Dolphins: The Myth and the Mammal
Author:
ALPERS, ANTONY; THORN, ERIK (illus.)
Title:
Dolphins: The Myth and the Mammal
Publisher:
Houghton Mifflin Company 1961
Description:
Association copy, first edition. Signed, inscribed & dated by author to Helen Shaw (Hella) and Frank Hofmann. 8vo, pp. xviii + 268; green cl bds, spine lettered in gilt & blue, dolphin motif in blue to front board; illus. eps & tp; plates, illus.; VG (light to moderate scuffing & soiling to bds; light bruising to spine & board edges & extrems; light to moderate tanning, foxing & soiling to pg edges; sl tanning, soiling & foxing to eps, prelims & terminals); in d/w, VG- (moderate scuffing & soiling; moderate to heavy bruising & creasing to edges & extrems with moderate chipping; moderate tanning; moderate open tear to spine extrem at head).
Keywords:
Antony Alpers New Zealand wildlife ocean sea dolphin myth mythology legend tales Greek Roman Polynesian zoology 20th century first edition