Pearls & Parasites

London: J. Murphy, 1908. First edition. Octavo in gey-blue cloth; xv, 232 p. 7 pl. 23 cm.; bibliography: p. xiii-xv. Several b/w plates. Ex-library with vestigial traces only (a few small numbers in pencil and bookplate neatly removed from front paste-down); else a Near Fine copy. Very tight and clean. Hardcover.

Chapters entitled: Pearls and parasites.--The depths of the sea.--British sea-fisheries.--Zebras, horses, and hybrids.--Pasteur.--Malaria.--`Infinite torment of flies'.--The danger of flies.--Cambridge. // Zoology. Zebras; Pearls. Marine biology.