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Catalog Number |
1976.1.1592.1 |
Author / Creator |
Stone, Witmer and William Everett Cram |
Title |
AMERICAN ANIMALS: A POPULAR GUIDE TO THE MAMMALS OF NORTH AMERICA NORTH OF MEXICO, WITH INTIMATE BIOGRAPHIES OF THE MORE FAMILIAR SPECIES |
Published Date |
1902 |
Publisher |
Doubleday, Page & Company |
Description of Contents |
This book is part of at least a twelve-title series called THE NATURE LIBRARY (sometimes called the New Nature Library Series) published in several editions and added to over time by Doubleday. Series and volume numbers seem to change with each year of publication. Prominent horticulturalists, arborists, ornithologists, ichthyologists, mycologists, and lepidopterists contributed to THE NATURE LIBRARY. With this book in the Series, the authors aim for an audience of both the general reader as well as those requiring more scientific information. The extensive title is self-descriptive. Animals covered range from armadillos to wolves, many of which are accompanied by a stunning colour illustration of the creature in its natural habitat or by a series of black and white photos and/or line drawings. For the purposes of the book, mammals are classified according to common characteristics: i.e. cetaceans, hoofed animals, rodents, and flesh-eating animals. Exhibited Summer 2018. |
Physical Description |
All twelve books in this series have the same measurements, are printed on similar stock, and have the same binding scheme. Only the numbers of pages in each book in the series is different. Dimensions are approximately 7 1/2" wide; 10" tall; and 1 3/4" deep. The book contains 359 pages printed on heavy cream stock. Its heft is substantial. Front and back boards are covered with fine-grained glazed green linen, bound with coarser red leather detailing. The spine is covered in that same red material; this wraps around the front and back boards. There is no printing on the front cover. The spine is printed in gilded lettering with the title, author's surname, and publisher's name, accessorized with horizontal gilded bands. Endpapers are a marbleized green and gold with cream veining. Extensively indexed and illustrated mostly with black and white images. |
Condition |
Fair |
Search Terms |
Book Non-Fiction Science Nature Mammal Animal Biology Natural History |
Sub-category |
Documentary Artifact |
Object Name |
Book |
Number of images |
5 |