The Seventh Continent
Antarctica in a Resource Age
by Deborah Shapley
ISBN: 0915707179
ISBN-13: 9780915707171
Format: Hardcover
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Publisher: Johns Hopkins Univ Pr
Published date: 1986
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The Seventh Continent (RFF Press)
Deborah Shapley
RFF Press. Used - Good. Former Library book. Shows some signs of wear, and may have some markings on the inside. 100% Money Back Guarantee. Shipped to over one million happy customers! Your purchase benefits world literacy! ( more information)
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THE SEVENTH CONTINENT Antarctica in a Resource Age
Shapley, Deborah
Resources for the Future. Good+ in Very Good- dust jacket; Reading copy w/ Ex lib "discard" stamps, . spine label and card pocket. Never checked-out, looks barely read. . Overweight, oversized, 4 lbs.. 1986. Hardcover. Ex-Library; 4to 11" - 13" tall; 315 pages . ( more information)
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The Seventh Continent : Antarctica in a Resource Age
Shapley, Deborah
Washington, DC, U.S.A.: Resources for the Future, 1985. Very slight outert wear, text clean and crisp, well bound. One small pen blot to front flyleaf. DJ in good shape though with some rubbing to edges.. Hard Cover. Fine/Very Good. ( more information)
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The Seventh Continent
Shapley, Deborah
Resources for the Future. Very Good in Very Good dust jacket. 1985. Hardcover. 0915707179 . Exlibrary, usual markings. ; 315 pages . ( more information)
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The Seventh Continent : Antarctica in a Resource Age
Shapley, Deborah
Washington, DC, U.S.A.: Resources for the Future, 1985. Book has 315 pages with some illustration and endpaper maps. Light wear to edge of dj. What will determine the future of Antarctica - the Earth's seventh and only unspoiled continent? Resource questions are the key to its future, contends the author, who traces the region's history form the golden age of exploration through the International Geophysical Year to what she terms the present "resource age".. Hard Cover. Very Good+/Very Good. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. ( more information)
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