Adaptation of Domestic Animals

Pp. viii, 415; frontispiece illustration by Geo. A. Laisner, 177 text-figures (line-drawings and maps), 16 full page black-and-white photo-plates.  Publisher’s original tan cloth, lettered in white on the spine and with white and brown illustration on the front cover, sm 4to.  The work is divided in five sections: I – Ecological and Bioclimatological Aspects; II – Basic Physiological Mechanisms; III – Adaptation to Specific Environments; IV – Species-Specific Adaptations; V – Techniques of Investigations.  No ownership marks and no signs of use.