Blumen und Insekten: Ihre Anpassungen aneinander und ihre gegenseitige Abhangigkeit
by Kirchner, O. von
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- A bright and clean copy in near fine condition.
- Seller
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Iowa City, Iowa, United States
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About This Item
Leipzig: Druck und Verlag von B.G. Teubner, 1911. First edition. A bright and clean copy in near fine condition.. Pp. iv, 436, (6, ads), 159 text-figures. Early gray cloth, spine with red morocco label lettered in gilt (original decorated wrappers bound in), speckled page edges, lg 8vo. This book describes the interdependence of flowers and insects and adaptations that each have developed. This the personal copy of Harvard entomologist W.M. Wheeler with his signature on the title page and a few of his neat pencil annotations in margins of the text.
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- Bookseller
- Natural History Books
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 3622
- Title
- Blumen und Insekten: Ihre Anpassungen aneinander und ihre gegenseitige Abhangigkeit
- Author
- Kirchner, O. von
- Book Condition
- Used - A bright and clean copy in near fine condition.
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Leipzig: Druck und Verlag von B.G. Teubner, 1911. First edition
- Keywords
- Botany flora plants entomology interdependence flowers insects
- Bookseller catalogs
- Botany and Floras;
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Natural History Books
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Iowa City, Iowa
About Natural History Books
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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- Fine
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- Gilt
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- Spine
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