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The Smaller Majority: The Hidden World of the Animals That Dominate the Tropics
by Naskrecki, Piotr
- Used
- Fine
- first
- Condition
- Fine/Fine
- ISBN 10
- 0674019156
- ISBN 13
- 9780674019157
- Seller
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VALATIE, New York, United States
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About This Item
Cambridge, MA: Belknap Press of Harvard University Press, 2005. 2005 Stated First Edition. Hardcover. FINE in FINE price intact dust jacket. A crisp, clean, totally unmarked and solidly bound copy. Black cloth hardcover, titled on spine with green and orange stamping is fresh and unworn. Binding and hinges tight, intact and straight. Unclipped color pictorial jacket is clean - no tears, chips or creases. Jacket is in a clear archival protector. A remarkable achievement by Dr. Naskrecki - a gifted naturalist, eloquent writer and an inspired photographer. He introduces readers to an array of insects, crustaceans, reptiles and amphibians (most smaller than a human finger), members of the smaller majority that make up 99% of the world's biomass. Naskrecki's stunning close-up color photographs (over 500) are sure to amaze and delight. "…a treasure house of images and information." Fine hardcover copies of the First Edition are uncommon. 9-1/2 x 9-3/4". 278 text pages, including the Index.. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. 4to.
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- Bookseller
- Knickerbocker Books
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 005399
- Title
- The Smaller Majority: The Hidden World of the Animals That Dominate the Tropics
- Author
- Naskrecki, Piotr
- Format/Binding
- Book Condition
- Used - Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Fine
- Edition
- First Edition
- Binding
- Hardcover
- ISBN 10
- 0674019156
- ISBN 13
- 9780674019157
- Publisher
- Belknap Press of Harvard University Press
- Place of Publication
- Cambridge, MA
- Date Published
- 2005
- Bookseller catalogs
- Natural History & Science; Photography;
- Size
- 4to
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Knickerbocker Books
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VALATIE, New York
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