Condition

Vintage 1946 hardcover in blue cloth, no dust jacket. Covers show visible age, handling wear, and scattered soiling/spotting, with fading/rubbing to the cloth and some wear at edges and corners. Spine lettering is still readable. Binding is intact and the book appears complete. Interior pages look generally clean with normal age toning. Decorative wildlife endpapers are present. Please review all photos carefully for condition.

Details

Title: American Wild Life Illustrated

Compiled by the Writers’ Program of the Work Projects Administration in the City of New York

Color photography by Austin Baylitts

Publisher: Wm. H. Wise & Co., Inc., New York

Year: 1946

Format: Hardcover

Language: English

This is a substantial vintage American wildlife reference and natural history book covering mammals, fishes, reptiles, amphibians, and birds, with a long index and illustrated plates. The table of contents shows major sections for mammals, fishes, reptiles, amphibians, and birds, and the list of color plates includes subjects such as seal family, buffalo, Mississippi gar pike, copperhead, toad, and American eagle. The title page identifies this as the 1946 Wm. H. Wise edition, while the copyright page notes the original 1940 City of New York copyright. 

A good vintage wildlife book for collectors of WPA/Federal Works Agency material, Americana, natural history, and illustrated reference books.

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