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Mammals of California and Its Coastal Waters
by Lloyd G. Ingles
- Used
- Hardcover
- Signed
- first
- Condition
- Very good +/missing
- Seller
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Gridley, California, United States
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About This Item
Stanford: Stanford University Press, 1954. First Revised Edition. Hardcover. Very good +/missing. A very good plus, signed, first revised edition with a personal note from author laid in. From the library of wildlife biologist and conservationist John B. Cowan. Affectionately inscribed to same by author on title page. Additional personal note card to Mr. Cowan from author laid in. Dust jacket has been cut, only flaps remain laid in. Rust cloth boards with black title stamping. Rubbing to corners and to head and tail of spine. Map end papers with front jacket flap taped in with one piece of tape. Previous owner's name on first free end paper. Underlining and marginalia for items of interest to Mr. Cowan's work. Binding is straight though book shows having been re-read. 396 pp. including index. Octavo.
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- Bookseller
- Uncommon Works
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 423
- Title
- Mammals of California and Its Coastal Waters
- Author
- Lloyd G. Ingles
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very good +
- Jacket Condition
- missing
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Revised Edition
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press
- Place of Publication
- Stanford
- Date Published
- 1954
- Keywords
- species, genera, conservation, guide, identification
- Bookseller catalogs
- Environment & Nature;
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- Flap(s)
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- Spine
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- Marginalia
- Marginalia, in brief, are notes written in the margins, or beside the text of a book by a previous owner. This is very...
- Rubbing
- Abrasion or wear to the surface. Usually used in reference to a book's boards or dust-jacket.
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- Tail
- The heel of the spine.
- Title Page
- A page at the front of a book which may contain the title of the book, any subtitles, the authors, contributors, editors, the...
- Inscribed
- When a book is described as being inscribed, it indicates that a short note written by the author or a previous owner has been...
- Octavo
- Another of the terms referring to page or book size, octavo refers to a standard printer's sheet folded four times, producing...
- Jacket
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