FUR: A Practical Treatise by Max Bachrach New York: Prentice-Hall, Inc., 1937. First edition, THIRD printing. Generously illustrated throughout with photographs of pelts, animals, microscope photos of hair and fur fibers, and with sketches of maps, size and season tables, and figures. An in-depth encyclopedic study on world-wide animals focused on their fur. This fascinating historical work includes animal habits, natural history, breeding, species, geography, categories, climate effects, seasonal changes, types, size and colors, detailed hair and fur descriptions, pelt explanations, merchandising details, and more. Some pencil markings and underlines in the first portion of the text, minor scratches to the covers, slight offset age-toning to the end-papers, else very good in sturdy brown linen with blind embossed borders to the front cover, and with gilt embossed titles and rules to the spine; no dust jacket, as issued. Octavo; 677 pages; index. FREE SHIPPING TO THE USA PLEASE VIEW OUR STORE FOR MORE GREAT VINTAGE BOOKS THANKS!