Author: Stejneger, L.
Title: The poisonous snakes of North America.
Description: Washington, DC, United States National Museum, 1895. 8vo (22.5 x 14.6 cm). Title page, 149 pp. [numbered 339-487], 19 plates, 70 text engravings. No wrappers. Cloth strip on spine. = Contains very detailed descriptions of the species, notes on variability, distribution, etc. Some (cancelled) stamps, of various previous owners, including the American herpetologist Robert Edward Gordon (1929-1996), and the French herpetologist Hubert Saint Girons (1926-2000) on front wrapper, plate verso, last text page and last leaf blank verso. The spine cloth is merely a strip of tape. Binding weak. Otherwise a good copy with clean plates.

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