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Hardcover. Book Condition: Good. Jacket Condition: Good. Penguin, New York, NY 1952. 16 plates + 28 pages. Moderate general wear. Top of spine worn. Size: 12mo 6.75 - 7.75'' tall. Birds Science/Nature::Biology 6075

Penguin 1952. FIRST EDITION octavo hardcover (VG) in d/w (VG-); all our specials have minimal description to keep listing them viable. They are at least reading copies, complete and in reasonable condition, but usually secondhand; frequently they are superior examples. Ordering more than one book will reduce your overall postage cost

Penguin Books Ltd. London. 1952 (Ist Edition). 8vo, 28pp. In neat d/w, now protected; text in ex cond. Introduction by Richard Curle and colour plates by S Magno.

Penguin Books, 1952. Hardcover. Very good/good. S. Magno. A King Penguin Book, No. 66. Introduction Richard Curle. Penguin Books, c1952. Colour Plates by S. Magno. sm. 8vo. Patterned paper-covered boards. Very Good attractive little hardcover, Good d/j with some age-related discoloration, minor loss of paper.

KING PENGUIN BOOKS 1952 1ST EDIT H/B. Hardcover. NR FINE WITH NR FINE D/W FBBB; 9498 .

New York: E.P. Dutton. Edition of 1500 copies. Two Volume Set. Quarter-bound green cloth with gilt design to front covers, no dust jackets. 484pp. with 22 colour plates over two vols. Fore-edge of front cover of Vol. I discoloured. Common to both vols.: Minor wear to extremities, corners bumped, foxing to endpapers, some toning and occasional spot of foxing to margins o/w contents in very good condition, plates clean and bright. Fore-edge untrimmed. Previous owner's inscription to ffep. Heavy volumes (combined weight 2.2 kg) - UK and Overseas orders may require additional postage. . Good. Hardcover. 1920.

New York: E.P.Dutton & Co., 1920. U.S. Edition Limited to 1500 Copies . Hardcover. Vg+/No Jacket. H. Gronvold. 2 Volumes in tan and green cloth. 244 & 240 pgs. 22 brightly coloured plates. Gently used volumes with age toned endpapers and owners name to the first blank pages. Packaged weight will be over 2 kg and additional shipping charges will be required.

New York: E.P. Dutton & Co, 1920. Hardcover. Very Good. Very good hardcovers, two-volume set. Previous owner's bookplate on FFEPs of both volumes White paint specks on the back cover of Volume I. Volume I, 244 pp.; Volume II, 240 pp. Twenty-two color plates by H. GRONVOLD. One of 1500 copies printed for the United States of America. Gilt-decorated green cloth.

New York: E.P. Dutton. Edition of 1500 copies. Two Volume Set. Green cloth with gilt design to front covers. 484pp. with 22 colour plates over two vols. Front cover of Vol. II slightly mottled. Common to both vols.: Minor wear to extremities, foxing to endpapers, small booksellers label to front pastedowns, some toning and occasional spot of foxing to margins o/w very good condition, plates clean and bright. Slight wear to dustwrappers, single vertical crease to both o/w very good. ADDITIONAL POSTAGE WILL BE REQUIRED . Very Good. Hardcover. 1920.

New York: E. P. Dutton, 1920. First U.S. edition.. A fine copy in fine dust jackets in a rubbed slipcase.. Pp. xvii, 244; ix, 240; 22 fine color plates by H. Gronvold. Publisher’s original green cloth, lettered in gilt on the spine and with gilt decoration on the front cover, original tan dust jackets lettered in dark brown on the spine and front cover, housed in the original green cloth-covered slipcase with printed label on the front cover, sm 4to (9 3/4 x 7 inches). The U.S. edition was limited to 1500 copies. Signature of August Derleth, Wisconsin author and founder of Arkham House Publishing in Sauk City, WI, on the front endpaper.

J.M. Dent, 1920. VG; 2 vols.. Cloth; pp., 244, 240; 22 color plates

London and New York: Dent/ Dutton, 1920. First Edition; American issue of this revision of an earlier book. One of 1500 copies for America; there were 500 copies issued for England, as well as 200 large paper copies. Fine copies in dust jackets with very minor wear; there is a very small chip at the top of the jacket spine of volume one; in the very uncommon publisher’s slipcase, which has some cracking and wear.

London & Toronto: J.M. Dent & Sons, 1920. FIRST EDITION. With 22 color plates after H. Grönvold. Original publisher's cloth (no dust jackets), gilt decoration on cover and gilt lettering on spine; an excellent copy from the Library of James M. Dolan, with his stamp on both title pages. First edition, one of three thousand copies printed for distribution in England and the United States. Hudson introduces new species that have been discovered since his previous work on Argentinian avifauna (Argentine ornithology written with Philip Lutley Sclater and published in 1888-89). "In the present work the classification, synonymy, &c. in the former work has been expunged, leaving only the account of the birds' habits as written by Hudson himself. The plates are new" (Wood). Hudson, as he states in the preface, believes that new species are continually being added by collectors and so his previous work was already out of date as soon as it was published. South America, according to the author, is richer in… Read More

London and New York: J.M. Dent and E.P. Dutton & Co, 1920. Hardcover. Fine/Near Fine. First edition, American issue with Dutton on the spine. Two volumes. Quartos. 22 fine color plates. Each volume is fine in near fine dustwrappers with some modest chipping at the crown, minor internal tape repair at rear top flap fold in Volume One, with part of the word "Birds" lacking the first two letters on Volume Two.

London: J.M. Dent, 1920. Book. Illus. by Gronvold, H.. Very Good. Buckram. Yes. For 2 volumes. PO inscription. Vol. 1 lacking 2 prints (of the "Many-coloured Kinglet" and the "Red Oven-bird"); vol. 2 complete. In all, 21 of 23 illustrations. This is the larger edition (limited to 200), signed by the author. With a double of the print of the "Red-backed Rock Martin" laid in. Deckled edges, fine paper and printing, tissue guards for tipped-in illustrations. Corners blunted. Small splash (?) to front cover, vol. 1, else VG indeed..