Asahi = Larousse Weekly World Animal Encyclopedia was published in a total of 192 volumes. This is 16 volumes from issue #124 to #139. Issues #124-#128: Birds, Issues #129-#139: Snakes and Lizards. The photograph of the albatross in issue #126 is by Kiyosu Yukiyasu, one of the authors of Japan's Three Major Illustrated Books. It also features articles such as "Divergence of Shearwater Habits" by Kuroda Nagahisa and others. The reading material "The Age of Dinosaurs" in issue #139 is an article by Ikuo Obata of the National Museum of Nature and Science, who was also involved in the excavation of Futabasaurus. Birds Issue #124: Order Pelecaniformes, Family Phaethontidae, Family Pelecanidae, Family Sulidae Issue #125: Family Phalacrocoracidae, Family Anhingidae, Family Fregatidae Issue #126: Family Diomedeidae, Family Procellariidae, Family Hydrobatidae, Family Oceanitidae, Family Podicipedidae, Family Gaviidae Issue #127: Family Spheniscidae Issue #128: Family Struthionidae, Family Apterygidae, Family Casuariidae, Family Rheidae, Reptiles Issue #129: Class Reptilia Issue #130: Order Crocodilia Issue #131: Order Squamata Issue #132: Family Viperidae Issue #133: Family Hydrophiinae, Family Elapidae Issue #134: Family Colubridae Issue #135: Family Homalopsidae, etc. Issue #136: Order Squamata, Family Agamidae, etc. Issue #137: Family Chamaeleonidae, etc. Issue #138: Family Lacertidae, Family Gekkonidae, etc. Issue #139: Family Scincidae, Family Xantusiidae, etc. World Animal Encyclopedia #Albatross #White-tailed Tropicbird #Red-billed Tropicbird #Great Crested Grebe #Emperor Penguin #King Penguin #Gentoo Penguin #Adélie Penguin #Ostrich #Yukio Togawa #Hiroo Izawa #Nagahisa Kuroda #Masaki Urata #Akiho Todo #Toshitaka Shibata #Yasuo Uchida #Shuji Kimura #Ikuo Obata #Kenji Nakamura #Eiji Fujiwara #Joy Adamson Published by: The Asahi Shimbun Company, 1973-1974 Size: 26cm width, 33cm height General Supervisors: Kaname Okada, Yasuo Suehiro, Haruo Furukawa, Densaburo Miyaji, Yoshimaro Yamashina, etc. Supervisor: Nagahisa Kuroda Number of pages: 32 pages from cover to back cover for each issue. Stored on a bookshelf at home, but please understand that these are old items. Will be shipped via Rakuraku Mercari便.