BIRD by Darling, Lois and Louis - 1962

Houghton Mifflin Company, 1962. Hardcover. Acceptable/Acceptable. 1962. First Printing. 261 pages. Pictorial dust jacket over grey cloth. Black and white illustrations throughout. Binding is shaky, pages slightly loose. Pages and illustrations are lightly tanned throughout. Tape marks to pastedowns. Previous owner's inscription to front free endpaper. Boards have light shelf-wear with corner bumping. Slight crushing to spine ends. Tape marks to front board. Unclipped jacket has moderate edgewear with chips, tears, and creasing. Tape marks to all panels. Light tanning to spine. Wear marks overall.

London:Methuen, 1963. Hardcover. 1st edition. 8vo. Pp xviii + 261 with line drawings throughout. Blue cloth boards stamped in red and gilt on the spine. Very Good in Good dust-jacket with a 15mm chunk missing from head of spine and rubbing to the extremities.

Boston : Houghton Mifflin , 1962. 1st Edition 1st Printing. Hardcover. Very Good +/Very Good. By Authors. Foreword by Roger Tory Peterson. Illustrated with drawings, reading list, index, 261 pages. Clean unmarked copyvery nice. Dust jacket price clipped, small sticker shadow on front flap, rubbed at folds, mild wear at edges.

Houghton Mifflin, 1962. Hardcover. Very Good/Good. Hardcover in very good condition. Dust jacket with chips and tears. First printing. A thorough investigation, superbly illustrated, of the evolution, instincts, social behavior, migration, and anatomy of birds.

Methuen & Co. Ltd., 1963. Hardcover. Good/Good. 1963. First Edition Thus. 261 pages. Illustrated jacket over cloth. Pages and binding are presentable with no major defects. Minor issues present such as mild cracking, inscriptions, inserts, light foxing, tanning and thumb marking. Overall a good condition item. Boards have mild shelf wear with light rubbing and corner bumping. Some light marking and sunning. Unclipped jacket has light edge-wear with minor tears and chipping. Mild rubbing and marking. has light edge-wear with tears and creasing.

Boston:: Houghton Mifflin,. Near Fine in Near Fine dust jacket. 1962. Hardcover. Illustrated by the authors. Foreword by Roger Tory Peterson. Second printing. Near fine in a near fine (light edge wear with one short closed edge tear) dust jacket. .

London: Methuen, 1963. Head and foot of spine and corners of dust jacket slightly edgeworn, closed tear to foot of rear cover (2cms), front and rear boards clean with minimal signs of edgewear, binding sprung but secure, pp clean and bright.. Cloth Boards. Good Plus/Good. Illus. by Darling, Lois and Louis. 8vo.

Boston: Houghton-Mifflin, 1962 Book. Fine. Hardcover. 1st Edition. Hard Cover. Fine in a Very Good+ Dustjacket. First Edition. Back panel of dj rubbed with tiny chips missing from upper edge..