An age of fishes: The development of the most successful vertebrate Unknown - 1976

Old Tappan, New Jersey, U.S.A.: Scribner. 1976. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" (oblong). F First Edition Used. H Hard Cover -. Very Good. In pictorial jacket, light shelfwear to jacket extremities, name to endpaper(crossed-out).

An Age of Fishes The Development of the Most Successful Vertebrateby Joy O. I. Spoczynska

Published by Charles Scribner�s Sons, New York 1976, ISBN#: 0684144956, Hard bound, Very Good condition (former library book with protective mylar over-jacket and labels on over-jacket, rubber stamping on top page edges, inside back cover and first page, number in ink on first page, presentation book plate inside front cover, small hole cut in back of jacket, first blank page has been removed). The fish is the most successful vertebrate on Earth. Fish outnumber all other species of backboned animals twenty to one. Sheer adaptability has enabled them to achieve their dominant position in the animal world and to be capable of colonizing almost every stretch of water on earth.In this well written book Joy Spoczynska, an eminent ichthyologist, traces their development from earliest time. A dramatic example is the coelanth, living specimens of which have been found in trawlers� nets in recent… Leer más

Old Tappan, New Jersey, U.S.A.: Random House, 1976. The development of the most successful vertebrate. Line drawings in black and white,, dj shows a little wear. 1st. Hard Cover. Very Good/Good. Illus. by Melchior Spoczynski.

hardcover. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book.