SHAW, BERNARD THE WORKS Constable 1930-1938. 33 Volumes COMPLETE Limited Edition -

Report on the Birds of Pennsylvania with special reference to the food-habits, based on over three thousand stomach examinations.: Edwin K. Meyers. 1888, First edition. Hardcover. Sm. 4to, 9.25 x 6, xii, 260 pp. Original green cloth binding, gilt titles. Illustrated with 50 plates, 49 of which are in color. Green cloth, spine lettered in gilt. Handsome detailed illustrations of the birds of Pennsylvania copied from Audubon's Birds of America. BY STATE ORNITHOLOGIST B. H. WARREN. Gift inscription and compliments card of D. H. Hastings, Adjutant General of Pennsylvania tipped-in to front free endpaper. Gift inscription from a subsequent owner written on the front free endpaper under the card from D.H. Hastings.
Condition
Light soiling and shelf wear, wrinkling to portions of spine; front hinge and portions of inner spine repaired; pages 213 - 221 unskillfully glued back in. The plates are clean and intact.
About this book
Ornithologist B.H. Warren was born in West Chester and affiliated with the… Read More

Full red leather binding. Green title plates with gilt lettering and ornate decoration on the spine. Gilt prize inscription on both front boards dated 1869.
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