Ivory and the Elephant in Art, in Archaeology, and in Science. by KUNZ, GEORGE FREDERICK - 1916

Paperback / softback. New.

Hardback. New.

Garden City, New York: Doubleday, Page & Co, 1916. 527pp w/2 folding plates ans 2 folding maps - profusely illustrated throughout on plates and in the text; original cream buckram with pictorial paste-down on upper cover and pictorial label on spine (a small chip at the top). The scarcest of Kunz's major works along with his treatise on pearls. Chapters on evolution and development of the elephant, on elephant hunting and on the art and commerce of ivory carving. Touches on all aspects of ivory collecting, commerce and art. Text clean. Excellent condition. 1st Edition. Decorative Cloth. Very Good+/No Jacket. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall.

Garden City, N. Y. , Doubleday, Page And Company, 1916. First Edition. Hardback. Very good copy in the original paper-labeled, pictorial cloth. Slightest suggestion of dust-dulling with minor wear to the spine lable and the panel edges. Remains particularly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and strong. Scans on request. ; 527 pages; Description: 3 p. L. , v-xxvi, 527, [1] p. Front. , illus. , plates (part fold. ) fold. Maps, fold. Tab. 27 cm. Subjects; Ivory carving.

New York: Doubleday, Page & Co, 1916. First edition, 8vo, pp. [2], xxvi, 527, [1]; profusely illustrated throughout on plates and in the text; original cream buckram with pictorial paste-down on upper cover and pictorial label on spine (a little chipped at the top but no loss of letters), t.e.g.; very good copy. Inscribed by the author to a bank president "with the sincerest best wishes and esteem of the author George Frederick Kunz 18 December 1916."