Trails of the Hunted
by James L. Clark
- Used
- Good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Good
- Seller
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BATH, Somerset, United Kingdom
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About This Item
London: Chatto and Windus, 1929. First edition. Cloth. Good. 10" by 7.5". Unamed. A first edition of Clark's study of African, Asian and North American animals, illustrated with photographic plates. First Edition. Featuring a photographic frontispiece. 'With forty-seven plates'. James L. Clark (18831969), was a distinguished explorer and scientist of the American Museum of Natural History in New York and a former president of the Campfire Club of America. He was co-director of the Morden-Clark Asiatic expedition and for a number of years he was with Carl Akeley in Africa. As an expert taxidermist he was responsible for some of the most notable groups that are on display in New York. He was also a sculptor and made some distinguished studies of wild animals. In a cloth binding. Externally, sound with some marks to the boards and sunning to the spine. Some scattered light foxing prominent to the text-block edges. Small tear to the lower edge of the front endpaper. Internally, firmly bound. Pages and plates are generally bright and clean. Good
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Details
- Bookseller
- Rooke Books (GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- GEN2-C-11
- Title
- Trails of the Hunted
- Author
- James L. Clark
- Illustrator
- Unamed
- Format/Binding
- Cloth
- Book Condition
- Used - Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First edition
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Chatto and Windus
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1929
- Size
- 10" by 7.5"
- Keywords
- First edition Illustrated James L. Clark Illustrated
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Rooke Books
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BATH, Somerset
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We are a small team dedicated to bringing you very scarce books at reasonable prices. We specialise in rare and hard to come by works on all subjects over the last 500 years, together with modern first editions and decorative sets and bindings. Our library has something for every interest and specialism. We deliver worldwide using a fully tracked and insured courier delivery service.
Where are We?
Based in the literary city of Bath, our offices are housed in the Eastern Dispensary. Built in 1845, the building originally existed as a charitable institution providing medical care. The building now houses our collection of over twenty thousand books and has five full time members of staff.
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