The Field Guide Art of Roger Tory Peterson. Eastern Birds [with] Western Birds (Signed)
by PETERSON, Roger Tory; S. Dillon Ripley, fwd
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About This Item
Norwalk, CT: Easton Press, 1990. First Edition. First printings. Signed by Peterson on frontispiece to Vol. I (Eastern Birds). Two folio volumes; full textured leather, with titles stamped in gilt; silk moiré endpapers; all edges gilt; integral ribbon bookmarks; 336+336pp; illus. A fine set, with printed bookplate of noted zoologist James G. Mead to each volume. A lavishly-produced collection of Peterson's ornithological illustrations, all reproduced in fine color.
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- Bookseller
- Lorne Bair Rare Books
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 80805
- Title
- The Field Guide Art of Roger Tory Peterson. Eastern Birds [with] Western Birds (Signed)
- Author
- PETERSON, Roger Tory; S. Dillon Ripley, fwd
- Book Condition
- Used
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- Easton Press
- Place of Publication
- Norwalk, CT
- Date Published
- 1990
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- Illustrators;
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Lorne Bair Rare Books
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