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More imagesMarion and Prince Edward Islands: Report on the South African Biological and Geological Expedition, 1965-1966.
E. M. van Zinderen Bakker [Ed.]; J. M. Winterbottom [Ed.]; Robert Allen Dyer [Ed.]
Published by A. A. Balkema, Cape Town, 1971
- Hardcover
- First Edition
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Add to basketCloth. Condition: Very Good Indeed. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. First edition. The first edition of a comprehensive, extensively illustrated scientific survey of the remote Marion and Prince Edward Islands, complete with the original unclipped dust wrapper. In the publisher's original full blue leatherette binding. First edition. Complete with the original unclipped dust wrapper. Illustrated with numerous photographs including six double-sided photographic colour plates, a colour frontispiece, and three folding colour maps in a pocket at the rear. Collated, complete. An extensive investigation of the geology, natural history and ecology of these remote subantarctic islands in the southern Indian Ocean. Eduard Meine van Zinderen Bakker (1907-2002) was a Dutch-born South African botanist and palaeoecologist, noted for his research into African vegetation history and pollen analysis. In the publisher's original full blue leatherette binding.Externally, very smart. Slight bumping to extremities and spine ends. Previous bookseller's discreet label to front paste down. One or two very minor marks to boards. Dust wrapper, generally smart. Edge wear to extremities resulting the in odd chip, crease, and closed tear. Light soiling to wraps with the odd finger mark. Internally, firmly bound. Pages bright and clean with one or two light handling marks. Very Good Indeed. None Stated (illustrator). book.…