Life at the Zoo: Notes and Traditions of the Regents Park Gardens

C. J. Cornish [Charles John Cornish]

Verlag: Seeley and Co Limited, London, 1897

Beschreibung

The new edition of this illustrated natural history work on the animals at London Zoo, written by C. J. Cornish and in a full calf prize binding. The new edition.Illustrated with a monochrome frontispiece and fifteen monochrome plates from photographs by Gambier Bolton and from Japanese drawings. Collated complete.In a full calf prize binding from 'Paragon House School' with their gilt crest to the front board.This work was written by English naturalist and author Charles John Cornish and provides a detailed study on the animals that resided at the London Zoo at the 'Regent's Park Gardens'. The work discusses a variety of animals including giraffes, birds, lions, elephants and bears, commenting on their lives at the zoo and how they adapted to life there. In a full calf prize binding from 'Paragon House School' with their gilt crest to the front board. Externally smart with fading to the spine and extremities of the boards, light rubbing to the joints, slight marks to the boards and slight rubbing and bumping to the extremities of the boards. Prize bookplate to the front pastedown. Rear hinge starting after the rear free endpaper. Internally firmly bound with generally bright and clean pages with the odd spot, heavier to the front and rear blanks. Very Good. Bestandsnummer des Verkäufers 905Z57

Bibliografische Details

Titel: Life at the Zoo: Notes and Traditions of the...

Verlag: Seeley and Co Limited, London

Erscheinungsdatum: 1897

Einband: Leather

Illustrator: Gambier Bolton

Zustand: Very Good

Art des Buches: book