Originally published in 1911. Chapters include; The way of the weasel, Madame Redbely, Life insurance for wasps, The squirrel's thrift, The seamy side of Bird Life, Three tragical Bird-Romances, A Tiny man-o-war, My Snake Stick, Animals that advertise, Animals that wear disguises, Birds and Beast that bluff, A Good habit gone wrong, Animals that set traps, Animal Partnerships, The bird that whips poor Will, Birds of a feather, Do Animals 'Commit Suicide'?, A Turn coat of the woods, The biggest Bird's Nest and it's maker, ...
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Originally published in 1911. Chapters include; The way of the weasel, Madame Redbely, Life insurance for wasps, The squirrel's thrift, The seamy side of Bird Life, Three tragical Bird-Romances, A Tiny man-o-war, My Snake Stick, Animals that advertise, Animals that wear disguises, Birds and Beast that bluff, A Good habit gone wrong, Animals that set traps, Animal Partnerships, The bird that whips poor Will, Birds of a feather, Do Animals 'Commit Suicide'?, A Turn coat of the woods, The biggest Bird's Nest and it's maker, The Phoebe at home, The haymakers of the snow peaks, A Kitten at school, Catching Menhaden off Montauk and The house of the Blacksnake... Fully illustrated throughout, The wit of the Wild is a fascinating novel of the period and still an interesting read today. Many of the earliest books, particularly those dating back to the 1900's and before, are now extremely scarce and increasingly expensive. We are republishing these classic works in affordable, high quality, mode
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Seller's Description:
Good. No Dust Jacket. 12mo-over 6¾"-7¾" tall. 294 pp. Original green cloth covers w/ titles in gilt, and gilt decoration on front cover. Binding lightly soiled and rubbed. Previous owner's bookplate on front paste-down. Lacks front blank endpaper. "Discard" written in red color pencil on half-title page and rear paste-down. Evidence of card pocket (? ) removed from rear paste-down. Illust. w/ 17 b/w plates.
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Near Fine. 8vo. xi, 294pp, b/w ills. Decorative green cloth boards, gilt, with light wear at corners, and at the spine head and foot. The substance of many of the chapters first appeared as articles in the Sunday edition of The World, NY; The Field, London; and in The Youth's Companion, Boston.
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Very Good- No Dust Jacket. 12mo-over 6¾"-7¾" tall. 288 pp. Original green pictorial cloth covers. Top corners bumped; spine sunned. Title on spine rubbed. Light scattered foxing. Illust. w/ 16 b/w photos.
