The Days of a Man: Being Memories of a Naturalist, Teacher and Minor Prophet of Democracy (the signed limited edition), in 2 volumes, complete

Pp. xxviii, (1), 710, (1); xxviii, (1), 906, (1); 2 frontispiece portrait plates, 110 illustrations (black-and-white photos, maps, line-drawings). Publisher’s original one-quarter black morocco leather over black cloth-covered boards, spine is lettered in gilt, front cover has embossed oval portrait of Jordan, top page edge in gilt, outer page edges are deckled, with the original printed dust jackets, lettered in black on the spine, and with embossed oval portrait of Jordan on the front cover, thick sm 4to. This edition was limited to 390 numbered copies, each signed by Jordan and printed on handmade paper and specially bound in leather over cloth; this is copy no. 96. David Starr Jordan was an American ichthyologist, educator, eugenicist, and peace activist. He was president of Indiana University and was the founding president of Stanford University (from Wiki). This massive work is a record of his life and his friendships. No ownership marks.