LAROUSSE ENCYCLOPEDIA OF ANIMAL LIFE by Murphy, Robert Cushman, Foreword By
- Bookseller: bookwitch
 (US)
- Seller Inventory #: 21742
- Binding: Hardcover
- ISBN 10: 0600023621
- ISBN 13: 9780600023623
- Publisher: London/NY: Hamlyn Publishing, 1971. 10th Printing 1976
Description
London/NY: Hamlyn Publishing, 1971. 10th Printing 1976 Quatro in red cloth w/ gilt on spine. VG condition in lightly edgeworn dj. 640 pp.including index. Decorated endpapers. a systematic and comprehensive survey of the whole of the living animal world.."; with 100+ color & 900+ B&W illustrations; Scientific & Common Names; Glossary; Reading List..
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