Poisonous Snakes of Illinois by Necker, W. L - 1939

Chicago, IL: Chicago Academy of Sciences, 1939. . 1st edn. Roy. 8vo pp. 1-10. Original printed paper wrappers. Near fine, unmarked condition. (Bull. Chicago Acad. Sci., Vol. 6, No. 1). . Catalogs: Reptiles & Amphibians, reprints & separates.

New York: William Edwin Rudge, 1932. INSCRIBED to historian Paul M. Angle and SIGNED "with sincere regards" by the AUTHOR on a preliminary blank page. Near Fine condition in a Good dust jacket. The jacket is largely intact, but has small chips and tears and is separating at the spine. It is protected by a removable Brodart clear-plastic sleeve. 1932. First Edition. Limited to 750 copies. Preface by Andre Maurois. Contents in 3 parts: "The Evolution of the Bookcollector," "The Lure of Collecting," and "The Antiquarian Bookseller." Designed by Frederic Warde. Printed by William Edwin Rudge. Bound in the original gilt-stamped, dark brown boards. Gilt stamping is as bright and shiny as new. Complete with dust jacket. The historian Paul McClelland Angle (1900-1975) was one of America's foremost scholars of Abraham Lincoln and his times. Among his many books are MARY LINCOLN, WIFE AND WIDOW, co-written with Carl Sandburg in 1932; THE LINCOLN READER ;… Read More