1928 THE POISONOUS SNAKES OF OUR BRITISH INDIAN DOMINIONS Col. F. Wall RARE!

Description: The Poisonous Terrestrial Snakes of Our British Indian Dominions (including Ceylon) and How to Recognise Them With Symptoms of Snake Poisoning and Treatment By Col. F. Wall, I.M.S., K.H.S., C.M.Z.S. Fourth Edition, Eighth Thousand 1928 Bombay Natural History Society Bombay, India Hardcover, 174 pages From the Preface of the Second Edition: To those whose travels have never extended beyond western Europe it is a difficult matter to realize how largely poisonous snakes loom in the life of our native fellow-subjects in India, or to appreciate the heavy annual list of casualties due to snake-bite. To mitigate the evil, the European and the native medical staff of the country are now bringing into play the latest remedies of their science, but they are frequently hampered in their endeavors by the difficulty of identifying the particular kind of noxious serpent with which they may be called upon to deal. It is largely with the view of supplying a ready method of making such identifications that the unpretentious work before us has been presented to the public. That it has been heartily appreciated is made evident by the fact of its having reached a second edition, after the sale of a first issue of 2500 copies. The author relies on the arrangement, size, and number of the scales as affording the easiest clue to the identification of species, and for this purpose gives figures of the scaling of certain parts of the body or head of a considerable number of the thirty-nine species recognized which in his opinion render identification easy and certain. This 4th Edition of this work is expanded to include symptoms and treatment of snake bites, as well as more information on snakes. While modern 21st century reprints (Forgotten Books comes to mind) are abundant, they aren't collectible, so for the herpetology collector, this book is certainly a valuable one. Extremely scarce, to say the least. BOOK DESCRIPTION/CONDITION: Stated 4th Edition. No jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Light greenish-gray cloth hardcover with titles in black on front and spine. Spine cloth chipped and torn in places including hinge edges but some repair effected. Binding good. Some black/brown marks in the form of short lines present emanating from both ends (front and rear) receding toward interior and visible only as dots by middle. Otherwise, interior good. 6 1/2" x 9 3/4" x 1/2"

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