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Of Birds and Texas
by Stuart Gentling ; Scott Gentling
ISBN: 0292728344
ISBN-13: 9780292728349
Format: Hardcover
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Bibliographic Details
Publisher: Univ of Texas Pr
Published date: 2001
Edition: 1th edition
Size: 10.25 x 13 inches
Weight: 4.25 pounds
Pages: 223
Publisher's Notes
As John James Audubon's Birds of America was the most magnificent ornithological publication of the nineteenth century, Of Birds and Texas may rightfully claim that honor for the twentieth. Originally published in a twenty-three-by-twenty-nine-and-a-half-inch elephant folio limited edition in 1986, this collection of forty exquisitely detailed bird portraits and ten Texas landscapes, with accompanying commentary by the artists Scott Gentling and Stuart Gentling and a personal essay by Texas' most respected writer, John Graves, won widespread acclaim. A. C. Greene praised it as "the most stunning and prodigious book in Texas history (and possibly forever)," while the Dallas Morning News deemed it "the most magnificent book ever produced in Texas."
This edition is intended to bring Of Birds and Texas to a wider audience. Maintaining the high standards of design and production that characterized the limited edition, it amplifies the original publication by including nearly thirty additional bird paintings or remarques, which the Gentling brothers produced for subscribers who helped underwrite the first printing. It also contains a new essay by Stuart Gentling, "Of Birds and Texas, Audubon and Us," in which he describes not only how the brothers' deep admiration for John James Audubon led to the creation of this book, but also how their serendipitous discovery of a long-lost Audubon painting saved the project when a lack of funds threatened to end it.
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Essay by John Graves; Stuart Gentling & Scott Gentling
University of Texas Press, Austin TX, 2001 223 pp., many illus. in color. Still in the publisher's shrinkwrap. . Cloth. New/Fine Condition. ( more information)
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Of Birds and Texas
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Austin: U.T. Press, 2001. 1st ed. Hardcover. 224 pages. . Smaller, book format version of the rare limited edition folio edition done in 1986, this version has 30 additional illustrations. 10 x 13 inch format, on heavy stock. Highly recommended. A.C. Greene called the original folio edition "the most stunning and prodigious book in Texas History (and possibly forever)." As New/As New. . ( more information)
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