signed Hardcover
1920 · New York
by BEEBE, William
New York: The Modern Library, 1920. Hardcover. Very Good. Reprint. Originally published in 1918. 16mo. 297pp. [4pp. list of Modern Library titles.] Foreword (reprinted from the *New York Times*) by Theodore Roosevelt. Blue leatherette stamped in gilt. Owner's name inked on half-title, limp boards a minimally warped, spine darkened and creased, a very good copy lacking the dustwrapper. Signed by the author on the front fly. American naturalist Charles William Beebe was a pioneer in the field of ecology. He was known for his many expeditions and here he tells of his experiences in World War I and his important ecological works in British Guiana and ParĂ¡, Brazil. "The Modern Library, No. 30. (Inventory #: 432244)