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New York: Oxford University Press, 1957. 8vo size clothbound hardcover; 347 pages including index From page 3: "If you cultivate the sense of wonder, you can find beauty in every living thing - not only in the obviously handsome animals like tigers and their domestic cousins, not only in the most admired fish like salmon and in the most elegant insects like butterflies, but even in the grotesques of nature: the intricate lobster, the weirdly angular mantis, the humble but valuable protzoan, that sinisterly smiling survival, the crocodile." This book has evidence of water damage. We noted no stain but some pages have textural changes consistent with water damage notably between 111-211. Light soil to covers. There is a small abrasion on fep. . Cloth. Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

MERIDIAN BOOKS, 1959. Paperback. Good. 1959. reprinted. 345 pages. Paperback book with pictorial cover. Pages and binding are presentable with no major defects. Minor issues present such as mild cracking, inscriptions, inserts, light foxing, tanning and thumb marking. Overall a good condition item. Paper cover has mild edge-wear with light rubbing and creasing. Some light marking and sunning.

Oxford University Press, 1957. Hardcover. Good Condition/Fair. Illustrator: . 347 pages, 2nd printing. Light wear, pages yellowed; a good solid book. The jacket is scuffed, chipped and torn. Features Bach, Bruegel, Picasso, Jefferson, Colette, Thomas, Corvo, Munthe, Pepys, Socrates, Bosch, Huysmans. Illustrator: . Quantity Available: 1. Category: Biography & Autobiography; Inventory No: 202339. .

Meridian Books, 1959. paperback. Fine mass market paperback. Meridian Books M77, 1st printing September 1959.

NY: Oxford Univ Press. VG. 1957.

Oxford University Press, 1957. Hardcover. Good. 1957. No Edition Remarks. 347 pages. No dust jacket. Grey cloth. Binding remains firm. Pages are lightly tanned throughout. Pen marking to some pages. Previous owner's inscription to front free endpaper. Boards have moderate shelf-wear with bumping to corners and rubbing to surfaces. Light tanning to spine and edges with crushing to spine ends.

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.