The Wild Animals of Australasia Le Souef Burrell 1926 1st Ed DJ Australian Fauna

by A S le Souef, Harry Burrell, Ellis Le G Troughton

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The Wild Animals of Australasia Le Souef Burrell 1926 1st Ed DJ Australian Fauna Scarce 1926 first edition of The Wild Animals of Australasia by A. S. Le Souef and Harry Burrell, with a chapter on the bats of Australia and New Guinea by Ellis Le G. Troughton. Published by George G. Harrap & Company, London, Calcutta and Sydney. An important early work of Australian natural history and mammalogy, covering approximately 400 species of Australasian mammals and illustrated with 105 photographs and eight line drawings. The book encompasses the wildlife and zoology of Australia, New Guinea and the surrounding Pacific islands, making it a fascinating reference for collectors interested in Australian fauna, early zoological studies and the history of natural science. Harry Burrell was an important Australian naturalist and pioneering researcher particularly associated with the study of the platypus. The volume also has particular interest for collectors of early material relating to the thylacine, as well as Australian marsupials, monotremes, bats and other native mammals. Particularly pleasing is the survival of the original dust jacket, including the original 25/- net price on the front flap. Beneath the jacket are attractive pale green pictorial cloth boards featuring a kangaroo vignette. A particularly appealing early Australian natural history volume for collectors of Australian wildlife, zoology, mammalogy, thylacine and Tasmanian tiger material, platypus history, marsupials, b

• Publisher: George G Harrap
• Year: 1926
• Binding: Hardcover
• Condition: Fair

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