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The American natural history : a foundation of useful knowledge of the higher animals of North America / by William T. Hornaday ; illustrated by 227 original drawings by Beard, Rungius, Sawyer, and others, 116 photographs, chiefly by Sanborn, Keller, and Underwood, and numerous charts and maps

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Author:
Hornaday, William T (William Temple) 1854-1937  Search this
Publisher:
Charles Scribner's Sons  Search this
Physical description:
xxv, 449 pages, [1] leaf of plates : illustrations ; 26 cm
Type:
Electronic resources
Place:
North America
Date:
1904
Notes:
Half-title.
Copyright 1904, by William T. Hornaday. Published, April, 1904.
Text in two columns.
Includes index.
Also available online.
SCNHRB copy (39088007705338) has author's ink presentation inscription on 4th front free endpaper: to The Central Library of the United States National Museum. In grateful remembrance of the hours spent in it by the Author / W.T. Hornaday / New York May 4, 1904.
SCNHRB copy stamped on verso of title page: Smithsonian Institution National Museum May 17 1904 [manuscript accession no.] 188801.
SCNHRB copy in original green publisher's cloth binding, pictorial of a moose stamped in brown and title in gilt on front cover; title and pictorial in gilt on spine.
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Topic:
Natural history  Search this
Mammals  Search this
Birds  Search this
Reptiles  Search this
Amphibians  Search this
Fishes  Search this
Call number:
QL155 .H67 1904
QL155.H8X
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
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