Minneapolis, MN: The University of Minnesota Press, 1932 Book. Very Good +. Hardcover. Thick Quarto. No Dust Jacket, As Issued. Volume I. xxii, 631 (1) + 49 color Plates. Volume II. xv (i), 821 (1) + Color Plates 50-99. Museum of Natural History at the University of Minnesota, 1932. Owner's ex libris plate on front pastedown. Light wear to board edges with lightly foxed endpapers. Tight binding, clean pages, with no markings. 8.75" x 11.25." Green cloth with gilt lettering to front board and spine. Illustrated with ninety-two color plates by George Miksch Sutton, Walter Alois Weber, Francis Lee Jacques, Walter John Breckenridge, and Including 1 plate by the Late Louis Agassiz Fuertes. Vol. I. list of 49 color plates and 298 b&w illustrations, list of maps, list of threated in this volume, foreword, list of contributors, Volume I. Review of Ornithology in Minnesota, Acknowledgements, Introduction: The Geography of Minnesota; A Synopsis of the Bird-Life of Minnesota; Conservation of Birds in Minnesota; Bird Songs and Calls;; General Comments and Explanations; A Systematic Account of the Birds of Minnesota; The Color Plates. Vol. II. list of color Plates 50-90, list of b&w illustrations 299-606, systematic list of birds treated, A Systematic Account (cont.); Keys and Descriptions for the Identification of Minnesota Birds; The Color Plates..

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Bookseller: West Side Book Shop, ABAA (US)
Bookseller's Inventory #: 005311
Title: The Birds of Minnesota [Two Volume Set]
Author: Roberts, Thomas S
Format/Binding: Hardcover
Book Condition: Used - Very Good +
Publisher: The University of Minnesota Press
Place of Publication: Minneapolis, MN
Date Published: 1932
Keywords: PLANTS & ANIMALS NATURAL HISTORY ORNITHOLOGY BIRDS REGIONAL MINNESOTA
Bookseller catalogs: PLANTS & ANIMALS;
Size: Thick Quarto
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Tight: Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
Foxed: Foxing is the age related browning, or brown-yellowish spots, that can occur to book paper over time. When this aging process...
Quarto: The term quarto is used to describe a page or book size. A printed sheet is made with four pages of text on each side, and the...
Jacket: Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
Spine: The outer portion of a book which covers the actual binding. The spine usually faces outward when a book is placed on a shelf....
Cloth: "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
Plate: Full page illustration or photograph. Plates are printed separately from the text of the book, and bound in at production. I.e.,...
Edges: The collective of the top, fore and bottom edges of the text block of the book, being that part of the edges of the pages of a...
Gilt: The decorative application of gold or gold coloring to a portion of a book on the spine, edges of the text block, or an inlay in...