[Rarebooks] fs: Nice Smile, Crocodile (1900)

[Joslin Hall Rare Books]

 From the pen of the original "Lizard King"...

Cope, Edward Drinker.  THE CROCODILIANS, LIZARDS AND SNAKES OF NORTH 
AMERICA [in the] Annual Report of the Board of Regents of the Smithsonian 
Institution: 1898.

Washington; Smithsonian Institution: 1900.

Along with Cope's important study of American amphibia ("The Batrachia of 
North America" -1889), this massive work helped solidify the science of 
American herpetology.

Hardcover. 6.5"x9", 1294 pages, 347 text illustrations, plus 36 b&w plates; 
covers with some light soil, front hinge poor; overall a bit dusty, but 
overall a nice copy of a heavy report printed in thin, cheap paper and not 
bound very well.

Used to be $175.00
TODAY'S SPRING INTO SUMMER
MADNESS SALE PRICE $100.00 net.



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