Older Mesozoic Plants from the Yenchang Formation, Northern Shensi.
by Sze, H. C
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- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Some sunning to the margins of the cloth on the front cover, spine cloth near base of the spine has a worn section, text block i
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Iowa City, Iowa, United States
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About This Item
Peking: Science Press, 1956. First edition.. Some sunning to the margins of the cloth on the front cover, spine cloth near base of the spine has a worn section, text block is bright and clean; a very good copy.. Pp. 217, (1); 56 full plate black-and-white photo-plates, each with a descriptive leaf of text. Publisher's original blue cloth with spine and front cover lettered in white in Chinese characters, 4to (315 x 230 mm). Palaeontologia Sinica, whole number 139, new series A, no. 5. Text is bilingual in both Chinese and English. The text in Chinese precedes the text in English. No ownership marks.
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- Bookseller
- Natural History Books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 5415
- Title
- Older Mesozoic Plants from the Yenchang Formation, Northern Shensi.
- Author
- Sze, H. C
- Book Condition
- Used - Some sunning to the margins of the cloth on the front cover, spine cloth near base of the spine has a worn section, text block i
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Peking: Science Press, 1956. First edition.
- Keywords
- Paleontology paleobotany plants Mesozoic Yenchang Formation Northern Shensi China Palaeontologia Sinica 139 A no 5 Chinese English Sze
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