GONE: A SEARCH FOR WHAT REMAINS OF THE WORLD'S EXTINCT CREATURES. By Michael Blencowe.
2021 1st edition. 8vo (155 x 206mm). Ppxiv,192. Colour illustrations of animals, bibliography. Light blue pictorial boards, issued without a dust-wrapper.
Accounts of the life and demise of eleven now extinct species. Chapters include: The Booth Museum of Natural History; Great Auk, Pinguinus impennis; Spectacled Cormorant, Phalacrocorax perspicillatus; Steller's Sea Cow, Hydrodamalis gigas; Upland Moa, Megalapteryx didinus; Huia, Heteralocha acutirostris; South Island Kokako, Callaeas cinerus; Xerces Blue, Glaucopsyche xerces; Pinta Island Tortoise, Chelonoidis abingdonii; Dodo, Raphus cucullatus; Schomburgk's Deer, Rucervus schomburgki; Ivell's Sea Anemone, Edwardsia ivelli.
Accounts of the life and demise of eleven now extinct species. Chapters include: The Booth Museum of Natural History; Great Auk, Pinguinus impennis; Spectacled Cormorant, Phalacrocorax perspicillatus; Steller's Sea Cow, Hydrodamalis gigas; Upland Moa, Megalapteryx didinus; Huia, Heteralocha acutirostris; South Island Kokako, Callaeas cinerus; Xerces Blue, Glaucopsyche xerces; Pinta Island Tortoise, Chelonoidis abingdonii; Dodo, Raphus cucullatus; Schomburgk's Deer, Rucervus schomburgki; Ivell's Sea Anemone, Edwardsia ivelli.
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58394
| Author | Blencowe (Michael). |
|---|---|
| Book Code | 58394 |
| ISBN | 0711256756 / 9780711256750 / PREVIOUS PRICE GBP 18.99. |
| Book Description | A fine unread copy. |
| Book Cover | Hardcover |
| Published Date | 2021 |
| Publisher | Leaping Hare Press. |
| Place | London. |