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D. Junii Juvenalis et auli Persii Flacci Satyrae -(1664)
by Juvenal & Perse / Corneille Schrevel -
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- 1664
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Lugdunum Batav (Lyon, France): Pieter et Cornelis Hackius, 1664. very good. 2nd unusual edition of the critical commentary of the Satires of Juvenal and Persia by the Dutch grammarian Corneille Schrevel
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Full title: D. Junii Juvenalis et auli Persii Flacci Satyrae - Cum veteris Scholiastae. Variorum. Commentariis. Accurante. Cornelio Schrevelio
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Manual for priests written by the theologian of the Inquisition: " Instructio Sacerdotum Locupletissima " (1679)
by Francisco de Toledo
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- 1st edition
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- 1679
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- Hardcover
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SGD 610.05
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Lugduni ( Lyon, France ): François Anisson & Jean Posuel, 1679. 1st edition. Hardcover. Rich manual for priests written by the theologian of the Inquisition Francisco de Toledo (1679) --
Lugduni ( Lyon, France ), François Anisson & Jean Posuel, Leatherbound Hardcover
very good
François Anisson & Jean Posuel, Lyon, France, 1679. IN LATIN. Octavo… Read more about this item Item Price
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Illustrations of North American Pitcherplants (1935)
by Walcott, Mary Vaux
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- 1st edition
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- 1935
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- Plates in hardcover portfolio
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Washington, D. C.: Smithsonian Institution Press, 1935. 1st edition. plates in hardcover portfolio. Walcott, Mary Vaux
Illustrations of North American Pitcherplants
Smithsonian Institution Press, 1935. First Trade Edition. Hardcover, 1/2 Leather over Cloth four-fold portfolio closing all sides. Smithsonian Institution seal on the front cover, gilt spine. Inside:
7 pages with title, content & foreword; 15 color plates with… Read more about this item Item Price
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The Quadrupeds of North America - First quarto edition, 3 Vol., 1849, 1851, 1854
by JOHN JAMES AUDUBON, John Bachman
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- First quarto edition
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- 1854
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- Leatherbound Hardcovers
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New York: Victor Gifford Audubon, 1854. First quarto edition. Leatherbound Hardcovers. J.J. and J.W. Audubon. New York, Victor Gifford Audubon, 1849, 1851, 1854, First Octavo Edition, Full leather binding
Half-title pages present in vol 1 and 3, not in vol 2. Illustrated with 155 hand-colored lithographed plates with tissue guards present after J.J. and J.W. Audubon, drawn on… Read more about this item Item Price
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Newton's Principia; The Mathematical Principles of Natural Philosophy
by Sir Isaac Newton
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- 1st edition
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- 2018
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- Softcover Hardcover
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SGD 322.16
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Barcelona: KroneckerWallis, 2018. 1st edition. Softcover Hardcover. NEW. Books are something to touch and look at. Not just read. This is a very thorough and meticulously-produced edition.
NEW, in publisher's shrink wrap. Kronecker Wallis, 2018. size 8.5: x 6" x 2" (148 x 210 mm} (Din-A5).
Book I. Of the Motion of Bodies. 240 pp. /… Read more about this item Item Price
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Isaac Newton's Opticks
by Sir Isaac Newton
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- NEW
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- 1st edition
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- 2019
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- Holographic Hardcover
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SGD 185.07
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Barcelona: KroneckerWallis, 2019. 1st edition. Holographic Hardcover. NEW. There is no art without perception of colors and light.
NEW, in publisher's. Kronecker Wallis, 2019
500 pages, 8.5: x 6" x 1.25" (148 x 210 mm} (Din-A5).
Holographic film cover
Engravings in stamping
Spine lined in cloth
Gradient colored interior pages
We have set out to… Read more about this item Item Price
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2 books: "Tesla's Patents" - All of Nikola Tesla's US Patents. PLUS + "Experiments with Alternate Currents of High Potential and High Frequency" - Tesla's most celebrated lecture, held in 1892
by Nikola Tesla
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- 1st editions
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- 2021
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- Hardcover/Paperback
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SGD 239.91
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Barcelona: KroneckerWallis, 2021. 1st editions. Hardcover/Paperback. NEW. 2 BOOKS:
NEW Kronecker Wallis, 2021, hardcover, 500-page, 11" x 8" (20 x 27 cm)
All of Nikola Tesla's US Patents.
500 fascinating pages of patents and technical illustrations, illuminating Tesla's wonderfully inventive mind.
