From North Pole to Equator: Studies of Wild Life and Scenes in Many Lands

Alfred Edmund Brehm; J Arthur Thomson [ed.]

Verlag: Blackie and Son, London, 1897

Beschreibung

An early printing of the English edition of this account of Alfred Edmund Brehm's travels. An early printing of this English translation of this travelogue, first published the previous year in 1896. Translated from the German by Margaret R. Thomson and edited by J. Arthur Thomson.An extensive account of zoologist Alfred Edmund Brehm's various travels, which provides details on the flora, fauna, and geography of many lands, including Lapland, Siberia, Nubia, and Danube.Embellished from original drawings with a frontispiece and numerous plates, both full page and in text. Collated, complete. In the original publisher's cloth binding with gilt stamps to the front board and spine. Externally very smart with only minor shelf wear and some bumping to the head and tail of the spine and to the extremities. The board are only slightly soiled. Inscribed to the half title page, dated 1900. Internally, the hinges are slightly tender to the boards, otherwise firmly bound. With a faint minor spotting to the first and last few leaves; otherwise, the pages are very clean throughout with only a hint of age toning, as usual. Embellished from original drawings with a frontispiece and numerous plates, both in text and full page. Collated, complete. Very Good. Bestandsnummer des Verkäufers 787A22

Bibliografische Details

Titel: From North Pole to Equator: Studies of Wild ...

Verlag: Blackie and Son, London

Erscheinungsdatum: 1897

Einband: Cloth

Illustrator: Not Stated

Zustand: Very Good

Art des Buches: book