The Rise of Birds: 225 Million Years of Evolution
by Chatterjee, Sankar
- Used
- near fine
- Hardcover
- Signed
- first
- Condition
- Near fine/Near fine
- ISBN 10
- 0801856159
- ISBN 13
- 9780801856150
- Seller
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Portland, Oregon, United States
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About This Item
Baltimore, MD: Johns Hopkins University Press, 1997. First Edition. Hardcover. Near fine/Near fine. An illustrated introduction to bird evolution. This is the first edition; it was reissued in 2015 in revised form.
312 pages. 8-1/2 by 10-3/4 inches. First edition (with a numberline ending in 1). A near fine copy in a near fine dust jacket. This copy is inscribed to the noted paleontologist and evolutionary theorist, Stephen Jay Gould, who is cited twice in the bibliography. "To Stephen Jay Gould with warm regards, Sankar Chatterjee. 16 January 1998." With a posthumous bookplate denoting the provenance affixed to the front pastedown.
312 pages. 8-1/2 by 10-3/4 inches. First edition (with a numberline ending in 1). A near fine copy in a near fine dust jacket. This copy is inscribed to the noted paleontologist and evolutionary theorist, Stephen Jay Gould, who is cited twice in the bibliography. "To Stephen Jay Gould with warm regards, Sankar Chatterjee. 16 January 1998." With a posthumous bookplate denoting the provenance affixed to the front pastedown.
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- Bookseller
- Downtown Brown Books, ABAA (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 363654
- Title
- The Rise of Birds: 225 Million Years of Evolution
- Author
- Chatterjee, Sankar
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Near fine
- Jacket Condition
- Near fine
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- ISBN 10
- 0801856159
- ISBN 13
- 9780801856150
- Publisher
- Johns Hopkins University Press
- Place of Publication
- Baltimore, MD
- Date Published
- 1997
- Keywords
- list106
- Bookseller catalogs
- Paleontology;
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