The Living Shores of Southern Africa
by Branch, George and Margo (author and artist), with Anthony Bannister (photographer)
- Used
- Hardcover
- Signed
- Condition
- See description
- ISBN 10
- 0869771159
- ISBN 13
- 9780869771150
- Seller
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Port Elizabeth, South Africa
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About This Item
(Cape Town: Struik, 1988) 0869771159. 4to; original turquoise boards, lettered in gilt on spine; laminated pictorial dustwrapper; pp. 272, incl. index; lavishly illustrated with full-colour photographs and text figures. Merest trace of edgewear to slightly rubbed dustwrapper, with a little foxing to reverse side; edges of boards very slightly rubbed; earlier owner's name signed on front pastedown; a little light foxing to outermost leaves. Very good condition. "The southern African coastline has excited marine biologists and oceanographers for generations. A great deal of research has been undertaken, winning international acclaim, but it has remained locked away in scientific journals largely inaccessible to the layman. In The Living Shores of Southern Africa, Professor George Branch writes with a vitality born of his great enthusiasm for the sea, and in so doing shares with the widest audience the excitement of marine biology and the adventure of recent discoveries." .
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Details
- Bookseller
- Christison Rare Books, IOBA SABDA (ZA)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 10851
- Title
- The Living Shores of Southern Africa
- Author
- Branch, George and Margo (author and artist), with Anthony Bannister (photographer)
- Book Condition
- Used
- Binding
- Hardcover
- ISBN 10
- 0869771159
- ISBN 13
- 9780869771150
- Publisher
- (Cape Town: Struik, 1988) 0869771159
- Place of Publication
- Cape Town
- This edition first published
- 1981
- Keywords
- Marine life. Marine biology. Southern African coast. Inter-tidal zone. Invertebrates. Crustaceans. Seaweeds. Estuaries. Estuarine ecology. Oceanography Natural History
- Bookseller catalogs
- Natural History;
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About the Seller
Christison Rare Books, IOBA SABDA
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Port Elizabeth
About Christison Rare Books, IOBA SABDA
Christison Rare Books operates as a mail order business, based in Port Elizabeth. We are members of IOBA and SABDA. Whereas we stock thousands of books on a wide variety of subjects, our focus has always been on SE Africa - its peoples, wildlife and history. The store is managed by Lindsay Christison. Although we do not run an open book shop, prospective customers who would like to examine items described in our on-line list of stock are welcome to make an appointment.
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