Snake - Hunters' Holiday: Tropical Adventures in Search of Bats and the Bushmaster

Written By Bronwen Glover
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Snake - Hunters’ Holiday: Tropical Adventures in Search of Bats and the Bushmaster

Ditmars, Raymond L. and William Bridges. New York: D. Appleton-Century Company, 1935.

8vo.,ix, (1), 309 pp. including index. Frontis photo portrait plus photo plates. Reddish-brown cloth with gilt coiled snake on black square to upper board, lettered in gilt front and spine.

Light rub to head and tail of spine. Very light fox spots to top leaf edges. Neat previous owner's signature to front free endpaper, repeated on title-page, otherwise clean, tight, bright.

An account of a trip to Trinidad and British Guiana in search of specimens for the New York Zoological Park.

1st edition. 1935 Now quite scarce.

$225.00 CDN

Bronwen Glover
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