Serpents

1955 · 355490721800 — 1955. First Edition. Hard Cover. Dust Jacket. Cape Town: Maskew Miller 1955. First Edition. Publisher pale green boards with brown lettering to the front board and spine. Grey end-papers. Spine slightly darkened particularly at the spine ends matching wear in the dustwrapper. Overall VG indeed. In the rare dustwrapper which is also in VG condition with a darkened spine and mild chipping at the spine ends not affecting any lettering. Laid in is an interesting price list from Fitzsimon's Snake Park Laboratory Durban South Africa with their price list for 1st January 1960 for Hyperimmune and Refined Anti-Snakebite Sea produced by Clinisearch Laboratories of South Africa offering protection from bites by Cobras Adders Rinkals and the Gaboon Viper. An interesting copy. Photographs/scans available upon request. hardcover