BIRDS OF AMERICA by T. GILBERT PEARSON, EDITOR-IN-CHIEF - 1940

Garden City: Garden City Books, 1936. Hardcover. Very Good. Reprint. Illustrated with color plates by Louis Agassiz Fuertes. Quarto. xliv, 289pp. A large "damaged not for resale" stamp on the front pastedown, binding cocked, very good, lacking the dust jacket.

Garden City Publishing Co. , Inc., 1936. Hardcover. Very Good Plus. Louis Agassiz Fuertes. This is a spectacular vol. and a must for every bird lovers library. The book includes 106 plates in full color by Louis Agassiz Fuertes based on the Fuertes collection at the New York state Museum. other artists include R. I. Brasher , R. Bruce Horsfall , and Henry Thurston. Pearson was President of the National Association of Audubon Societies. John Burroughs served as Consulting Editor for the book and his special sensitivity to his subjects can be seen throughout the book. Contributing Editors include Edward H. Forbush , Herbert K. Job , William L. Finley , and L. Nelson Nichols -- all leading ornithologists of the time. George Gladden was Managing Editor and J. Ellis Burdick was Associate Editor. The book combines the best scholarship and the best art of the time. The detail for each bird both in the text and in the illustrations is extraordinary and the references to the available scholarship are clear.… Read More

Garden City: Garden City Books. Near Fine in Fair dust jacket. 1936. Reprint. Hard Cover. Quarter bound in publisher's green cloth over tan boards with two green ducks in flight on the front cover, gilt lettering on spine. Profusely illustrated with B&W photographs and 106 color plates by Louis Agassiz Fuertes. . Head and heel of spine are lightly rubbed, else pristine, unmarked, tight, square and clean. Price clipped dust jacket is missing a 3"x2" piece at the bottom edge of the front panel, with smaller chips and short tears at the edges, tips and spine ends, the rear panel is stained and has a slight ripple from water, not affecting the cover or the pages of the book. A large, heavy book (seven pounds) - additional shipping charges may apply. NEAR FINE/ FAIR. . B&W Photographs and color drawings. 4to 11" - 13" tall. xliv, 289 pp .

Garden City, NY: Garden City Publishing Company, Inc., 1936. Book. Illus. by Fuertes, Louis Agassiz. Near Fine. Cloth. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. 4to. Cloth. Three books in one. Various pagings. 106 plates in full color by Louis Agassiz Fuertes plus additional artwork by R. I. Brasher , R. Bruce Horsfall , and Henry Thurston. Editor Pearson was President of the National Association of Audubon Societies. Additional editors included John Burroughs, Edward H. Forbush, Herbert K. Job, William L. Finley, L. Nelson Nichols, George Gladden, J. Ellis Burdick. Ornithological expertise combined with spectacular artwork and photography make this a must for any birding reference collection. Tanning to boards and spine. Owner's name and bookplate. Near fine..