Author: NOVICK, ALVIN [TEXT]; PHOTOGRAPHS BY NINA LEEN
Title: The World of Bats
Description: New York: Holt, Rinehart and Winston, 1969. First Edition. Hardcover. Illustrated by Nina Leen. Stated first edition. Hardcover is green with gold embossed lettering on front and spine. Pages are clean and tight; appears almost as if unused. DJ front cover picture is very clever--has title and author/photographer information at top and then upside down across the bottom; likely immitating the fact that bats hang upside down. Printed in Switzerland. SBN: 03-082875-9 on copyright page. Extensively illustrated with 100+ color and b/w photographs and drawings, including one 4 page, gate-fold section. Sections are: Why Bats? ; Wings; Flight; Social and Family Life; Foraging; Locomotion and Repose; Echolocation; appendix on photography. Phenomenal book on the world of bats, the only true flying mammal. Very oversized and heavy, 6#. ; Photographs; 10 1/4 x 12; 171 pages; Cover has light shelf wear and bumping. DJ has sunning, rubbing/scuffing, bumping, series of crinkles and small tears along top and bottom; in a mylar cover.. Near Fine in Very Good- dust jacket .

Keywords: Bats; Animals; Mammals; Animal Behavior; Science; Nature; Wild Animals; Wild Life; 03-082875-9; Animals Education Science Geography Reference