GALAPAGOS World's End
GALAPAGOS World's End | Rare and modern books | Beebe, William
GALAPAGOS World's End
GALAPAGOS World's End | Rare and modern books | Beebe, William
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Details
- Place of printing
- New York
- Author
- Beebe, William
- Publishers
- G. P. Putnam's Sons
- Keyword
- South Pacific
- Binding
- Hardcover
Description
Gilt spine lettering a bit faded. Spine top slightly fraying. Former owner's writing on first blank page. Browning to pictorial endpapers. ; Published in cooperation with the New York Zoological Society. 24 color illustrations and 83 photographs. Top edge gilt. Profusely illustrated with b&w photographs. Beebe was a well known American Naturalist and an early employee of the New York Zoological Park aka Bronx Zoo. This work documents the expedition that Beebe took in the footsteps of Darwin to find more details about the zoological habitat in that region. The Animals on Galapagos could be captured easily and were brought home to the newly founded zoo. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 443 pages
Condizioni: very good
