Buy this book on-line Percival S. Ridsdale (Managing Editor) et al : Nature Magazine. August 1929, Vol. 14, No. 2The American Nature Association, Washington, D.C., 1929
Original publisher's white paper wrappers with staple binding. Color illustration on front of a person fishing along a creek with a kingfisher and his catch in the foreground. 8 1/2" x 11 1/2." Pages 65-128, complete. Replete with black-and-white printed photographs and illustrations. Several advertisements, some of which have black-and-white illustrations, are printed in front and back. Pages and covers are very clean and intact overall. Front cover is almost completely separated along spine. Front cover and the first several pages have a small chip limited to bottom margin. Covers have slight wrinkling and age toning throughout and a few faint dampstains. Pages slightly age-toned. A Very Good copy. The August 1929 issue of Nature Magazine, a magazine about the natural world written with the nature enthusiast and animal lover in mind. Includes a variety of features and articles about birds, mammals, insects, and other animals as well as plants, photography, and astronomy. The following features are listed under the Table of Contents in this issue: "Nature Calendar," "Buck Meets Nannette" [about the friendship between a baby antelope and baby mountain goat raised by people], "When Dead Wood Blooms" [about oyster mushrooms], "The Booming Whale," "A Bird in the Bush" [about the hornbill], "The Song of the Flag Squirrel," "Mum's the Word" [about flowers], "National Flower Vote," "Debunking the Calendar" [about efforts to change the traditional calendar], "A Stranger Calls at Yosemite" [about the red phalarope], "Hunting a Friend" [author's account of finding a family of whippoorwills], "Trees and Men," "Saving Trouble" [a hand-made implement for observing small specimens], "Crabbing with the Colonel," "The Pose That Warns" [about tarantulas' defensive pose], "The Striking of the Rattlesnake," "Split Rock Palisades," "Albino Gray Squirrels," "Sandino, a Nicaraguan Pet" [about a pet ocelot a U.S. Marine brought back with him after a tour in Nicaragua], "How Did They Get That Way" [about the origin of the solar system], "The Oak," "Mentzella," "'Nunas ' and 'Noonas'" [about the sage lily], and "Index to Advertisers." Nature Magazine and its publisher, the American Nature Association, were founded by naturalist Arthur Newton Pack (1893-1975), his father Charles, and Percival S. Ridsdale in 1923. Nature Magazine was published until 1959. The magazine was acquired by Natural History magazine in January 1960 which is still published to this day.. Book. Book Condition: Collectible-Very Good. Binding: Soft cover Click here for full details of this book, to ask a question or to buy it on-line. Bibliophile Bookbase probably offers multiple copies of Percival S. Ridsdale (Managing Editor) et al : Nature Magazine. August 1929, Vol. 14, No. 2. Click here to select from a complete list of available copies of this book. Bibliophile Bookbase lists over 5 million books, maps and prints including antiquarian books, out-of-print books, collectables, out of print books and first editions. Bibliophile Bookbase for antiquarian books, maps and prints. |