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The Tongass: Alaska's Vanishing Rain Forest the Photographs of Robert Glenn Ketchum
by Ketchum, Robert Glenn; Ketchum, Carey D
- Used
- near fine
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Near Fine/Fine
- ISBN 10
- 0893812668
- ISBN 13
- 9780893812669
- Seller
-
Ann Arbor, Michigan, United States
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
New York: Aperture Foundation, Inc., 1987 Book. Near Fine. Hardcover. First Edition. Square 4to. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. 112 pp, introduction by Roderick Nash with mostly full-color plates throughout. Lightly bumped top fore-edge corners, else, Pristine, no wear. Clean tight and strong binding with no underlining, highlighting or marginalia.. Green quater-cloth with with green cloth and gilt lettering at spine..
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Details
- Bookseller
- West Side Book Shop, ABAA
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 002155
- Title
- The Tongass: Alaska's Vanishing Rain Forest the Photographs of Robert Glenn Ketchum
- Author
- Ketchum, Robert Glenn; Ketchum, Carey D
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Near Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Fine
- Edition
- First Edition
- ISBN 10
- 0893812668
- ISBN 13
- 9780893812669
- Publisher
- Aperture Foundation, Inc.
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1987
- Keywords
- PHOTOGRAPHY NATURE ALASKA RAINFORESTS
- Bookseller catalogs
- PHOTOGRAPHY;
- Size
- Square 4to
Terms of Sale
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About the Seller
West Side Book Shop, ABAA
Biblio member since 2006
Ann Arbor, Michigan
About West Side Book Shop, ABAA
West Side Book Shop, Located in downtown Ann Arbor, was established in 1975 by Jay Platt, a member of the ABAA. West Side Book Shop offers a wide selection of used and rare books.
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