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Philadelphia: J. A. Wagenseller, 1882. First Edition. Hardcover. Rear cover split and loose but holding; plates vary from clean to lightly foxed. Very Good. Quarto (8-1/2" x 11-1/2") bound in publisher's decorated cloth, lacking the spine which is here covered with binder's tape. Illustrated with a frontispiece portrait of the author, a detailed chromolithographic title page, and 54 gorgeous chromolithographs of birds and their nests with eggs, all protected with a tissue guard. Bennett (p. 44): "Drawings done chiefly by Mr. Edwin Sheppard of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia, acknowledged as the best ornithological artist in America."
NESTS AND EGGS OF BIRDS OF THE UNITED STATES by GENTRY THOMAS - 1882
by GENTRY THOMAS
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NESTS AND EGGS OF BIRDS OF THE UNITED STATES
by GENTRY THOMAS
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PHILADELPHIA: WAGENSELLER, 1882. 54 BEAUTIFUL ILLUSTRATIONS OF BIRDS NESTS AND EGGS EACH WITH TISSUE LEATHER BOUND WITH BIRD IN GILT ON THE COVER ALL EDGES GILT BACK COVER NEED TO BE REGLUED FRONT LOWER RIGHT CORNER RUBBED THROUGH SPINE IS STARTING. FIRST. Hard Cover. NEAR FINE/NoNE. Illus. by BY AUTHOR.
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- Publisher WAGENSELLER
- Place of Publication PHILADELPHIA
- Date Published 1882
- Keywords BIRDS
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NESTS AND EGGS OF BIRDS OF THE UNITED STATES
by GENTRY, Thomas
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NESTS AND EGGS OF BIRDS OF THE UNITED STATES
by GENTRY, Thomas
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Philadelphia: J. A. Wagenseller, 1882. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine, bright copy in a lovely binding with only a few minor rubs. Quarto (8-1/2" x 11-1/2") bound in publisher's full gilt-decorated red morocco leather with silk endpapers, gilt dentelles, all edges gilt. Illustrated with a detailed chromolithographic title page and 54 gorgeous chromolithographs of birds and their nests with eggs, all protected with tissue guards. Bennett (p. 44): "Drawings done chiefly by Mr. Edwin Sheppard of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia, acknowledged as the best ornithological artist in America."
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