Soil Drift in the Arid Pastoral Areas of South Australia by RATCLIFFE, F.N - 1936

Cambridge University Press, 1965. This is an ex-library book and may have the usual library/used-book markings inside.This book has hardback covers. Book contains pen & pencil markings In poor condition, suitable as a reading copy. No dust jacket. Please note the Image in this listing is a stock photo and may not match the covers of the actual item,900grams, ISBN:

Melbourne: Council for Scientific and Industrial Research, 1931. 81pp, 2 bw plates, map. Or grey wraps. Bottom rear corner missing, bottom corner last page creased otherwise very nice. Report of co-operative work conducted on behalf of the Council fo Scientific Research, the New South Wales Department of Agriculture and the Queensland Home Secretary's Department.. First Edition. Soft Cover. Very Good. 8vo.

Melbourne: Government Printer, 1931. First Edition. Paperback. Very Good. Melbourne, Government Printer, 1931. Octavo, 81 pages with a map and 4 plates. Original wrappers, very slightly rubbed at the extremities and slightly sunned along the spine; signature on the front cover; an excellent copy. Commonwealth of Australia, Council for Scientific and Industrial Research, Pamphlet Number 53.

Cambridge University Press, 1965. Illustrated, large octavo, pp xiv, 379, fore-edge very slightly marked, one folding table has been folded badly in the binding press and has a slight cut to it (no loss), otherwise extremely clean and bright internally, blue cloth in very good condition, in a price-clipped dustwrapper which is very slightly worn, and a little rubbed and marked on its lower cover. The very scarce first edition. [From the library of the naturalist and conservationist Richard Fitter, with his stamp on the front endpaper.]. [The outbreaks of myxomatosis among rabbits in Australia in 1950 and in Europe in 1952 provided scientists with opportunities of observing the course of the interaction of a very lethal virus disease with a large population of highly susceptible mammals, i.e. with a model system to study the evolution of an infectious disease, and the effects of an infectious disease on the evolution of a mammal. This scientific account of the spread of the disease in Australia and… Read More