1923 Woods Natural History Engravings 500 Illustrations Fabulous Animal Detail

Description: Wood's Natural History (1923)Mammals, Birds, Reptiles and Fishes Far more than just Lions and Tigers and Bears, this comprehensive book seems to cover every animal known to the world in 1923. The book was published in Philadelphia by The John C. Winston Company. The is highly respected, detailed animal encyclopedia with each feature including scientific species names, physical features, ambulation, curiousities, and natural habitats. The book includes 500 black/white, very detailed engravings.Here is the short list of monkeys, just to give you an idea of the many species covered: Orangoutan, Gibbons, Entellus, Kahau, Colobus, Green Monkey, Thibet Macaque, Wanderboo, Chacma, Mandrill, Spider Monkey, Ursine Howler, Capucin, Marmoset, etc.Similarly detailed sections cover Wing-Handed Animals (Bats), Cats (Lions, Tigers, Leopards, Ounce, Jaguar, Puma, Ocelot, Lynx), Hyenas, Civets, Genetts, many reptiles, Dogs (Greyhound, Newfoundland, Pomeranian, Irish Water Spaniel, Bloodhound, Foxhound, Pointer, Shepherd, Bulldog, Mastiff, Smooth/Scotch Terriers), Wolves, Jackals, Foxes, Weasels, Badgers, Aswail (Sloth Bear), Grizzly, Polar Bear, Brown Coaiti and the Kinkajou, Badicoot, Wombat, Walrus, Sea Elephant, Porpoise, Hamster, Hare, Guinea Pig, Zebu, Camel, Moose, Giraffe, Racehorse, Arabian Desert Horse, Trotting Horse, Donkey, Zebra, Essex Pig... just a sampling through page 259! So much more, birds, reptiles, insects, fish, etc.This book is in excellent condition for its age. The cover has good retention of gilt titles and design with some fading of the spine. There is bumping at head/tail of spine and light wear at the corners. The outer hinges are intact. The front inner hinge is bolstered with tape. The rear inner hinge is orig and in tact. All pages are present and bound. The illustrations are very nice. The pages are very good. There are no dog ears or page tears.There are 695 numbered pages including the index. We ship on the next business day after purchase and we maintain an excellent ebay customer satisfaction rating. Please check out our other ebay antiques, fine collectables, and our rare antiquarian book selection. Thank you for shopping with us. Please make us a favorite ebay seller and come again! GardenNut01 Mindy & JackNote: We search high and wide for interesting items and we do our best to package these items well and ship promptly. If you experience problems with your order(s), please contact us through ebay's "contact seller" feature. We will do what we can to make everything right!

Price: 75 USD

Location: Dayton, Ohio

End Time: 2024-09-30T16:32:11.000Z

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