PLUS:
NEW. Kronecker Wallis, 2020, Softcover, 140 pages and A5 size (148 x 210mm - 5.8… Read more about this item Item Price
SGD 239.91
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Nikola Tesla: Experiments with Alternate Currents of High Potential and High Frequency
by Nikola Tesla
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- no dj as issued
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- 1st edition
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- 2020
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- Paperback
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SGD 67.17
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Barcelona: KroneckerWallis, 2020. 1st edition. paperback. NEW/no dj as issued. NEW. Kronecker Wallis, 2020, 140 pages and A5 size (148 x 210mm - 5.8 x 8.3 inch)
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We have created a small book for "Experiments with Alternate Currents of High Potential and High Frequency". Tesla's most celebrated lecture, held in 1892
With a clean design,… Read more about this item Item Price
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Aldrovandi's illust. Quadriped book of 1645 De quadropedib´ digitatis oviparis libri tres et De quadropedib´ digitatis libri duo. Bartholemeus Ambrosius [...] collegit
by ALDROVANDI, Ulyssis (Bologna 1522 - 1605)
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- Used - very good
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- 4th edition
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- 1645
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- Full leather binding
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Bologna: Bernia for Tebaldinus, 1645. 4th edition. Full leather binding. very good. Ulisse Aldrovandi (1522-1605), Italian natural scientist and physician. From 1553 professor in Bologna, where he founded a Botanical Garden and a Museum. He started producing a very extensive summary of natural sciences, but published only four of the volumes himself. He employed writers and woodcutters and… Read more about this item Item Price
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The Hawaiian Copula Verbs HE, 'O and I, as used in the publications of Native Writers of Hawaiian
by Gregory L. Carter
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- Used - very good
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- 1st edition
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- 1996
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- Softcover
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SGD 61.69
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Ann Arbor: UMI Dissertation Services, 1996. 1st edition. softcover. very good. The Hawaiian Copula Verbs HE, 'O and I, as used in the publications of Native Writers of Hawaiian: A Study of Hawaiian Language and Literature. 408 pages, softcover. Clean copy, no notes or underlining
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SGD 61.69
Seashells of Southern Florida: Living Marine Mollusks of the Florida Keys and Adjacent Regions: Bivalves
by Paula M. Mikkelsen, Rüdiger Bieler
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- NEW
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- NEW
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- 2007
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- Hardcover
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- 9780691116068
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Princeton University Press, 2007. Hardcover. NEW/NEW. Princeton University Press, 2007, 496 pages, 8.25 x 1.5 x 10 inches. NEW, ships from Hawaii. Located where the Atlantic Ocean, Gulf of Mexico, and Caribbean Sea converge, the Florida Keys are distinctive for their rich and varied marine fauna. The Keys are home to nearly sixty taxonomic families of bivalves such… Read more about this item Item Price
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A Key to the Birds of the Hawaiian Group (1901)
by Bryan, William Alanson
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- no dj as issued
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- 1st ed
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- 1901
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- Wrappers
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Honolulu, HI: Bishop Museum Press, 1901. 1st ed. Wrappers. very good/no dj as issued. Bishop Museum Press, 1901. 4to (12" x 9"). 76 pages, plus 15 plates (No. XVI-XXX). Bound in original wrappers. Covers have shelf wear and a small tear at the bottom of the spine. Text pages and plates clean, some wear on edges .Some pages… Read more about this item Item Price
SGD 171.36
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Life Beyond Us - presented by the European Astrobiology Institute - Limited Illustrated edition
by Mary Robinette Kowal, Peter Watts, Premee Mohamed, Gregory Benford, Tobias S. Buckell, Julie E. Czerneda, Malka Older, Deji Bryce Olukotun, Rich Larson, DA Xiaolin Spires, Stephen Baxter, Geoffrey A. Landis, Eric Choi, Bogi Takács, Eugen Bacon, Tessa Fis
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- New
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- NEW
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- Limited Illustrated edition
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- 2023
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- Hardcover
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- 9781988140582
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SGD 135.72
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Calgary: Laksa Media Groups, 2023. Limited Illustrated edition. Hardcover. New/NEW. Ernst Haeckel. NEW, Laksa Media Groups, 2023, 642 pages,This special limited Kickstarter edition of the book is adorned by interior artwork consisting of 19th century naturalist Ernst Haeckel's beautiful and mesmerizing illustrations of life on Earth.
