ROMANCE OF THE ANIMAL WORLD - 1st, 1905 - ILLUSTRATED STRANGE NATURAL HISTORY
Title: THE ROMANCE OF THE ANIMAL WORLD: INTERESTING DESCRIPTIONS OF THE STRANGE AND CURIOUS IN NATURAL HISTORY Author: Edmund SelousPublisher: Seeley and Co.City: LondonYear: 1904 (First Edition)Binding Style: HardcoverPagination: 330, followed by publisher's catalogueIllustrated: Yes Book Details + Condition: First edition from 1905 of THE ROMANCE OF THE ANIMAL WORLD: INTERESTING DESCRIPTIONS OF THE STRANGE AND CURIOUS IN NATURAL HISTORY. Decorative gilt (etc) boards and spine. In very good condition: tight binding; minor shelfwear (with scratches to back board - or pencil indentations); bumped & rubbed corners and spine ends; fading to boards; pencil scribbles on inside front board and on list of illustrations (otherwise pages are unmarked); sporadic foxing throughout. Beautifully illustrated; with detailed descriptions of insects, sea life, birds, mammals, and more.