781865083735
- Seller
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Margate, United Kingdom
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About This Item
Crows Nest, New South Wales, Australia: Allen & Unwin, 2001. NrF/Fine. First Australian Edition, First Printing in d/w PRESENTATION COPY INSCRIBED AND SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR, ANN MOYAL, on title-page. Inscription reads, 'To ---- & ---/All good wishes/Ann Moyal'. Illustrated with line-drawings and photographs. A well-researched and authoritative history and study of the platypus by Ann Moyal (1926-2019). Ann Moyal was an Australian historian. With Glossary, Bibliography and Index. Tiny chipping to tail of spine; else a near fine copy, in a fine d/w, of a SCARCE first Australian edition, first printing SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR.. Presentation Copy Inscribed And Signed. First Australian Edition, First Printing. Hardback. NrF/Fine.
Synopsis
Ann Moyal is a historian of science. She has held research and teaching positions at a number of universities and is the founder and past president of the Independent Scholars Association of Australia. She lives in Canberra.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Greystone Books (GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 18707
- Title
- Platypus (SCARCE FIRST EDITION, FIRST PRINTING SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR, ANN MOYAL)
- Author
- Moyal, Ann
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - NrF
- Jacket Condition
- Fine
- Edition
- First Australian Edition, First Printing
- ISBN 10
- 1865083739
- ISBN 13
- 9781865083735
- Publisher
- Allen & Unwin
- Place of Publication
- Crows Nest, New South Wales, Australia
- Date Published
- 2001
- Keywords
- Signed. Autographed. Science. Australia. Australian Science. Platypus. Zoology. Natural History.
- Bookseller catalogs
- Science; Natural History;
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- Chipping
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- Fine
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- Tail
- The heel of the spine.