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The Amphibia of Southern Africa
by Poynton, J. C
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- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- A bright and clean copy in fine condition.
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Iowa City, Iowa, United States
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About This Item
Pietermaritzburg, South Africa: Natal Museum, 1962. First edition.. A bright and clean copy in fine condition.. Pp. 334, 123 text-figures (mostly black-and-white photos of frogs), 73 distribution maps. Early Light green cloth, lettered in black on the spine, original printed pale green wrappers bound in place, thick patterned endpapers, lg 8vo. Annals of the Natal Museum, volume 17. From the research collection of Illinois State University herpetologist Lauren E. Brown with his name stamp on the title page and page edges. Light underlining on a few pages by Brown.
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- Bookseller
- Natural History Books
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 9003
- Title
- The Amphibia of Southern Africa
- Author
- Poynton, J. C
- Book Condition
- Used - A bright and clean copy in fine condition.
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Pietermaritzburg, South Africa: Natal Museum, 1962. First edition.
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
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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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