camel organization habits uses considered von marsh george (4 Ergebnisse)

Zustand: New. pp. 226.

Zustand: New.

Decorative Boards. Zustand: Very Good. The 1856 1st edition. Solid and VG in its chocolate-brown boards, with decorative blindstamping at the panels and bright gilt-titling along the spine. Spotting to the panels (more pronounced along the rear panel), very light wear at the spine ends. Internally very clean, with no writing or markings to speak of. 12mo, chapter headings include "Speed and Gait", "The Foot", "Anatomy of the Stomach", "Geographical Range of the Camel", etc.

Hardcover. Zustand: Near fine. First edition. 12mo, 224pp. Brown ribbed cloth embossed in blind with a vignette of a camel on the uppe oard and the publisher's monogram on the rear. Gile spine title. Near ontemporary ownership name in a few places, but a fine copy with only minor traces of wear. . Sabin 44735 .The author had spent time in Turkey, Egypt, Nubia, Arabia, Petraea, and Syria and was a proponent of the introduction of camels to the Unite States. Marsh wrote this during the tie then Secretary of War Jefferson Davis was considering the establishment of the U. S. Camel Corps. .