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197913113Pontoise France: Musée de Pontoise 1979. VG. Green wraps. 20 pp. 12 bw plates. Two-page introduction by Edda Maillet essays by Catherine Lobstein and André Watteau catalogue of 101 works several nice plates. Published to accompany the exhibition held in Pontoise France: Musée de Pontoise Nov. 18 to Feb. 8 1979. Musée de Pontoise paperback books
1968131226New York: Harry Abrams 1968. Hardcover. VG- some cover foxing along head discoloration of plastic cover. Text and plates clean and bright. White cloth boards with printed color illustration printed clear plastic cover.132 pp. 64 color plates 342 black and white illustrations. Part of a series the books being painstakingly compiled. "Its special feature the comprehensive catalogue raisonne summarized the best available sources and examines the works themselves. Of particular interest to students." --Back jacket. Harry Abrams hardcover books
1958140939779London: Rupert Hart-Davis 1958. First Edition. Near Fine. Advance reading copy of the first English-language edition. Plain wraps with paper label pasted on front wrap announcing "Probable publication date November 1958 / Probable price 35/-". 542 pp. Vertical crease to front wrap else Near Fine. A scarce survival pun intended of a fragile pre-publication version of the first work of cryptozoology as a discipline or pseudo-discipline as most scientists would have it establishing the Belgian-French author as the "Father of Cryptozoology." It begins with recently rediscovered animals that were previously thought to have gone extinct such as the coelacanth and giant panda then ventures into evidence for animals as yet unverified or considered fictional by biologists such as the Yeti the Loch Ness Monster African dinosaur Mokele-mbembe and more. Rupert Hart-Davis unknown books
