The Whooping Crane: The Bird That Defies Extinction (Faith McNulty) lands on the shelves of my shop.
London: Longmans, Green & Co., 1967, (First Edition) Hardback in dust wrapper.
Contains: Black & white photographs; Graphs; Black & white drawings; Maps; Tables;
From the cover: With its tapered, shining white body, its long black legs and sinuous neck, the whooping crane has a dignity that fills the observer with awe. But is this beautiful survival, which exists now only in the Aransas refuge in Texas, soon to join the mastodon, the great auk and the dodo?
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Very Good in Good Dust Wrapper. Unlaminated dust wrapper a little edgeworn and faded with a little staining to the lower board. Lightly spotted at the blanks and endpapers. Text complete, clean and tight otherwise.
Orange boards with Gilt titling to the Spine. 190 pages. Index. 9½” x 6¼”.