Natural History with Anecdotes Illustrating the Nature, Habits, Manners and Customs of Animals, Birds, Fishes, Reptiles, Insects, Etc., Etc., Etc
by Miles, Alfred H
- Used
- fair
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Fair/No Jacket
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Martinsville, Virginia, United States
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About This Item
New York: Dodd, Mead & Company, 1895. Edge and corner wear, lightly scuffed and scratched, corners are lightly bumped and rubbed, some shelf wear, front and rear hinges are cracked and loose, some foxing, bottom portion of plate no. 4 has been torn away, overall a clean used first edition! Olive green cloth with an illustration of a rhino in gray and gilt and black lettering on the front and gilt and black lettering on the spine. 385 historical pages of text and 20 wonderful pages of full-color chromolithographed plates! "Illustrations are like windows to the house of knowledge. They let light in upon the understanding and they facilitate the outlook upon truth and beauty. to illustrate is to help one sense by the use of another, to reason by analogy and to teach the unknown by the known. When definition fails, illustration often carries conviction, and the most successful teachers are those who make the best use of sound and telling illustrations. How many lessons would have been wholly forgotten by us, but for the illustrations which made their meanings clear and left their truths for ever in our minds?....." ---- from the Preface.. First Edition. Green Cloth. Fair/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Hardcover.
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- Bookseller
- Conover Books
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 036191
- Title
- Natural History with Anecdotes Illustrating the Nature, Habits, Manners and Customs of Animals, Birds, Fishes, Reptiles, Insects, Etc., Etc., Etc
- Author
- Miles, Alfred H
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Fair
- Jacket Condition
- No Jacket
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- Dodd, Mead & Company
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1895
- Keywords
- NATURAL HISTORY ANIMALS INSECTS WILDLIFE ZOOLOGY NATURE MANUALS GUIDEBOOKS REFERENCE
- Bookseller catalogs
- Animals;
- Size
- 8vo
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