Green Laurels: The Lives and Achievements of the Great Naturalists (signed)
Simon and Schuster, New York, 1936. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Signed by the author across the front free endpaper, and uncommon thus. Some of the naturalists discussed include Linnaeus, Chevalier, Lamarck, Bartram, Alexander Wilson, John James Audubon, Goethe, Charles Darwin and Alfred Russel Wallace. Green cloth boards, gilt laurel design on front, gilt lettering on red title plate on spine. A very good book with bumping to upper corners of boards and a bit of fading to spine, some toning/browning to endpapers and pastedown, particularly at the hinge. In a very good jacket with some short tears to top edge and general edge wear. // Wood (+) River (=) Books specializes in ecology, natural history, nature writing, the environment, and environmental literature, with a special passion for association copies and notable inscriptions. Very Good / No Jacket. Item #ABE-1676184239428
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