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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 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.

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 & 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the preface, believes that new species are continually being added by collectors and so his previous work was already out of date as soon as it was published.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.