A Field Guide to the Mammals by William Burt 1964

This is A Field Guide to the Mammals by William Henry Burt and Richard Philip Grossenheider, a nature field guide to North American mammals from the Peterson Field Guide Series, in the 2nd Edition, Revised and Enlarged, third printing, with a 1964 copyright.

It is a hardcover in green cloth with a stamped bobcat on the front board, inside the blue dust jacket, which shows chipping and edge wear, stains on the back flap, and stains on the cover as shown in the photos.

The book uses the Peterson Identification System, which points you to the key field marks for quick recognition of each species and easy comparison of confusing lookalikes, with color plates, range maps, and track drawings of all species found north of the Mexican border.

Details

• Item: Hardcover book with dust jacket
• Title: A Field Guide to the Mammals
• Author: William Henry Burt
• Illustrator: Richard Philip Grossenheider
• Publisher: The Riverside Press, Cambridge, Massachusetts, per the copyright page
• Publication Year: 1964, copyright 1952 and 1964
• Edition and Printing: 2nd Edition, Revised and Enlarged, Third Printing
• Format and Binding: Hardcover, green cloth with stamped bobcat on the front board
• Dust Jacket: Present, blue jacket with chipping, edge wear, and stains
• Genre: Nature field guide, North American mammals
• Language: English
• ISBN: Not confirmed from photos
• Dimensions: 8 x 5 x 1 inches

Condition Grade: Good

Positives

• Graded Good: Complete and usable, with clear signs of use, and every flaw is named in this listing.
• The binding appears intact in the photos.
• The color plates, range maps, and text pages shown are clean and readable.
• The green cloth boards and the stamped bobcat are bright under the jacket.
• The jacket front flap carries the $4.95 price and the full book summary.

Issues / Wear

• Please note the stains on the cover.
• The dust jacket has chipping and wear at the spine ends, corners, and edges.
• Stains on the back jacket flap with the author notes.
• A name is handwritten in pen on the track drawings endpaper.
• Mild age toning to the pages.

Please view the photos. Scroll in to judge the condition. This is the actual book you will be receiving.

This 1964 Peterson guide brings you color plates of foxes, wolves, squirrels, and shrews, range maps, and track drawings, and it suits a naturalist's shelf or a field bag. If it's the right copy for you, it's ready to come home.