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Wallace's Line and the Distribution of Indo-Australian Mammals
by Raven, Henry C
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- A bright and clean copy in near fine condition.
- Seller
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Iowa City, Iowa, United States
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About This Item
New York: American Museum of Natural History, 1935. First edition.. A bright and clean copy in near fine condition.. Pp. ii, 179-283; with 10 leaves of folding maps and charts at rear, 5 tables. Early green cloth, lettered in gilt on the spine, lg 8vo. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History, Volume LXVIII. The entire volume 68 (1934-1935) is offered which contains 8 separate articles in 590 pages. Mildly ex-library from the Reading Public Museum with its book plate on the front endpaper and its rectangular name stamp on the title page and gilt call number on the spine.
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- Bookseller
- Natural History Books
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 9541
- Title
- Wallace's Line and the Distribution of Indo-Australian Mammals
- Author
- Raven, Henry C
- Book Condition
- Used - A bright and clean copy in near fine condition.
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- New York: American Museum of Natural History, 1935. First edition.
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Bookseller catalogs
- Botany and Floras;
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About the Seller
Natural History Books
Biblio member since 2007
Iowa City, Iowa
About Natural History Books
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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