Quest of the Snow Leopard
by Roy Chapman Andrews
Illustrated by Kurt Wiese
FIRST EDITION
ILLUSTRATED
Roy Chapman Andrews was an American explorer, adventurer and naturalist who became the director of the American Museum of Natural History. He is primarily known for leading a series of expeditions in China in the early 20th century into the Gobi Desert and Mongolia. The expeditions made important discoveries and brought the first-known fossil dinosaur eggs to the museum. His popular writings about his adventures made him famous.
Publisher: The Viking Press, New York
Copyright: 1955
Condition: This book is in good condition. Hardcover, with D/J. The dust jacket is chipped and worn along edges and corners with some loss to the head/tail of spine. Brown cloth covers are in great shape with minimal wear. Decorative endpapers. Hinges tight. Binding sturdy. The text block is crisp and clean. A handsome edition of this hard to find classic.
190 pages, 6" x 8.5"
by Roy Chapman Andrews
Illustrated by Kurt Wiese
FIRST EDITION
ILLUSTRATED
Roy Chapman Andrews was an American explorer, adventurer and naturalist who became the director of the American Museum of Natural History. He is primarily known for leading a series of expeditions in China in the early 20th century into the Gobi Desert and Mongolia. The expeditions made important discoveries and brought the first-known fossil dinosaur eggs to the museum. His popular writings about his adventures made him famous.
Publisher: The Viking Press, New York
Copyright: 1955
Condition: This book is in good condition. Hardcover, with D/J. The dust jacket is chipped and worn along edges and corners with some loss to the head/tail of spine. Brown cloth covers are in great shape with minimal wear. Decorative endpapers. Hinges tight. Binding sturdy. The text block is crisp and clean. A handsome edition of this hard to find classic.
190 pages, 6" x 8.5"