Search Results: Nature - Mammals from Horizon Books

New York, The Viking Press, 1937, First Edition. . original pictorial cloth, dj with some short tears, rear ep removed, very good. . 8vo; 325pp, illustrations by author. . A picture of this book is available on request by email.

Chicago, Field Columbian Museum, 1901, First edition. . original printed heavy paper wraps, library withdrawal stamp on corner of cover, cover bit worn at head of spine, clean very good. . 8vo [23.5 x 16 cm]; [i], [59]-62 pp, 3 plates including folding, from photos. . An original offprint of the Field Columbian Museum, Zoological Series. The author was curator and mammal expert. A picture of this book is available on request by email.

London, Collins & Harvill Press, [1969], First Edition. . original pictorial cloth, dj (light wear), near fine in very good dj. . 8vo [25 x 18 cm]; 217, [vi] pp, numerous illus, including color, table, map endpapers. . The author of 'Born Free' and a series on Elsa the lion here writes of her experience with Pippa, a cheetah, and her attempt to restore it to the wilds of Kenya. Appendices include cheetah illnesses and treatment and comparison table of development of leopard, lion and cheetah. There is also a much more common US edition. The illustrations are quite remarkable including all family members. The cheetah is the world's fastest mammal. A picture of this book is available on request by email.