Sajo and the Beaver People
New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1938. Grey Owl. Hardcover with dust jacket. Large 8vo. Pp. xiv, [2], 187. Frontis. black & white photographic portrait of the author. Illustrated with drawings by the author. Glossary. Previous owner's gift inscription to front free endpaper. Bound in khaki-colored cloth with green lettering printed on cover and spine. Covers age-toned; gutter cracked along lower half-title. Bookseller tag on rear pastedown (Des Forges Books De Luxe Milwaukee). In the dust jacket illustrated by the author, with original price of $2.50 intact on front flap. Ownership name is that of Winslow Russell Briggs. The gift inscription on the card laid in is from his grandmother, Lucia Briggs, who distinguished herself as longtime president of Milwaukee-Downer College. Very Good / Good. Item #10096
Owner Winslow Russell Briggs (1928 – 2019) was an American plant biologist who was an international leader in molecular biological research into plant sensing. Dust jacket is now preserved within a clear, removable archival sleeve.
Price: $75.00