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Seller: Hermann L. Strack, Loguivy Plougras, FranceHermann L. Strack
AbeBooks seller since February 6, 2014
Condition: Used
US$ 127.44
Quantity: 1 available
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Six volumes (complete). xlviii, 978 p., 59 plates, publisher?s cloth (volumes 1-3), paperbound (volumes 4-6). Previous owner?s names and volume two with ex libris of Dieter Tappenbeck. Good set.This is a valuable and detailed compilation written by expert scientific explorers giving their experiences in different countries (practical advise for equipment and important information relating to everyday life, customs and manners among different peoples). There are chapters on Netherlands East Indies, South & East Africa, The Philippines, Polar Regions, Spitsbergen, Greenland, Turkestan, Mexico, Indo-China, India, New Zealand, New Guinea, Morocco, Egypt, Angola, Australia, Antarctica, Venezuela, Haiti, Ecuador, Congo, the Malay-peninsula, Canada, Oceania, Tropical West Africa, etc. Authors include: Percy Wagner, Warren Smith, W. Werenskiold, A. Hoel, O, Holtedahl, E. R. Stanley, and many others. The section on Antarctica is by Griffith Taylor who travelled with Scott.
Seller Inventory # NG44752
Bibliographic details
- Title
- Practical Hints to Scientific.
- Author
- Brouwer, H.A. (ed.)
- Publisher
- 1925-1929 (2nd ed.)
- Publication year
- 1925
Hermann L. Strack
Loguivy Plougras, France
AbeBooks seller since February 6, 2014
Shipping rates from France to U.S.A.
| Item | 5 to 20 business days | 5 to 20 business days |
|---|---|---|
| First item | US$ 53.99 | US$ 53.99 |
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A one-man book dealing business specialized mainly in Natural History books, papers and journals, of which we have a large stock of about 15000 titles. Formerly based in the Netherlands but now operating from rural Brittany, France.
Specialty
Natural History, Zoology, Botany, Paleontology, Geology, Travel & Voyage, Medicine, Science, Archaeology, EthnologySeller's business information
Hermann L. Strack
France
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