Marsupials of Australia (2 Volumes)

Heather J. Aslin, Meredith J. Smith, Rosemary Woodford Ganf
Melbourne: Lansdowne, 1980-1987.
First Edition.

52cm x 35.5cm. 202; 292 pages, colour plates, 2 volumes, 1 signed and numbered poster print. Tan cloth, leather label, gilt lettering, onlaid leather with blind illustration to upper board of each volume.

Volume 1: Possums, the Koala and Wombats. Volume 2: Carnivorous Marsupials and Bandicoots. Both limited to 1,000 signed and numbered copies. This set is accompanied by a special signed and numbered print of the Greater Bilby which was issued only to the first original purchasers of Volume II. A third volume, Kangaroos, Wallabies and Rat-Kangaroos, not offered here, was published in 2005.

Very minor foxing to edges. Some insect damage to front free endpaper of volume 2. Near Fine Condition.

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