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The Ants
by Hölldobler, Bert & Edward O. Wilson
- Used
- very good
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Very Good/Very Good
- ISBN 10
- 0674040759
- ISBN 13
- 9780674040755
- Seller
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Beloit, Wisconsin, United States
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About This Item
Cambridge: Harvard University Press, 1990. Landmark scholarly study of these social insects, "the distillation of a lifetime of research by the world's leading mymecologists"; winner of the Pulitzer Prize for General Nonfiction in 1991. Massive hardcover, full grey-green cloth, gilt titling; in jacket, as pictured. Second printing with number line down to 2. Light wear to book, unpriced jacket shows some internal foxing; minor cockling to pages, page edges lightly foxed/spotted; Newbridge Book Clubs rubberstamp to rear endsheet. Text clean; xii, [2], 732 pages; index, extensive bibliography, figures, color & b/w plates. A surcharge for expedited or international shipping of this oversize book may be required; please inquire for an accurate quote.. Second Printing. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. Large Quarto.
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Details
- Seller
- Bookworks MWABA, IOBA
(US)
- Seller's Inventory #
- v0127os
- Title
- The Ants
- Author
- Hölldobler, Bert & Edward O. Wilson
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good
- Edition
- Second Printing
- ISBN 10
- 0674040759
- ISBN 13
- 9780674040755
- Publisher
- Harvard University Press
- Place of Publication
- Cambridge
- Date Published
- 1990
- Keywords
- Natural History, Social Insects, Entomology, Myrmecology
- Size
- Large Quarto
Terms of Sale
Bookworks MWABA, IOBA
All books are subject to prior sale, though we make every effort to keep our inventory current. Books are returnable within ten days with prior notification. We will request extra shipping for large books and sets going to addresses outside the United States.
About the Seller
Bookworks MWABA, IOBA
Biblio member since 2006
Beloit, Wisconsin
About Bookworks MWABA, IOBA
Most of our stock is on-line only, though we have many books in three booths at Angela's Attic Antique Mall, 1020 Gardner Street in South Beloit, Illinois; a booth across the street at the Best of Beloit; and a large booth at the Lake Geneva Antique Mall, 829 Williams Street, Lake Geneva, WI. You may request to see any of our on-line inventory at any location with a few days' notice.
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- Gilt
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- Cloth
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