Books and Manuscripts

Galapagos: World's End
New York & London: G.P. Putnam's Sons, Published under the auspices of the New York Zoological Society, 1924. First and limited edition, #92/100 numbered copies of the Author's Autograph Edition, signed by Beebe. xxi, (i), 443 pp. Illustrated with a tipped-in color frontispiece, one photogravure portrait of Beebe, eight tipped-in color plates by Isabel Cooper, and numerous tipped-in black and white photographic plates by John Tee-Van. Original white cloth with faux-vellum corners, stamped in gilt; top edge gilt, other edges untrimmed; in original slate grey cloth dust-jacket, stamped in gilt, panels soiled, spine darkened; illustrated endpapers; front hinge worn; scattered very light foxing to text; illustrated book-plate on front paste-down.

Together with:

1. The Bird: Its Form and Function
New York: Henry Holt and Company, 1906. First edition. 8vo. From the American Nature Series. With an original photograph of a young seated Beebe reading, ca. 1913-25, mounted on recto of frontispiece. Illustrated with color frontispiece and numerous black and white in-text illustrations. Original green cloth, stamped in blind and in gilt, corners and spine ends lightly worn; top edge gilt, other edges trimmed.

2. Jungle Peace
New York: The Modern Library, ca. 1925-29. 12mo. Inscribed by Beebe on title-page. Original flexible brown faux leather; all edges trimmed.

3. Pheasants: Their Lives and Homes
Garden City: Doubleday, Doran & Company, Inc., Published under the auspices of the New York Zoological Society, 1931. In two volumes. 4to. Illustrated with two color frontispieces and numerous color plates. Original green cloth, stamped in gilt, spines lightly faded; top edges stained green, other edges untrimmed; in original dust-jackets, spines and panels darkened, scattered chipping along panel edges. A fine set, in their very rare dust-jackets.