Alice L Hopf, Biography of a Snowy Owl, illus by Fran Stiles, 1979, Near Fine HC w/DJ

Hopf. Alice L., and Fran Stiles [illus]. New York: G. P. Putnam's Sons, 1979.

English, Near Fine, HC, 8vo, 8 7/8" x 7 1/4", 62 pp. 

ISBN: 0399611304

Hardcover in blue cloth with a stamped black owl illustration to the front panel. Light toning to pastedowns and endpapers. Very Good pictorial dust jacket, minor peeling to tail, some sunning and shelf wear, price-clipped, now in Mylar. 62 pp. Includes reproductions of black-and-white illustrations that depict the owl and its journey throughout the book. From inside the dust jacket: "Alice L. Hopf's lively biography, which relates the life cycle of a snowy owl from birth to maturity, and Fran Stiles' beautiful, authentic line drawings perfectly capture the spirit of this magnificent white bird." Desirable edition of a collectible book.