Author: WINGATE, LAURENCE
Title: Snakes Alive!
Description: Cape Town: Howard Timmins, 1967. First Edition. Original boards. With loosely inserted note from previous owner. Occasional annotations in pencil, especially to final pages. Some soiling to edges & foxing to top edge. Dustjacket: plastic protected. Some wear & fading to spine, covers & corners. ; With plates. With loosely inserted note from previous owner. Occasional annotations in pencil, especially to final pages. Some soiling to edges & foxing to top edge. Dustjacket: plastic protected. Some wear & fading to spine, covers & corners. ; 21.6 x 14.1 x 2.4 cms; 201 pages; Laurence Wingate was a British writer and editor best known for his 1967 book Snakes Alive! , a light-hearted and informative account of reptiles, particularly snakes, and the eccentric characters who handle them. The book draws on both zoological knowledge and anecdotal charm, reflecting Wingate’s talent for making unusual subjects engaging for general readers. Beyond this publication, relatively little is known about his life, suggesting he may have had a brief literary career or worked primarily behind the scenes in publishing. Snakes Alive! Remains a curious gem of mid-20th-century popular science writing.. Very Good- in Good dust jacket .

Keywords: Snakebite Biography Zoology


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