New York: The Viking Press, 1959. Book. Illus. by Bob Hines - line illustrations. Near Fine. Hardcover. First Edition. Small Quarto. 304 pp + 32 pp plates, acknowledgments, map of North American continent 8 watercolor plates & descriptions - unpaginated, Introduction, 12 chapters, 16 pp monochrome plates, Appndix I: The Rare, Declining & Extinct Vertebrate Animal Species North of the Mexican Boundary & II: A Chronology of Representative Legislation Affecting North American Wildlife, Refernce Notes, bibliography, index. More than 100 line drawings of rare, extinct, and vanishing species. 7.1" x 10" off-white buckram spine backing, gilt letters on graen backstrip spine, & green cloth boards. Bronze DJ with b&w illustrations, white rear panel, unclipped in acetate protector. DJ with edgewear ato top and sbottom spine, rubbed white streaks. Man's impact on wildlife, from the earliest european settlements up to the 1950's. .

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Bookseller: West Side Book Shop, ABAA (US)
Bookseller's Inventory #: 009058
Title: Wildlife in America
Author: Matthiessen, Peter / Pough, Richard H. - Introduction
Illustrator: Bob Hines - line illustrations
Format/Binding: Hardcover
Book Condition: Used - Near Fine
Jacket Condition: Good
Edition: First Edition
Publisher: The Viking Press
Place of Publication: New York
Date Published: 1959
Size: Small Quarto
Keywords: Natural history of human impact on North American plants and ainimals - Peter Matthiessen - (May 22, 1927 - April 5, 2014)
Bookseller catalogs: PLANTS & ANIMALS; NATURE & ECOLOGY;

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