An Almanac for Moderns (signed)
NY: Putnam, 1935. First edition. Hardcover. Seventh impression. Signed on the title page by Peattie, and uncommon thus. Peattie's best known book, a naturalist's classic recounting of a year, here via a short essay for each day. From the jacket: "An essay on biology in 365 parts. From the first frog trill, the spring's primal spawning, the reader is guided through the year with illuminating comment." The New York Times wrote of it: “a fine and subtle perception . . . rising at times to an intense lyric beauty . . . a book which the reader will deeply treasure, and to which he will repeatedly return.” With drawings by famed illustrator Lynd Ward. A near fine book in beige cloth with only some minor scratching to the top face of the text block face near the spine; in a very good, clipped jacket with some chipping to the top edge of the panels. Near fine / Very good. Item #1792
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