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1879. MORSE, Edward S. FIRST BOOK OF ZOOLOGY. New York: D. Appleton and Company, 1879. HC. SPine damaged. About very good; a servicable reading copy.

paperback. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book.

paperback. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book.

New York: D. Appleton and Company, 1876. Hardcover. 10mo, viii, x, xiv, 190 pages. In Good condition. Quarter bound brown spine bearing gilt lettering. Boards show slight shelf wear exteriorly with slight rubbing wear to the joints/edges. Decorative scroll to front/rear and gilt illustration to the front. Text block edges marbled. Mild age toning interiorly. Illustrated. NOTE: Shelved in Netdesk Column D, ND-D. 1376614. FP New Rockville Stock.

hardcover. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book.

hardcover. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book.

paperback. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book.

hardcover. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book.

1884. MORSE, Edw. S. FIRST BOOK OF ZOOLOGY, N.Y.: D. Appleton & Co., 1882. Sm. 8vo., leather spine, brown cloth stamped and gilt. xiv, 190pp. + ads. Many textual illustrations. A reprint of the second edition (the first and second editions had originally appeared in 1875). This textbook for young people is suprisingly scarce. There is a small ownership stamp on the flyleaf, the spine is chipped. Otherwise a very good copy.

New york: D. Appleton and Co., 1876. Second edition.
1876 BEAUTIFUL ILLUSTRATED LITTLE BOOK BY EMINENT AMERICAN ZOOLOGIST WHO BROUGHT DARWIN TO JAPAN.
7 1/2 inches tall hardcover, salmon cloth covered boards, gilt illustration of hermit crab on cover, with embossed design, spine leather, with gilt snail design, all edges marbled, i-xiv, 190 pp, over 160 wood engravings in text, publisher's advertisements at back. Covers and spine bright, corners bumped and worn, binding tight, scattered light foxing of endpapers, pages crisp and clean, very good minus in custom archival mylar cover.
EDWARD SYLVESTER MORSE (1838 – 1925) was an American zoologist, archaeologist, and orientalist. He is considered the "Father of Japanese archaeology." He attended Gould Academy in Bethel, Maine, where he came under the influence of Dr. Nathaniel True who encouraged Morse to pursue his interest in the study of nature. By the age of thirteen he had put together an impressive collection of shells, and despite his lack of… Read More