Author: Schmidt, Karl P.
Title: The Complete Coral Snake Papers, 1925-1958
Description: Chicago: The Field Museum, 1925-1958. First edition. Pp. 185+; numerous black-and-white photos, line-drawings, maps. Later black cloth, lettered in gilt on the spine, some printed wrappers bound in place, lg 8vo. All 17 papers on coral snakes authored by Karl Schmidt are presented in this volume. Bound in at the beginning of the volume is a paper by James Peters entitled ""A Bibliography and Index of Karl P. Schmidt's Papers on Coral Snakes"" from Copeia (1959), no. 3, pp. 192-196 which lists all 17 coral snake papers. All of Schmidt's papers on coral snakes were published in Field Museum of Natural History, Zoological Series, Proceedings of the California Academy of Sciences, Copeia, Zoological Series of the Field Museum of Natural History, and Fieldiana: Zoology. Some of the wrappers are signed or stamped with the former owner's names. One wrapper has some old cello tape marks along the upper blank margin; overall a bright and clean set in near fine condition..

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