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Offices of the Zoological Society, London, 1931. 28th Edition. Softcover (Saddle-stapled). Very Good Condition. blue card covers with 16 pages of contemporary adverts. to front & also inside covers; to front is a fold-out b/w. map showing railway and omnibus routes with, on the reverse, a plan of the gardens drawn on isometric projection by R. B. Brook-Greaves. On page 106 of this guide is a photograph of the London Zoo's "Thylacine, or Tasmanian wolf", taken by D. Seth Smith. This was the last living specimen outside Australia. A female, she had been purchased for £150 in 1925, and was the last of numerous thylacines exported - with varying degrees of success - to zoos in London, Paris, Antwerp, Cologne, Berlin and New York between the 1850s and 1920s. She died at London Zoo on 9 August 1931. Size: 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. xvi + 123. No Dust Jacket as published. Light bumping to outer corners. illustrated by sepia…
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The Zoological Society of London Guide to the Gardens and Aquarium - Regents Park - 28th Edition
by Sir Peter Chalmers Mitchell
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The Zoological Society of London: Guide to the Gardens and Aquarium, Regents Park
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Zoological Society of London, 1933. Soft cover. Very Good/No Jacket. 30th Edition, P/B 130 pages condition is very good, blue card covers.
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The Zoological Society of London. Guide to the Gardens and Aquarium - Regent's Park.
by Michell, Sir Peter Chalmers.
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London: The Zoological Society of London, 1935. 130pp + ads, bw ills, folding map. Pictorial card showing chimpanzee and baby. Some toning to covers. Nice older zoo guide. No date but 1935.. 32nd Edition. Soft Cover. Very Good. 12mo.
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