Excerpt: ...Close to where we walked on those first days, we were later to find our best hunting. During the next few months all the more interesting animals of this part of South America were shot or their presence noticed; jaguars, tapirs, deer, 151 peccaries, howling monkeys, vampires, agoutis, jaguarondis, otters, sloths, and armadillos. Hosts of birds, almost half the entire number of species found in the Colony, made their home hereabouts, macaws, bellbirds, curassows, trumpeters, toucans, the great harpy eagle and ...
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Excerpt: ...Close to where we walked on those first days, we were later to find our best hunting. During the next few months all the more interesting animals of this part of South America were shot or their presence noticed; jaguars, tapirs, deer, 151 peccaries, howling monkeys, vampires, agoutis, jaguarondis, otters, sloths, and armadillos. Hosts of birds, almost half the entire number of species found in the Colony, made their home hereabouts, macaws, bellbirds, curassows, trumpeters, toucans, the great harpy eagle and the tiniest of iridescent hummingbirds. Within a week our great front room, full thirty by sixty feet, with sixteen large windows, was a laboratory in appearance and odor. Hundreds of jars and vials, vivaria and insectaries, microscopes, guns, and cameras, with all their details and mysterious inner workings, left no table vacant. With book-shelves up, there remained only the walls, which little by little became mosaics of maps, diagrams, sketches, drying skins, Indian weapons, birds' nests and shot-holes. Whiffs of formaline, chloroform, and xylol, together with the odors of occasional mislaid or neglected specimens, left no doubt as to the character of the room. We found that the tradewind came from the front, and also that we had much to discuss after the lamps were put out; so we turned the couches into their rightful functions of cots, and the three of 152 us slept scattered here and there in the great room. The vampire bats never allowed us to become bored. There were no mosquitoes or flies, so we used no nets; but for months we burned a lantern. Low around our heads swept the soft wings of the little creatures, while the bat enthusiast now and then fired his auxiliary pistol. Later we found that a score of them roosted behind a broken clapboard, and, by spreading a seine below and around this, we were able to capture and examine the entire colony at will. Tarantulas were common, but not in the least offensive, and we learned to know...
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Add this copy of Jungle Peace to cart. $10.63, very good condition, Sold by John C. Newland rated 4.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Cheltenham, Glos., UNITED KINGDOM, published 1918 by Henry Holt and Company.
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Used-Very Good. VG hardback in blue cloth. 1st US edition. Home made pocket with bookplate on front pastedown; binding tight; spine bumped at head & foot.
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ACCEPTABLE in NONE jacket. 14th printing 1928; pages are unmarked and tight but some have considerable foxing, mainly on photo pages and adjacent pages, and a few stains; front hinge is cracking; age-discolored and stained edges of textblock; name written inside front cover; cover has slightly worn corners, a few spots, faded and tanned spine, and a little rubbing.
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Good. Henry Holt and Co. / Modern Library 1918 Reprint Printed by Modern Library in 1925. Brown simulated leather cover, illustrated green end papers, tanned pages, 297 pages with index. Edgewear and creasing to cover. In Plastic.
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Good+ No Jacket. Book 1st ML Edition. Gold-stamped crackled green leatherette. No dust jacket. Horace Brodzky endpapers. Inked name verso front cover, clean text. Index. Foreword: Theodore Roosevelt 25210 shelf.
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Modern Library of the World's best Books Series
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1925
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English
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Very good. No dust jacket. Near fine; front cover bowing out a bit; slight age discoloration to leaves and edges; else tight, clean, unmarked, and complete; 16mo. 297 p. Includes index. Brown limp faux leather boards; decorative endpapers; gilt lettering on front cover and spine
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Very Good. No Jacket as Issued. 12 vo. no date given (cirfca 1910? ); brown leatherette w/gilt titles & decorations; 297 clean, unmarked pages; no date given...Theodore Roosevelt introduction; owner's insc.
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Very Good. Very Good Standard used condition May have some wear, highlighting, notes, creasing, previous owner's name, etc May or may not include supplements such as infotrac or other web access codes (the dust cover may be missing) Fast & reliable delivery Exceptional customer service.
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Very Good. No Jacket as Issued. 12 vo. black leatherette w/gilt titles & decorations; 297 clean, unmarked pages; no date given. (circa 1910? ). Theodore Roosevelt introduction.
