"Encyclopedia of Turtles" is the truly comprehensive standard reference for all living turtle species and subspecies. Using a family by family approach, each species and subspecies is discussed separately. Almost all of the species are illustrated in color or black and white, as are many of the subspecies. A bibliography accompanies each family account. Other sections cover fossil records, anatomy, and conservation. Lists of all described genera, a checklist of living species and subspecies, and a glossary round out the ...
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"Encyclopedia of Turtles" is the truly comprehensive standard reference for all living turtle species and subspecies. Using a family by family approach, each species and subspecies is discussed separately. Almost all of the species are illustrated in color or black and white, as are many of the subspecies. A bibliography accompanies each family account. Other sections cover fossil records, anatomy, and conservation. Lists of all described genera, a checklist of living species and subspecies, and a glossary round out the book.
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Good+ with no dust jacket. 0876669186. Laminated pictorial boards, lightly edge rubbed, with vertical reading creases on spine. Book is very thick. A couple of pressure marks where former owner placed bookmarkers or paper clips, and a shadow of a price sticker on front endpaper. A solid copy.; 8vo 8"-9" tall; 895 pages.
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Tear and crease top spine, binding shaken yet solid, Dale Rice bookplate, clean throughout, Good + 895pp, thick octavo. From the library of Dale W. Rice, famed writer/researcher/collector of natural history, and founder of the Dale W. Rice Memorial Library in Seattle, WA.