MARVELS OF THE ANIMAL WORLD by Berridge, W. S - 1922

Bost, 1922. Good; foxing, no dj. Cl; 253p, illust.

Boston: Small, Maynard & Company Publishers, 1922 Book. Good +. Hardcover. Moderate wear; an adequate readable copy..

Boston: Small, Maynard & Company, (1922)., (1922).. Good. - 8vo, brown cloth (lightly bumped) titled on spine (faded), in dw (soiled & chipped; piece out of top edge of rear panel; dw spine spotted & torn with pieces out of head & mid-section). 253 pp. (light offsetting to endpapers; page edges slightly darkened). B&W frontispiece & B&W illustrations from photographs by the author. Good. <p>This book about the curious habits, dispositions and characteristics of mammals, birds, reptiles, fish and insects from around the world discusses such topics as "Some Curious Domestic Sheep of Foreign Lands", "Wild Animals Which Are Trained by Man to Hunt", "The Offensive and Defensive Weapons of Animals", "Animals Which Give Electric Shocks", "Animals Locomotion" and "A Talk About Kangaroos".

Small, Maynard & company, 1922-01-01. Hardcover. Good. . Cover and edges shows shelf wear. Pages shows light tanning. Few pages shows light soiling on top edge.

Small, Maynard & company, 1922-01-01. Hardcover. Very Good. . Book in vg condition, pages clean. Dj in brodart. Tight binding.

Thornton Butterworth Ltd, 1924. Hardcover. Good. 1924. Reissued. 253 pages. No dust jacket. Red cloth covered boards with gilt. Black and white photographs. Prize plate on front free endpaper. Pages with some foxing and tanning, particularly to endpapers and textblock edges. Binding remains firm. Boards have moderate shelf wear with mild bumping and fraying to corners and crushing and fraying to spine ends. All surfaces tanned and sunned, particularly spine. Gilt lettering to spine is dulled but remains brighter on front. Boards are slightly bowed.

Very Good hardcover, no DJ. Fine binding (signed Bayntun). Light green linen over boards, half bound with dark green-black fine calf leather, with gilt rules; raised bands on spine with gilt stamped titles and animal designs in gilt stamped panel frames; early 20th century marbled end papers (Cockerell?); gilt top edge; untrimmed fore and tail edges; tissue-guarded frontis. Bright, clean; square covers and spine; small light stained area at lower front cover; clean interior with some foxing. 8vo, 253 pp; index; illustrated throughout. See, OCLC #557225578.