Author: Miller, Leo E. Illus. by A.L. Ripley [Aiden Lassell]
Title: The Black Phantom
Description: New York, Charles Scribner's Sons, 1922. First edition. Cloth. [viii], 225 pp. Illus. with 4 b/w plates. Sm. 8vo. The story of Amazon jungle inhabitants including Suma the Jaguar and her black cub Warruk. Leo E, Miller was a mammologist at the American Museum of Natural History (who accompanied Teddy Roosevelt to South America) and author of 'In the Tiger's Lair' and 'The Hidden People.' Four illustrations by A[iden] L[assell] Ripley, American artist (1896-1969). Small puncture on spine, borders soiled, edges foxed, still a very good copy, leaves clean and images bright. In a clear archival jacket.

Keywords: , Fiction, Natural History, Animals,