Animals Of Today, Their Life and Conversation

Seeley, London 1898, 1st, hb, 16 photo plates, 8vo, 319pp + advts, orig gilt-dec. cloth, spine extrs and one hinge worn, otherwise a bright copy. First Edition.. Hardcover.

Seeley and Co, 1898. Hardcover. Acceptable. 1898. No Edition Remarks. 319 pages. No dust jacket. Red cloth with gilt lettering. Rough-cut pages. Black and white illustrated and photographic plates; plate after page 216 is detached but present. Light foxing and moderate tanning to pages. More prominent to text block edges, pastedowns and free endpapers. Pen inscription to front… Read more about this item

Seeley And Co Ltd, 1898. Hardcover. Good. How some of the wild animals have managed to maintain themselves during the bad times of the nineteenth century, their shifts and their expedients, and personal idiosyncrasies, and instances of their survival under difficulties are set out in many of the following chapters. There is some foxing on most pages and… Read more about this item

London: Selley And Co Ltd, 1898. Hardcover. Good. This book looks at a wide range of creatures from Pigs, Horses to Goats and the challenges they face. There are sixteen illustrations in the book. There is foxing on most pages and an inscription on the inside cover.