Adventures in Marine Collecting
by Straughan, Robert P.L
- Used
- first
- Condition
- Book VG-: discoloration to boards and spine, mild foxing to endpapers, text unmarked, binding tight./DJ VG: age toning, mild edge wear/rubbing, NOT clipped.
- ISBN 10
- 0498013685
- ISBN 13
- 9780498013683
- Seller
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Chattanooga, Tennessee, United States
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About This Item
New York: A.S. Barnes and Co, 1973. first edition. hardcover. Book VG-: discoloration to boards and spine, mild foxing to endpapers, text unmarked, binding tight./DJ VG: age toning, mild edge wear/rubbing, NOT clipped.. 8vo 237pp. + B/W photographs, from front flap: "Robert Straughan, well-known marine collector and skin diver, here recaptures many of his most exciting moments in the underwater quest for fish of every description. With more than 25,000 hours logged under the sea, he is well qualified to question so-called "scientific evidence" concerning the behavior of man-eating sharks and other predators of the deep. Mr. Straughan writes clearly and forcefully of hsi dangerous and often nearly mortal encounters with those creatures--huge hammerhead sharks, tiger sharks, mako sharks, giant manta rays, moray eels, and barracuda--that roam the ocean floor." #02459.
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- Bookseller
- Matthew's Books LLC (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 2394
- Title
- Adventures in Marine Collecting
- Author
- Straughan, Robert P.L
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Book VG-: discoloration to boards and spine, mild foxing to endpapers, text unmarked, binding tight.
- Jacket Condition
- DJ VG: age toning, mild edge wear/rubbing, NOT clipped.
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- first edition
- Binding
- Unknown
- ISBN 10
- 0498013685
- ISBN 13
- 9780498013683
- Publisher
- A.S. Barnes and Co
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1973
- Keywords
- animals, marine biology, nature, ocean, nonfiction
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About the Seller
Matthew's Books LLC
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About Matthew's Books LLC
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