Birds of Massachusetts and Other New England States; Water Birds, Marsh Birds and Shore Birds; Land Birds from Bob-Whites to Grackles; Land Birds from Sparrows to Thrushes
by Forbush, Edward Howe
- Used
- Very Good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good
- Seller
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Madison, Wisconsin, United States
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About This Item
[N.p.]: Issued by the Authority of the Legislature, 1929. First edition. Hardcover. Very Good. 3 vol. Large 8vo. [2], iii-xxxi, [1], 1-481, [1]; [2], iii-l, 1-461, [7]; [2], iii-xlviii, 1-466 pp. Green cloth with gold lettering on the front boards and spines. Illustrated with color plates from drawings by Louis Agassiz Fuertes and figures and cuts from drawings and photographs by the author and others. Volume one with 33 color plates and 16 black and white plates; volume two with 29 color plates and 16 black and white plates; volume three with 31 color plates and 15 black and white plates. All three volumes have several full-page maps. With a biographical sketch of Edward Howe Forbush by John Richard May. A nice set of American ornithology, beautifully decorated. Faint foxing to the textblocks with volume three showing a bit of scattered foxing to its pageblock, volume two's front gutter is toned and the spine of volume three is a bit rubbed.
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- Bookseller
- Evening Star Books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 000010990
- Title
- Birds of Massachusetts and Other New England States; Water Birds, Marsh Birds and Shore Birds; Land Birds from Bob-Whites to Grackles; Land Birds from Sparrows to Thrushes
- Author
- Forbush, Edward Howe
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First edition
- Publisher
- Issued by the Authority of the Legislature
- Place of Publication
- [N.p.]
- Date Published
- 1929
- Note
- May be a multi-volume set and require additional postage.
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