Old Four Legs: The Story of the Coelacanth
by Smith, JLB
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good-
- Seller
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Redditch, Worcestershire, United Kingdom
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About This Item
An international sensation on publication. A dramatic account of the discovery of a creature thought to have been extinct for 65 million years, the book brought science vividly to life. It was published in six English editions and translated into ten foreign languages. The book begins with the finding of a strange fish off the coast of South Africa. As large as a person, the fish had fins like arms and vicious snapping jaws. Smith became certain that what had been caught was the legendary coelacanth, previously known only through fossils. The book follows his obsessive drive to track down other specimens and to learn more about this extraordinary fish that has lived on Earth from the era of the dinosaurs to modern times. A cryptozoological classic.
The book is in good condition, no DJ present. Pages are clean and tidy with just minor age wear. Cloth boards are tight and clean with a little wear at extremities. A previous owner has neatly pasted two photos of the fish into the front pages, but these do not obscure any text and may be removable. 260 pp with B&W illustrations. See all photos, which are of the actual copy for sale
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Details
- Bookseller
- Tom Heywood Books (GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 2360
- Title
- Old Four Legs
- Author
- Smith, JLB
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good-
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First thus
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Readers Union
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1957
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Keywords
- Coelacanth, cryptozoology, sea monsters
- Bookseller catalogs
- Cryptozoology;
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