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Red Salmon, Brown Bear: The Story of an Alaskan Lake Based on the Experiences of Dr. Theodore J. Walker
by Meyer, Alfred (editor)
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Good in Good dust jacket; Jacket price-clipped and worn, edges foxed.
- Seller
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Selkirk, New York, United States
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About This Item
NY: World Publishing. Good in Good dust jacket; Jacket price-clipped and worn, edges foxed.. 1971. First Edition; First Printing. Cloth. First volume in "The New Explorers" series published in cooperation with the American Museum of Natural History. Numerous color photographs document this story of Dr. Walker's solitary seven months on the shores of Lake Eva in Alaska. xiv, 226pp, index. Map endpapers. ; 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall .
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- Bookseller
- Old Saratoga Books
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 57950
- Title
- Red Salmon, Brown Bear: The Story of an Alaskan Lake Based on the Experiences of Dr. Theodore J. Walker
- Author
- Meyer, Alfred (editor)
- Format/Binding
- Cloth
- Book Condition
- Used - Good in Good dust jacket; Jacket price-clipped and worn, edges foxed.
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition; First Printing
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- World Publishing
- Place of Publication
- NY
- Date Published
- 1971
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Keywords
- LAKE, EVA, BARANOF, ISLAND, ALASKA, BEARS, NATURAL, HISTORY, THE
- Bookseller catalogs
- Natural History; Alaska and the Arctic;
Terms of Sale
Old Saratoga Books
We are happy to provide a refund within thirty days of the customer's receipt of any book(s) upon return of the book(s) to our shop.
About the Seller
Old Saratoga Books
Biblio member since 2005
Selkirk, New York
About Old Saratoga Books
Old Saratoga Books owners Dan and Rachel Jagareski have been selling books since 1996. After running an open shop for twenty years in the historic village of Schuylerville we now sell books online and at book fairs. We are members of the Independent Online Booksellers Association (IOBA). Our specialties include books about history, science, cooking, children's books, and the arts. Rachel is a graduate of the Colorado Antiquarian Book Seminar and has attended Rare Book School in Charlottesville, Virginia.
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- Jacket
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- Foxed
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- Cloth
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- New
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- Edges
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