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Knowlton, Josephine Gibson : My Turtles

Caslon Press, Washington, D.C., 1943

Limited Edition. No. 231 of 300 copies. Missing dust jacket. Signed and inscribed by the author on a front flyleaf in blue ink. Original publisher's green cloth binding with gilt lettering on spine and decorative texturing. Black-and-white printed photograph of a beautiful sunroom on front and back endpapers. 6 1/2" x 9 1/2." 222 pages, complete. Twenty-three full-page plates, including an extra plate facing Page 58, complete (except for a listed illustration on dust jacket, not included). All plates are in black-and-white except for the color frontispiece which shows one of the author's tortoises, Virginia. List of plates in the front. Front colophon on title page: "First Edition; This is a limited edition of three hundred copies. This is Number 231." Covers are very clean and intact except for moderate wear at edges and corners (mostly at corners and head and tail of spine) and slight loosening to spine. Binding is still strong and holding. Pages are clean and intact overall except for light age toning, remnants o what appears to be a paper pocket that was tipped in on verso of back free endpaper, and a missing portion of back free endpaper measuring 1 1/2" x 3 1/4." A Good copy. An endearing autobiographical account by Josephine Gibson Knowlton of her pet turtles or tortoises. Replete with first-hand observations that shed much light on the appearances, behavior, and personalities of tortoises. Knowlton documents her first tortoises, hand-rearing baby tortoises, different species of tortoises she has kept as pets, and a few of her beloved pet tortoises including Virginia, Donald, and Bronzy. The author's signed inscriptions reads, "This book is a gift to the Washington Club in appreciation of the delightful review given by Florence Lewis Speare April [---?] 19th 1952--I trust it will find many friends for My Turtles among its members. Josephine Gibson Knowlton." Printed by the Caslon Press of Washington, D.C.. Book. Book Condition: Good. Binding: Hardcover

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