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Sale 258: Travel & Exploration, Science & Natural History, Cartography (#258) 02/27/2003 1:00 PM PST Closed
Starts Ending 02/27/2003 1:00 PM PST

Lot #11 Tropical Wild Life in British Guiana

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Lot closed - Sold For (Includes Buyers Premium):$112.50

Estimate: $100 - $150

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Title:

Tropical Wild Life in British Guiana

Author:

Beebe, William, G. Inness Hartley and Paul G. Howes

Place Published:

New York

Publisher:

The New York Zoological Society

Date Published:

1917

Description:

504 pp. Introduction by Theodore Roosevelt. With 143 illustrations from photographs, figure drawings, maps, etc., including 4 plates in color. 9¼x6¼, gilt-decorated and lettered green cloth, top edge gilt. First Edition.

States Volume I, but no later volumes were ever issued. Includes a "Wild Animal Stamp Primer" from the New York Zoological Park laid in, with a color stamp of a hippopotamus affixed inside.

Condition:

Light shelf wear; owner's signature on front prelim., else near fine.

Item#:

126297
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