The Puma; Mysterious American Cat (Part 1: – History, Life Habits, Economic Status, and Control; Part II: – Classification of the Races of the Puma)

Dover Publications, Inc, New York, 1964. Reprint. Softcover. Good Condition. Illustrator: Photographic. foreword by authors, acknowledgements, Part I: – bibliography, list of illustrations, text figures and tables, index. Part II: – references and selected bibliography and index. The text is illustrated with both black-and-white photographs and illustrations. Illustrated card cover with white coloured titles to the front panel and backstrip. "The Puma (alias 'Cougar', 'mountain lion', 'Panther', 'Catamount' etc.) is perhaps the most successful and dangers of American predators. A deadly hunter of wild animal prey, he is best known to us through the fearsome tales of his attacks on man and livestock; as such, he has being a legitimate object of predator control activities from the Yukon to the Straits of Magellan. Yet this magnificent animal's destructiveness and his threat to man's well-being has been somewhat overestimated. This book offers a better understanding of the Puma and his mysterious ways." -- from the rear panel blurb. First published in 1948. Creasing and some chipping to the book corners, backstrip corners. There is a 0.25" split to the top left-hand corner of the backstrip. Sunning to the rear book panel with age toning of the textblock edges and panels. Size: Trade Paperback. 358, [20 – of which 18 are further titles from publishing house] pages,. Please refer to accompanying picture (s). Illustrator: Photographic. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilo. Category: Animals & Birds; United States; Inventory No: 0116854. .