Spirals in Time: The Secret Life and Curious Afterlife of Seashells (Bloomsbury Sigma)
de Scales, Helen
- Usado
- very good
- Tapa dura
- Estado
- Very Good/Very Good
- ISBN 10
- 1472911369
- ISBN 13
- 9781472911360
- Librería
-
Fredericton, New Brunswick, Canada
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Sobre este artículo
London: Bloomsbury Sigma, 2015. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. blue cloth, gilt spine, 304 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates, dec end papers, CONTENTS;Prologue --Meet the shell-makers -- How to build a shell --Sex, death and gems --Shell food -- A mollusc called home --Spinning shell stories --Flight of the Argonauts --Hunting for treasures --Bright ideas --The sea butterfly effect --Epilogue --A note on shell-collecting --Glossary : a word in your shell-like.Offers an examination of mollusks, their shells, and their role in human culture, as well as their susceptibility to the effects of humans on the environment. A Very Good Copy.
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Detalles
- Librería
- Harry E Bagley Books Ltd
(CA)
- Inventario del vendedor #
- 1125557622
- Título
- Spirals in Time: The Secret Life and Curious Afterlife of Seashells (Bloomsbury Sigma)
- Autor
- Scales, Helen
- Formato/Encuadernación
- Tapa dura
- Estado del libro
- Usado - Very Good
- Estado de la sobrecubierta
- Very Good
- ISBN 10
- 1472911369
- ISBN 13
- 9781472911360
- Editorial
- Bloomsbury Sigma
- Lugar de publicación
- London
- Fecha de publicación
- 2015
- Tamaño
- 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾
- Peso
- 0.00 libras
- Palabras clave
- Mollusks. Shells. Mollusks. coquillages. Coquillages -- Histoire. Marine biology.Social & cultural history.Popular science.Nature -- Seashells. Science -- Life Sciences -- Biology -- Marine Biology.
- Catálogos del vendedor
- Technology/Science;
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Sobre el vendedor
Harry E Bagley Books Ltd
Miembro de Biblio desde 2004
Fredericton, New Brunswick
Sobre Harry E Bagley Books Ltd
Mail order only. 51 years as a bookseller
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