On the Trail of Ancient Man: a Narative of the Field Work of the Central Asiatic Expeditions

Roy Chapman Andrews

Edité par G.P. Putnam's Sons, 1927

Vintage Hardcover with attached fold out b/w illustrated map (Mongolia) designed by F. K. Morris, drafted by L. B. Hill. First Edition, 1926, G.P. Putnam's Sons, 375 pages. Very Good, No DJ. Minor shelf/edge wear to green cloth boards with gilt titles - top two corners lightly bumped. Previous owner name lightly written on FFEP. All pages are clean and unmarked. Deckled edges and TEG (top edge gilt). Both errata slips intact. Orange-tinted scene of a camel caravan printed on the pastedowns and adjacent endpapers. Author Roy Chapman Andrews (January 26, 1884 ? March 11, 1960) was an American explorer, adventurer, and naturalist who became the director of the American Museum of Natural History. He led a series of expeditions through the politically disturbed China of the early 20th century into the Gobi Desert and Mongolia. The expeditions made important discoveries and brought the first-known fossil dinosaur eggs to the museum. 29 chapters, list of The Central Asiatic Expedition Fund Contributors, Expedition Papers and Index. 58 vintage photographs by J.B. Shackelford. Introduction by Henry Fairfield Osborn. A very handsome First Edition. LOC SSS-01. N° de réf. du vendeur 240912003

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Titre : On the Trail of Ancient Man: a Narative of ...
Éditeur : G.P. Putnam's Sons
Date d'édition : 1927
Reliure : Hardcover
Etat : Very Good
Etat de la jaquette : No jacket
Edition : First Edition.