BEEBE (WILLIAM) Galapagos; World's End, New York and London, G.P. Putnam's Sons, The Knickerbocker Press, 1924, 4to, number 'C' of 100 copies on French hand-made paper signed by the author, with a 1p. a.l.s. loosely-inserted by G.P. Putnam, dated March 25 1924, to the recipient Professor HENRY FAIRFIELD OSBORN (with his bookplate) loosely-inserted: 'We have given ourselves the pleasure of having made up for you a special copy of the de luxe edition of "Galapagos" in full leather ... ', coloured frontispiece, plates, including 8 coloured, by ISABEL COOPER (frontispiece slightly creased), original blue morocco by G.P. PUTNAM'S SONS, spine gilt in 6 compartments with raised bands, gilt inner dentelles (lightly rubbed), t.e.g. [Wood 228] (15)

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BEEBE (WILLIAM) Galapagos; World's End, New York and London, G.P. Putnam's Sons, The Knickerbocker Press, 1924, 4to, number 'C' of 100 copies on French hand-made paper signed by the author, with a 1p. a.l.s. loosely-inserted by G.P. Putnam, dated March 25 1924, to the recipient Professor HENRY FAIRFIELD OSBORN (with his bookplate) loosely-inserted: 'We have given ourselves the pleasure of having made up for you a special copy of the de luxe edition of "Galapagos" in full leather ... ', coloured frontispiece, plates, including 8 coloured, by ISABEL COOPER (frontispiece slightly creased), original blue morocco by G.P. PUTNAM'S SONS, spine gilt in 6 compartments with raised bands, gilt inner dentelles (lightly rubbed), t.e.g. [Wood 228] (15)

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The book also contains a 3pp. bibliography of the more important books relateing to the Galapagos archipelago.

Henry Fairfield Osborn was a renowned zoologist, known for several works amongst which are Age of Mammals in Europe, Asia and North America, 1910: 'One of the best of our treatises on vertebrate paleontology.' (Wood).

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