The Haunts of Life by Thomson J. Arthur (John Arth 1861-1933 - 2013-01-28

Harcourt Brace. Very Good. . Very Good.

New York, NY: Harcourt, Brace & Company. G/No Dustjacket. (1922). ........ Cloth. Six lectures given at the Royal Institution in 1920-21. With 16 plates and over 30 text illustrations. . 8vo., x, 272pp., Lightly frayed, scuffed with bumped corner; article pasted to front endpaper, shaken, uncut pages .

Andrew Melrose. 1921 Andrew Melrose first edition hardback; Good, clean copy, fep has been corner clipped; light spine end wear, no dj; UK dealer, immediate dispatch . Good. Hardcover. 1st Edition.. 1921.

New York: Harcourt, Brace and Co, 1922. First US ed. Hardcover. Gilt titles to spine are faded; else overall a very good rtight and clean copy.. xv, 272 pages frontispiece, illustrations, XVI plates 23 cm. Worthwhile b&w illustrations. Six lectures delivered at the Royal Institution, Christmas holidays, 1920-21. / "Of the illustrations in this book twelve plates are by Mr. William Smith; the remainder are by Miss Alice M. Davidson." / "Sir John Arthur Thomson (1861-1933) was a Scottish naturalist and expert in zoology and botany. He was a prolific author and educator, known for making complex scientific concepts accessible to the general public. Thomson held the Regius Chair of Natural History at the University of Aberdeen for over thirty years. His research spanned a wide range of topics within biology, but he is perhaps best known for his work in the field of zoology. Thomson wrote many popular science books aimed at lay audiences, including "The Study of Animal Life" and "The System of Animate… Read More

London: Andrew Melrose, 1921. No dustwrapper, some shelf-wear to spine ends and corners of blue cloth-covered boards, original owner's initials and date (1923) inside front board, otherwise a good clean tight copy, with gilt titles on spine still bright, of this hard-cover book. Contains the text of six lectures delivered by the author at the Royal Institution during the Christmas holidays 1920-21. The lectures are, ''The School of the Shore'', ''The Open Sea'', ''The Great Deeps'', ''The Fresh Waters'', ''The Conquest of the Dry Land'', and ''The Mastery of the Air''. 272pp, 19 b&w plates, 32 illustrations.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

paperback. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book.

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paperback. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book.

paperback. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book.

hardcover. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book.