THE FISHES OF NORTH AND MIDDLE AMERICA: A DESCRIPTIVE CATALOGUE OF THE SPECIES OF FISH-LIKE VERTEBRATES FOUND IN THE WATERS OF NORTH AMERICA, NORTH OF THE ISTHMUS OF PANAMA. PART II
by Jordan, David Starr; Evermann, Barton Warren
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good with no dust jacket
- Seller
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Nanaimo, British Columbia, Canada
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About This Item
Washington: Government Printing Office. Very Good with no dust jacket. 1898. First Edition. Hardcover. Bound in brown grained cloth, gilt titles, edges lightly rubbed, a lovely clean, tight copy. Simthsonian Institution Bulletin of the united states national museum No. 47 - Part III ; 9" x 6" x 2.25" .
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- Bookseller
- Luis Porretta Fine Arts (CA)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 18916
- Title
- THE FISHES OF NORTH AND MIDDLE AMERICA: A DESCRIPTIVE CATALOGUE OF THE SPECIES OF FISH-LIKE VERTEBRATES FOUND IN THE WATERS OF NORTH AMERICA, NORTH OF THE ISTHMUS OF PANAMA. PART II
- Author
- Jordan, David Starr; Evermann, Barton Warren
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good with no dust jacket
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- Government Printing Office
- Place of Publication
- Washington
- Date Published
- 1898
- Keywords
- Natural History, Fish
- Bookseller catalogs
- Natural History;
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