Lingua: Inglese
Editore: British Museum [Natural History] / Cornell University Press, Ithaca and London:, 1977
ISBN 10: 0801410959 ISBN 13: 9780801410956
Da: About Books, Henderson, NV, U.S.A.
Hardcover. Condizione: Very Good condition. Condizione sovraccoperta: Very Good dust jacket. B. C. Groombridge (illustratore). Second Edition, Revised and Enlarged. Ithaca and London:: British Museum [Natural History] / Cornell University Press , 1977. A square, tight copy. Some scattered brown speckles (foxing), mostly on a few outer pages. No owner's name or bookplate. Pages are clean. No underlining. No highlighting. No margin notes. Well illustrated with drawings and photographs, many in full-color. Has 12 chapters: 1) The origin and orders of reptiles; 2) Lizards and snakes; 3) The senses of snakes; 4) Snakes and their environment; 5) Nutrition; 6) Enemies and defence; 7) Reproduction, growth and development; 8) Primitive and burrowing snakes; 9) Boas, pythons and wart snakes; 10) Colubrid snakes; 11) Cobras and sea snakes; 12) Vipers. Glossary. Suggested Further Reading. Index. From the Dust Jacket: "This authoritative guide to an intriguing group of reptiles is enhanced by 16 impressive full-colour plates showing 32 species of snakes from all over the world, plus 10 black and white plates and 18 diagrams. It provides a highly readable account of the fascinating history of snakes and their habits and characteristics." Bound in the original brown boards. . Second Edition, Revised and Enlarged. Hard Cover. Very Good condition./Very Good dust jacket. Illus. by B. C. Groombridge. 8vo. (iv), 124pp.