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The Mystery of Migration: The Story of Nature’s Travellers Through the Cycle of the Seasons – Chief Contributing Editor Dr. Robin Baker

R220.00

A thought-provoking survey of the movements of living organisms. “The Mystery of Migration” is the first book for the general reader to propose that all animals migrate from choice and with judgment and not only by instinct; that plants are also migrants, moving either as seeds or spores or as whole plants; that man the nomad, man the explorer, man the commuter is a migrant; and that exploration, nomadism, emigration, and immigration are as much a part of migration as the classic seasonal movements.

Price: 220.00

Edition: First edition

Published: 1980

Publishers: Macdonald

ISBN: 9780354041973 / 0354041975

Condition: Hardcover and dust jacket covered in a protective plastic sleeve – very good condition with minor shelf wear on the edges. Internally in excellent condition – very clean and tightly bound.

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A thought-provoking survey of the movements of living organisms. “The Mystery of Migration” is the first book for the general reader to propose that all animals migrate from choice and with judgment and not only by instinct; that plants are also migrants, moving either as seeds or spores or as whole plants; that man the nomad, man the explorer, man the commuter is a migrant; and that exploration, nomadism, emigration, and immigration are as much a part of migration as the classic seasonal movements.

Price: 220.00

Edition: First edition

Published: 1980

Publishers: Macdonald

ISBN: 9780354041973 / 0354041975

Condition: Hardcover and dust jacket covered in a protective plastic sleeve – very good condition with minor shelf wear on the edges. Internally in excellent condition – very clean and tightly bound.

Additional information

Weight 1394 g