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Jerusalem, Israel: Israel Program for Scientific Translations, 1972. "A critical discussion on systematics followed by detailed desciption of morphology, including thorough study of musculature that is not available elsewhere, theories of sound generation, patterns of distribution and migration, biology and behaviour, enemies and parasites studied in detail. Section on fishing gives historical data and current at time of publication." CONDITION Blue bds with crisp Gilt title (unworn apart from faintly buffed bottom cnrs) pp v 394 with 141 figural and photo illus, charts and large reference section. Original DJ has blind indent marks to front and very sl wear. Overweight. First English. Hard Cover. Near Fine/Near Fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.
"In Stirpes Aliquot Novas et Minus Cognitas Horti R. Academici. Praelectae D. II. Martii, A. MCCCLXXXII." In Commentationes Societatis Regia Scientiarum Gottingensis, vol. V. by MURRAY, Johan Anders (1748-1791) - 1783
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"In Stirpes Aliquot Novas et Minus Cognitas Horti R. Academici. Praelectae D. II. Martii, A. MCCCLXXXII." In Commentationes Societatis Regia Scientiarum Gottingensis, vol. V.
by MURRAY, Johan Anders (1748-1791)
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The Sperm Whale
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ILLUSTRATIONS OF THE EARTH'S SURFACE: GLACIERS
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Jerusalem, Israel: Israel Program for Scientific Translations, 1972. "A critical discussion on systematics followed by detailed desciption of morphology, including thorough study of musculature that is not available elsewhere, theories of sound generation, patterns of distribution and migration, biology and behaviour, enemies and parasites studied in detail. Section on fishing gives historical data and current at time of publication." CONDITION Blue bds with crisp Gilt title (unworn apart from faintly buffed bottom cnrs) pp v 394 with 141 figural and photo illus, charts and large reference section. Original DJ has blind indent marks to front and very sl wear. Overweight. First English. Hard Cover. Near Fine/Near Fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.
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A naturalists wanderings in the Eastern Archipelago. A narrative of travel and exploration from 1878 to 1883
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ILLUSTRATIONS OF THE EARTH'S SURFACE: GLACIERS
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Jo. Andreae Murray Apparatus Medicaminum V6: Tam Simplicium Quam Praeparatorum Et Compositorum (1792) (Latin Edition)
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Cap'n Kid Goes To The South Pole
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Oregon; Or, a Short History of a Long Journey: Narrative of a Journey Across the Rocky Mountains, to the Columbia River
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Key to the Fishes of Northern Europe
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The Natural History of Selborne; With Observations on Various Parts of Nature; and The Naturalist's Calendar
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The Silence Of The North
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A Journey To The Centre Of The Earth
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