A popular account of Australian snakes, with a complete list of the species and an introduction to their habits and organisation.
Sydney: Thomas Shine, 1898. Small octavo, 16 chromolithograph plates. Publisher's binding variant pebble-grained cloth, some flecking, inscribed "To my old friend W. D. R. from the author" stamped Jan 22 1899. Edgar Waite was director of the South Australian Museum from 1914 until his death in 1928. He wrote prolifically..... More
