Very clean hardcover book in origianl dust jacket. Light green cloth boards with dark green cloth spine, gold lettering on cover and spine. No bumping or wear. Binding is tight and square, hinges are sound. Pages and edges are clean with clean endpapers - no names, writing or marks. Profusely illustrated with excellent full color and black & white photographs (331 color photographs, showing 266 species of North American birds. Printed on quality paper. Foreword by Gilbert Grosvenor, President, National Geographic Society, 1920-1954. 328 pages with Index. Clean dust jacket has light rubbing and... View More...
Clean solid hardcover first edition. Green cloth boards with red cloth spine, red lettering on spine with black lettering. A couple of very small spots of wear to cloth at base of rear board. Some fading to spine and edges. Binding is tight and square, hinges are sound - no cracking. Decorated endpapers - no names, writing or marks. Two flaps from the dust jacket laid in. Awesome color fronispiece - a Peregrine Falcon resting on a branch in front of the spectacular Taughannock Falls in Ithaca, NY. Many additional black & white photographs by the author throughout this book. Pages are ... View More...
