first edition
1985 · Boston
by Kaplan, Eugene H.
Boston: Houghton Mifflin Company, 1985. First American Edition. Fine in full light brown leather covered boards with gilt text stamping on the spine and on the front board with all edges of the text block gilt and a silk placement ribbon sewn-in at the head of the spine. Without a dust jacket as issued. One of the volumes in The Easton Press' collection of Roger Tory Peterson Field Guides. A 12mo measuring 7 1/4" by 4 1/2" containing 289 pages including an index. Illustrated with black and white and color photographs as well as line drawings by Susan L. Kaplan. Subtitled: "A guide to the common invertebrates and fishes of Bermuda, The Bahamas, southern Florida, The West Indies, and The Caribbean Coast of Central and South America." (Inventory #: TB23416)