A wonderful matched two-volume set of Anna Botsford Comstock’s classic “Handbook of Nature-Study, For Teachers and Parents” — Volume I (1922, Parts I and II) and Volume II (1923, Parts III and IV), published by The Comstock Publishing Company, Ithaca, NY.

Based on the famous Cornell Nature-Study Leaflets, this comprehensive reference covers birds, mammals, insects, fish, plants, trees, and cultivated flowers in rich detail, illustrated throughout with hundreds of period photographs and line drawings — spiders, sunfish, wild horses through evolutionary history, daffodils, milkweed seed pods, white ash trees, and much more. Comstock’s work remains one of the most beloved and enduring American nature-study texts, still referenced and reprinted today, especially popular with homeschool and Charlotte Mason-style educators.

Green cloth hardcover bindings with the iconic spiderweb cover design, gilt-stamped spines reading “Handbook of Nature-Study, Vol. I / Vol. II, A.B. Comstock.” Condition shows expected wear from age and use — cover soiling, edge wear, and light foxing to some pages; spines and bindings remain sound and tight. A great find for nature-study collectors, homeschool families, or anyone building a classic natural history library. Sold as a matched two-volume set, as pictured.