Published by . New York, The Viking Press, 1959, First Edition., 1959
Seller: Horizon Books, Toronto, ON, Canada
8vo [25 x 18 cm]; 304 pp, numerous illus, color plates by Catesby, Wilson, Peale, Audubon, Fuertes, double page map, pictorial eps. original cloth, near fine in dj (wear, rubbed, price clipped). This book is the first comprehensive history of American wildlife and how it has been effected by man. The author based it on the accounts of explorers, settlers, naturalists and his own observations. A picture of this book is available on request.
Published by . New York, The Viking Press, 1959, First Edition., 1959
Seller: Horizon Books, Toronto, ON, Canada
8vo [25 x 18 cm]; 304 pp, numerous illus, color plates by Catesby, Wilson, Peale, Audubon, Fuertes, double page map, pictorial eps. original cloth, dj (edgewear, small chips), hinge cracked but firm, very good. This book is the first comprehensive history of American wildlife and how it has been effected by man. The author based it on the accounts of explorers, settlers, naturalists and his own observations. A picture of this book is available on request.
Published by The Viking Press, New York, 1959
Seller: Twinwillow Books, Los Alamitos, CA, U.S.A.
First Edition
Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. Bob Hines (illustrator). 1st Edition. Published in 1959 stated. 7 x 10 Book; binding tight, boards straight and clean; minor bump to top edge with modest rubbing to bottom corner else text free of marks, appears unread. Price clipped dust jacket has mild bumping and chipping to mostly spine and flap fold ends with six short closed tears to edges. Color sharp. Under archival quality mylar cover. Many illustrations. Photos upon request. Packed well and shipped in a sturdy box.
Published by The Viking Press, New York, 1959
Seller: West Side Book Shop, ABAA, Ann Arbor, MI, U.S.A.
First Edition
Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. Bob Hines - line illustrations (illustrator). First Edition. 304 pp + 32 pp plates, acknowledgments, map of North American continent 8 watercolor plates & descriptions - unpaginated, Introduction, 12 chapters, 16 pp monochrome plates, Appndix I: The Rare, Declining & Extinct Vertebrate Animal Species North of the Mexican Boundary & II: A Chronology of Representative Legislation Affecting North American Wildlife, Refernce Notes, bibliography, index. More than 100 line drawings of rare, extinct, and vanishing species. 7.1" x 10" off-white buckram spine backing, gilt letters on graen backstrip spine, & green cloth boards. Bronze DJ with b&w illustrations, white rear panel, unclipped in acetate protector. DJ with edgewear ato top and sbottom spine, rubbed white streaks. Man's impact on wildlife, from the earliest european settlements up to the 1950's. Size: Small Quarto. Book.
Cloth. Condition: Very Good in Very Good DJ. Bob Hines (illustrator). First edition. Small 4to, 304 pp., illus., including several color plates. Light exterior dustsoiling and a couple of specks to fore-edge, head of spine very slightly pulled, date in ink on front free endpaper. Jacket sunned, edgeworn, with chipping at head and heel of spine.