Ernest Thompson Setons' America (inscribed)

Langue : anglais

Edité par The Devin-Adair Company, NY, 1951

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Inscribed on the title page by the editor in the year of publication: "April 23, 1954, Inscribed with pleasure for my friend Arthur Kemble, with best wishes for many happy returns [on?] the day. Farida A. Wiley." Uncommon signed. With the label of the shop at the The American Museum of Natural History in the upper left corner of the page (with a dinosaur illustration). The second volume in Devin-Adair's American Naturalist Series following John Burroughs' America, all edited by Farida Wiley, who, as the jacket says "is one of America's best all-around field naturalists." Seton was a prominent naturalist writer and artist, perhaps best known for his multi-volume work Lives of the Game Animals. Wiley worked for the American Museum of Natural History and was well-known for leading nature and bird walks in Central Park (see her New York Times obit). She was something of a media darling--the New Yorker profiled her five times. Self-taught, she rose to become the museum's Director of Field and Laboratory Courses in Natural Science and was awarded the museum's Silver Medal for over 50 years of service as a naturalist and teacher. She also wrote a popular guide to Northeast ferns and served as the secretary for the John Burroughs Association. Beige cloth with a stamped red bear print illustration on the front board, which was Seton's trademark. Red lettering on spine, red topstain. With an "Impressions" preface by his wife Julia M. Seton written from their home, Seton Village, in New Mexico, and illustrations by Ernest Thompson Seton, mainly in one central insert. Index at rear. Very good with slightest lean to spine and faint foxing to lower edge of front board, a few spots to rear board; also a few spots worn just through on lower board edges. In a very good jacket with the spine sunned and wear to corners and spine ends, including shallow loss to the top of spine. Several small holes at flap folds and sporadic foxing/soiling on the pale flaps and rear illustration. .…

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Titre
Ernest Thompson Setons' America (inscribed)
Auteur
Seton, Ernest Thompson [Farida Wiley]
Éditeur
The Devin-Adair Company, NY
Année de publication
1951
État de l'article
Very good
Jaquette
Very good
Signé
Signed
Reliure
Hardcover
Langue
anglais
ISBN à 10 chiffres
0815951094
ISBN à 13 chiffres
9780815951094
Édition
First edition.
Dimensions
Octavo
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John Burroughs Medal Winners, Northeast, Women in the Environment

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