Brown cloth binding with black title on the spine and front board.

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For conditions, please view our photographs.  An unusual and thoughtful book. The Childhood of Animals is a 1912 book by Sir Peter Chalmers Mitchell published by William Heinemann in London, featuring colored plates by E. Yarrow Jones and drawings by R. B. Brook-Greaves. The book compiles observations on animal behavior and is considered a culturally significant work. It is in the public domain in the United States and available through various libraries and online platforms, though modern reprints may have imperfections due to its age. The object of this book is to bring together observations old and new that seemed to throw a light on the nature of the period in the life-history of animals between birth and maturity.

Sir Peter Chalmers Mitchell CBE FRS FZS (23 November 1864 – 2 July 1945) was a Scottish zoologist who was Secretary of the Zoological Society of London from 1903 to 1935. During this time, he directed the policy of the Zoological Gardens of London and created the world’s first open zoological park, Whipsnade Zoo.