-- Life Beyond Us: An Original Anthology of SF Stories and Science… Read more about this item Item Price
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Myko Libri - Die Bibliothek Der Pilzbucher (the library of mushroom books)
by Christian Volbracht
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- Very Good
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- Signed, Limited Edition of 750
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- 2006
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- Hardcover
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SGD 226.20
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Hamburg: Christian Volbracht Edition, 2006. Signed, Limited Edition of 750. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. Very Good. A scarce and unique bibliography about books on Mushrooms of the last 500 years.450 illustrations, mostly in color, including 90 full-page mushroom plates. The bibliographical catalog of the Christian Volbracht- Collection with 3000 books and prints from six centuries (1481-1959). Limited edition… Read more about this item Item Price
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Epitome - De Humani corporis fabrica librorum - Facsimile of 1543
by Andreas Vesal (Vesalius)
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- Used - Fine
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- no dj as issued
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- Fascsimile, De Luxe edition with additional prints
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- 1970
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- Hardcover
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SGD 409.90
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Stuttgart: Edition Medicina Rara, 1970. Fascsimile, De Luxe edition with additional prints. Hardcover. Fine/no dj as issued. Medicina Rara Stuttgart, 1970. Edition originale. De Humani corporis fabrica librorum Epitome. Luxusausgabe. Von Andreas Vesalius. Stuttgart 1970. 20 x 14.5 inches (39 x 52 cm)
24 pages, printed on Fabiano Rug, half-leather binding with leather corners, extra suite of… Read more about this item Item Price
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L'architecture et la Decoration dans L'Ancienne Egypte: Les Temples Memphites et Thebains des Origines a la XVIIIe Dynastie [and] Les Temples Ramessides et Saites de la XIXe Dynastie a la XXX Dynastie
by Jequier, Gustave - 2 volumes
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- Used - very good
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- 1st edition
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- 1922
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- Folios (20x14") with loose plates
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SGD 719.72
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Paris: Editions Albert Morance, 1922. 1st edition. Folios (20x14") with loose plates. very good. 2 of 3 Volumes. [2], 12, [2]; 11, [3], pp. 80 full page plates in each volume. Each plate with mostly one full plate and also some plates with 2 or 3 photos. (Folio) 51x36 cm (20x14") red cloth-backed color printed paper-covered boards. First… Read more about this item Item Price
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Maria Sibylla Merian's Leningrad Watercolors
by MERIAN, Maria Sibylla
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- Used - very good
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- Limited Edition of 1750
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- 1974
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- Elephant folios (19x15 inches) housed together in a plain green board slipcase
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SGD 1,232.44
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Leipzig: Leipzig: Edition, 1974. Limited Edition of 1750. Elephant folios (19x15 inches) housed together in a plain green board slipcase. very good. Maria Sibylla Merian: Leningrader Aquarelle / Leningrad Watercolours; text in English, German, French, Russian.
Edition Leipzig, 1974. Limited. hardcover. Maria Sibylla Merian. 50 fine large color facsimiles of original watercolors in 2 volumes -- plate volume… Read more about this item Item Price
SGD 1,232.44
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American Farmer's Encyclopedia (1860, 1179 pages)
by by Gouverneur Emerson, of Pennsylvania
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- 1860
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- Hardcover
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New York: A. O. Moore, 1860. hardcover. The American Farmer's Encyclopedia
embracing all the recent discoveries in agricultural chemistry, and the use of mineral, vegetable and animal manures, with descriptions and figures of American insects, injurious to vegetation. Being a complete guide for the cultivation of every variety of garden and field crops. Illustrated by numerous engravings of grasses,… Read more about this item Item Price
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NASA Press Kit, Project: Lunar Orbiter A, 1966
by NASA
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- 1966
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Washington, DC: National Aeronautics and Space Administration, 1966. very good. NASA, 1966. Press Kit, Project: Lunar Orbiter A, Aug. 9 through 13 1966. - -
46 pp. Illustrated with 11 diagrams and drawings of the Lunar Orbiter Spacecraft and its photographic system. Stapled at spine. NASA Release No. 66-195.
This was to be the first launch of… Read more about this item Item Price
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Deep-Sea Fishes of the Hawaiian Islands - The Aquatic Resources of the Hawaiian Islands
by Gilbert, Charles Henry
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- Used - very good
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- no dj as issued
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- 1st
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- 1905
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- Hardcover
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Washington, DC: Government Printing Office, 1905. 1st. Hardcover. very good/no dj as issued. The Aquatic Resources of the Hawaiian Islands, Section II. the Deep-Sea Fishes of the Hawaiian Islands; Section III. the Commercial Fisheries" --
Government Printing Office, 1905. (extracted from the Bullettin of the US Fishing Comission.)
List of Illustrations: 8 pages, Text and 81… Read more about this item Item Price
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