STRANGE DWELLINGS: BEING A DESCRIPTION OF THE HATITATIONS OF ANIMALS
Written by J.G. Wood
Illustrated by W. F. Keyl, J.B. Zwecker, E. Smith
Published by Longmans, Green & Co.
in 1885
- Categorised in:
- NATURAL HISTORY
- NATURAL HISTORY GENERAL
- LEATHER BINDING
- ANTIQUARIAN
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STRANGE DWELLINGS: BEING A DESCRIPTION OF THE HATITATIONS OF ANIMALS
Written by J.G. Wood.
Illustrated by W. F. Keyl, J.B. Zwecker, E. Smith.
Stock no. 1208997
1885.
Hardback.
Almost very good condition.
Abridged from 'Homes Without Hands'. Full calf leather binding with 5 raised bands on spine, gilt title and decorations. Gilt border to boards. Marbled endpapers and text block. B/w illustrations. New edition. xii and 411 pages including index. Joints cracked, front board a little loose because of this. Some surface leather scraped to lower front board. Gilt title and decorations to spine bright. Some rubbing to corners. Contemporary inscription in ink to verso of front endpaper, dated 1886. Foxing to fly leaves and a stain to front fly leaf. Else contents are clean and tight.
Front cover
Contents
- I. BURROWING MAMMALIA
- II. BURROWING BIRDS
- III. BURROWING REPTILES
- IV. BURROWING INVERTEBRATES
- V. BURROWING MOLLUSCS
- VI. BURROWING SPIDERS
- VII. BURROWING INSECTS (Hymenoptera)
- VIII. BURROWING BEETLES
- IX. WOOD BORING INSECTS
- X. PENSILE MAMMALIA
- XI. PENSILE BIRDS
- XII. PENSILE BIRDS - continued
- XIII. PENSILE BIRDS - continued
- XIV. PENSILE INSECTS
- XV. BUILDERS
- XVI. BUILDING BIRDS
- XVII. BUILDING BIRDS - continued
- XVIII. BUILDING INSECTS
- XIX. SUB-AQUATIC NESTS (Vertebrates)
- XX. SUB-AQUATIC NESTS (Invertebrates)
- XXI. SOCIAL HABITATIONS
- XXII. SOCIAL BIRDS
- XXIII. SOCIAL INSECTS
- XXIV. SOCIAL INSECTS - continued
- XXV. PARASITIC NESTS
- XXVI. PARASITIC NESTS - concluded
- XXVII. BRANCH-BUILDING MAMMALIA
- XXVIII. FEATHERED BRANCH-BUILDERS
- XXIX. FEATHERED BRANCH-BUILDERTS - concluded
- XXX. BRANCH-BUILDERS (Spiders and Insects)
- XXI. MISCELLANEA
- INDEX