MAMMALS OF THE SOUTH-WEST PACIFIC AND MOLUCCAN ISLANDS Tapa dura - 1995

Chatswood, New South Wales, Australia: Reed Books, 1995. 464pp. Colour illustrations, maps, b/white skull photographs. Book clean, square. Spine firm, white title there-on, minor creasing head and heel. Plain green boards undamaged. Leaves clean and unmarked. Colour illustrated dustjacket negligibly edge-creased, mild colour off-set to reverse (inner) surface. From the jacket flap: " . . . the culmination of five years' extensive field work combined with all previously recorded research, to present the sum of knowledge presently available on the subject . . . A work of great authority which is the definitive reference on the subject." Includes Dedication, Preface, Foreword (Ronald Strahan, Australian Museum). Introduction. numerous chapters. Glossary. Refs. Index. Book weight approx. 1.6KG. (Customers outside Australia only - This item will incur extra postage charges as it weighs over 1KG. Please email for quote).. First Edition. Hardcover and Dustjacket. Very Good+/Very Good. 4to -… Leer más

Reed, 1995. 464, col photos, maps, 22 b/w plates. . HB. Fine in d/w (minor crease to bottom edge of front panel). Owner's name to half-title.. The result of the author's five years' travelling and research in the region. Intended as a complementary volume to <i>Mammals of New Guinea</b>, it covers Micronesia, Melanesia, Polynesia and New Zealand. These islands are home to 230 indigenous species of mammals, all of which are covered here in detailed accounts, together with 60 introduced and extinct species. Each account gives scientific, local and English name, a brief description, and details of distribution (with map), range and status.. [9780730104179]