Pacific Coast Fishes. Roger Tory Peterson Field Guides 50th Anniversary Edition
by Eschmeyer, William N and Herald Earl S
- Used
- near fine
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Near Fine
- Seller
-
Ashmore, Queensland, Australia
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
Norwalk, Cn.: Easton Press, 1984. xiv, 336 pp, index, glossary, references; 48 plates (mainly bw) additional to pagination. Original brown leather with gilt titles and fish to front, all edges gilt, silk bookmark ribbon. Easton Press bookplate with Peterson artwork on front pastedown (with name filled in). Some speckling of edge gilt. Presented to the usual high standards of the Easton Press this attractive volume is a useful field guide to the fishes occurring in the marine coastal waters of the Pacific Coast of North America from the Gulf of Alaska to Baja California. One of the Roger Tory Peterson Field Guides Fiftieth Anniversary edition set.. Collectors Lifetime Edition. Hard Cover. Near Fine. Illus. by Howard Hammann.
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- Bookseller
- Lawrence Jones
(AU)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 017807
- Title
- Pacific Coast Fishes. Roger Tory Peterson Field Guides 50th Anniversary Edition
- Author
- Eschmeyer, William N and Herald Earl S
- Illustrator
- Howard Hammann
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Near Fine
- Edition
- Collectors Lifetime Edition
- Publisher
- Easton Press
- Place of Publication
- Norwalk, Cn.
- Date Published
- 1984
- Keywords
- Leather Easton Press Seashore Marine Biology British Columbia Washington Oregon California Baja California Gulf of California fish Species Identification Jawless Fishes Sharks Rays Chimaeras Bony fishes salmon Trout dolly Varden Rays Rockfishes Surfperche
- Bookseller catalogs
- Natural History & Environment; Surfing & The Beach; 2011bf;
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Lawrence Jones
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About the Seller
Lawrence Jones
Biblio member since 2006
Ashmore, Queensland
About Lawrence Jones
I carry a general stock of approx 70000 titles of which only a small percentage is online. Viewing at my Ashmore bookrooms is welcome by appointment. While not specializing I have a good selection of art, natural history, military and surfing in stock. I also have many other non-fiction subjects, as well as approx 10000 paperback fiction titles on hand.
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