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Consider
this catalog record:
| Author |
Emory,
Jerry |
| Title |
The
Monterey Bay shoreline guide / Jerry Emory ; with photographs
by Frank Balthis |
| Publisher |
Berkeley
: University of California Press, c1999 |
| LOCATION |
CALL
NUMBER |
STATUS |
| Main
Stacks |
QH105.C2
E56 1999 |
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SHELVES |
| Reference |
QH105.C2
E56 1999 c.2 |
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SHELVES |
| Description |
xi,
307 p. : ill. (some col.), col. maps ; 24 cm |
| Subject(s) |
Natural
history -- California -- Monterey Bay Region -- Guidebooks
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Monterey
Bay Region (Calif.) -- Guidebooks |
| Bibliography |
Includes
bibliographical references (p. 289-290) and index |
| Series
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University
of California Press/Monterey Bay Aquarium series in
marine conservation |
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3. Physical
description: this book has 11 preliminary pages (xi),
is 307 pages long, has illustrations (some of which are in color),
includes colored maps, and is 24 centimeters tall (about 9.5 inches).
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