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Old Herp Books...

Chris....

being a field herper like myself I can't help but mention Sun, Sand and Snakes by Stephan Spawls. He was a South African who inspired me to the field. I looked it up and it is readily available and cheap because it is, or was a library book. You can get it for around $2.00, the S&H is usually $5.00.
 
Cflaguy said:
being a field herper like myself I can't help but mention Sun, Sand and Snakes by Stephan Spawls. He was a South African who inspired me to the field. I looked it up and it is readily available and cheap because it is, or was a library book. You can get it for around $2.00, the S&H is usually $5.00.
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Thanks, Craig! I might have to check that one out...

I'm building my library as much as possible because I am constantly being asked by members of the herp club to borrow books. Being the founder, it's kind of my self-appointed duty to have as large a library as possible for all things herpetile. It's nice to have a large selection of field guides, referance material, and vetrinary hbooks to loan out...
 
I had a box.....

tyflier said:
Thanks, Craig! I might have to check that one out...

I'm building my library as much as possible because I am constantly being asked by members of the herp club to borrow books. Being the founder, it's kind of my self-appointed duty to have as large a library as possible for all things herpetile. It's nice to have a large selection of field guides, referance material, and vetrinary hbooks to loan out...
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stolen from a storage unit some years ago. I lost a ton of books, my gator skulls, my Ostrich eggs, and a darn nice Playboy collection.

I still haven't been able to replace all the books from the early 80's. They're funny. They say things like...after you've caught your snake......he may not eat right away after you've caught him, he may not be used to white mice. Today a book with those statement would be burned by the reptile community.
 
kathylove said:
I don't have any photos of specific books, although we are trying to make a list of them. You probably can't read any of the titles (unless you enlarge the photo a lot), but this is the only photo I have of the library. This is about 75% of the library, and about 60 - 70% of the whole library is herp books. The rest is everything from other animal books, general nature, travel, psychology, gardening - whatever strikes our interest. It is going to be a real adventure trying to thin the collection down to move into a smaller place when we sell our house!

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What a fantastic room! I love it!
 
THANKS!

I have loved it for the past 20 years - we actually designed the house ourselves, and the builder made it into blueprints.

Did you notice the big, empty glass viv behind the sofa? Bill used to keep cerastes vipers from north Africa in it, and later, some native rattlesnakes. Made a cool living room display. But we are trying to pretend we are at least somewhat "normal" in order to sell the house. We thought an empty viv might be taken for a more normal, empty aquarium, lol! It is attached to the sofa, so not easy to move.

Sure am gonna miss this place...
 
Turn the empty glass viv into a terrarium with plants, that will look normal! I have heard that live plants help sell a house, too.
 
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