Author: MARSHALL, N. B.
Title: The Life of Fishes (the World Natural History Series)
Description: Cleveland: The World Publishing Company, 1966. Hardcover. A scholarly examination of the fishes of the world by N. B. Marshall, Senior Principal Scientist in the British Museum's Department of Zoology. Organized by: 1. Life from Day to Day; 2. Life Histories; 3. Living Spaces and 4. The Diversity of Fishes. The author describes many of the 20,000 species existing in the mid-1960s in all manner of aquatic habitats. With 84 black & white drawings scattered through the text and with 3 sections of plates bearing black & white (24 pp.) and color photos (4 pp.). Indexed. An entry in publisher's The World Natural History series. --- In blue cloth-covered boards with gilt titling and green illustrations to cover & spine; green topstain. Volume wrapped in jacket with color photo of young boar fish to front panel. --- An excellent copy: bright, tightly-bound and with unmarked interior. Excellent, unclipped jacket ($12.50) has some shipping along top edges, else intact, bright and wrapped in removable archival mylar protector.; Tall Octavo - 9 to 10 in. tall; [12], 402 pages. Near Fine in Very Good+ dust jacket .
Keywords: >>Natural History >>Wildlife, Animals, Life in the Wild
Title: The Life of Fishes (the World Natural History Series)
Description: Cleveland: The World Publishing Company, 1966. Hardcover. A scholarly examination of the fishes of the world by N. B. Marshall, Senior Principal Scientist in the British Museum's Department of Zoology. Organized by: 1. Life from Day to Day; 2. Life Histories; 3. Living Spaces and 4. The Diversity of Fishes. The author describes many of the 20,000 species existing in the mid-1960s in all manner of aquatic habitats. With 84 black & white drawings scattered through the text and with 3 sections of plates bearing black & white (24 pp.) and color photos (4 pp.). Indexed. An entry in publisher's The World Natural History series. --- In blue cloth-covered boards with gilt titling and green illustrations to cover & spine; green topstain. Volume wrapped in jacket with color photo of young boar fish to front panel. --- An excellent copy: bright, tightly-bound and with unmarked interior. Excellent, unclipped jacket ($12.50) has some shipping along top edges, else intact, bright and wrapped in removable archival mylar protector.; Tall Octavo - 9 to 10 in. tall; [12], 402 pages. Near Fine in Very Good+ dust jacket .
Keywords: >>Natural History >>Wildlife, Animals, Life in the Wild
Price: US$ 34.50 Seller: Bluebird Books
- Book number: 88165
- Book number: 88165