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The Birds of America

By: Audubon, John James

Price: $75.75

Publisher: New York, The Macmillan Co.: 1937

Seller ID: 5703

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Fine with no dust jacket

Full sized dummy of the regular edition of the book. Accompanying is a letter from the manager of the trade department of MacMillan, to a bookshop in Dallas, Texas. The top of the letter, the fep, & the inside front cover are rust stained from an old staple (since removed). The book contains 16 plates (on 8 pages), with the balance blank paper. The dummy was intended to help obtain advance orders of the book. The letter is dated 10 Aug '37, 3 months before publication date. There is very slight soiling to the top of the front cover, and a 1 1/2x3" area of silverfish damage to the to...
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Handbook of Birds of the Western United States, Including the Great Plains, Great Basin, Pacific Slope, and Lower Rio Grande Valley

By: Bailey, Florence Merriam

Price: $125.00

Publisher: Boston, Houghton, Mifflin and Company: 1902

Seller ID: 17978

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Very Good+

If it wasn't xlib, I would rate the book near-fine. A very nice copy, with an owner's inscription on the fep dated 1902.; Ex-Library; Small 8vo 7½" - 8" tall; 512 pages
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A History of British Birds (2 Volume Set)

By: bewick, thomas

Price: $125.00

Publisher: Newcastle, England, Bewick, Longman & Co.: 1826

Seller ID: 25584

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Very Good with no dust jacket

Nicely rebound in green cloth. Spots of foxing, but really a very nice set. No library marks of any kind. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 382+432 pages
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Malaysia Haven Avifauna

By: Dahlen, Bjorn F.

Price: $75.00

Publisher: Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, Tenaga Nasional Berhad: 1996

Seller ID: 16033

ISBN: 9839291009

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Fine in Near Fine dust jacket

8vo 8" - 9" tall; 154 pages
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Birds of the African Bush

By: Fennessy, Rena; Brown, Leslie

Price: $250.00

Publisher: London, Tryon Gallery: 1975

Seller ID: 17908

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Fine+ in Fine dust jacket

This is #65 in the limited first edition, signed by both the author (Brown) and the illustrator (Fennessy) on the title page. Includes not only the slipcase in "fine" condition, but mylar dust jacket, which is taped in the upper right corner. ; Folio 13" - 23" tall; Signed by Author
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Birds of the African Bush

By: Fennessy, Rena; Brown, Leslie

Price: $275.00

Publisher: London, Tryon Gallery: 1975

Seller ID: 18722

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Fine+ in Fine dust jacket

This is #67 in the limited first edition, signed by both the author (Brown) and the illustrator (Fennessy) on the title page. Includes not only the slipcase in "fine" condition, but mylar dust jacket. ; Folio 13" - 23" tall; Signed by Author
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Communication and Social Behavior in Canada Geese (Branta Canadensis) : with a Brief Natural History of the Species.

By: Mounteer, Steven Travis

Price: $30.00

Publisher: Portland, Oregon, Reed College: 1976

Seller ID: 13088

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Fine

4to 11" - 13" tall; 145 pages
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Audubon's Birds of America The Audubon Society Baby Elephant Folio

By: Peterson, Roger Tory; Peterson, Virginia Marie

Price: $350.00

Publisher: NY, Abbeville Press: 1981

Seller ID: 14453

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Fine

Limited edition, bound in green leather and signed by both authors. Slightest shelf rubbing lower left on the front. This will take extra postage; it is a large, heavy book. ; Folio 13" - 23" tall; Signed by Author
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Pigeons: The National Pigeon Magazine October, 1906; Vol. 1, No. 1 to September, 1910; Vol. IV (4), No. 12

By: Purvis, Miller (ed.)

Price: $1,050.00

Publisher: Peotone, IL, Poultry Publishing Co.: 1906

Seller ID: 58

Binding: Cloth

Condition: Fine with no dust jacket

Bound in two volumes. A total of 48 issues.; Ex-Library; 9x12; Was 1200
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Our Birds of Prey, or the Eagles, Hawks, and Owls of Canada

By: Vennor, Henry G., F.G.S.

Price: $807.50

Publisher: Montreal, Dawson Bros.: 1876

Seller ID: 5825

Binding: Decorative Cloth

Condition: Good+ with no dust jacket

Decorated green cloth, with a gilt owl on the front. The books looks "very good", but some splitting at the top of the spine, and the inner hinges are cracking, although the book is tight. Lacks plates 22 & 23, but with an extra plates #28 & 29. I understand this is common problem with this book (if we can use the term for such an uncommon book), as these were evidently assembled by hand, and mistakes were made. Plate 18 is placed as a frontis.; 8x10 1/2"
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Songbirds of the Torrid Zone

By: Vieillot, Louis Jean Pierre

Price: $100.00

Publisher: Kent, UK, Volair Ltd: 1979

Seller ID: 16013

ISBN: 0931480396

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Fine

Folio 13" - 23" tall; 291 pages
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Our Ducks: a History of American Ducks, Nesting, Roosting, Feeding and Playing Grounds

By: Yorke, F. Henry, M.D.

Price: $166.25

Publisher: Chicago, American Field Publishing Co.: 1899

Seller ID: 5870

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Very Good with no dust jacket

Some wear to edges & corners, owner's stamp (dated 1899) on title page & fep.; 5 1/2x7 1/2"
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Our Ducks: a History of American Ducks, Nesting, Roosting, Feeding and Playing Grounds

By: Yorke, F. Henry, M.D.

Price: $50.00

Publisher: Chicago, American Field Publishing Co.: 1899

Seller ID: 15099

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Good with no dust jacket

Usual xlib marks. The inside of the back cover is damaged from a pocket being removed. Covers wrinkled, worn on the edges. Out of a YMCA library, there is an original worl war one "War Service Library" bookplate inside the front cover. The famous one, with a soldier holding an entire stack of books. Owner's inscription on the fep. ; Ex-Library; 5 1/2x7 1/2"; 131 pages
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