Author: Berridge, W. S.
Title: Marvels of the Animal World.
Description: Boston: Small, Maynard & Company, (1922). (1922). - 8vo, brown cloth (lightly bumped) titled on spine (faded), in dw (soiled & chipped; piece out of top edge of rear panel; dw spine spotted & torn with pieces out of head & mid-section). 253 pp. (light offsetting to endpapers; page edges slightly darkened). B&W frontispiece & B&W illustrations from photographs by the author. Good.

This book about the curious habits, dispositions and characteristics of mammals, birds, reptiles, fish and insects from around the world discusses such topics as "Some Curious Domestic Sheep of Foreign Lands", "Wild Animals Which Are Trained by Man to Hunt", "The Offensive and Defensive Weapons of Animals", "Animals Which Give Electric Shocks", "Animals Locomotion" and "A Talk About Kangaroos". Good .

Keywords: NATURAL HISTORY; ZOOLOGY; ANIMALS; MAMMALS; BIRDS; REPTILES; FISH; INSECTS; SHEEP; HUNTING; KANGAROOS; GOLDFISH; ILLUSTRATIONS; NATURE PHOTOGRAPHY; PHOTOGRAPHY; W. S. BERRIDGE.

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