Description

Hardcover, Collector’s Lifetime edition bound in genuine burgundy leather lettered and decorated in gold. All edges gilt. 221 pages. Contains Taxonomic Notes, Glossary, Dental Formulae, Bibliography and Index. Bound-in silk ribbon marker, smyth sewn binding and archival quality paper mark this as quality Eastern Press book. Illustrated with 20 colored and 12 black and white plates, in addition to multiple vignette drawings and maps by Paul Barruel. Translated and edited by Hans Kruuk and H.N. Southern. Fiftieth Anniversary edition, first printing thus. Special blank, unused Easton Press book-plate, especially produced for this edition, tipped in loose. No previous ownership marks. Corners sharp, gilt bright and covers tight and sound, A clean, fresh, unread and like new copy. Fine.