Hummingbirds With 70 Ultra-high Speed Photographs in Full Color

E-042: Doubleday. 1960. Hardcover. Hardcover. 4to. Published for the American Museum of Natural History by Doubleday, Garden City, NY. 1960. 250 pgs. Illustrated with With 68 Ultra-high Speed tipped-in color photo plates. Bound iin green leather. Crown and heel of the spine chipped and frayed. Signed by Crawford H. Greenwalt on the limitation page. #57 of 500 issue limited run. Slipcased in plain paper slipcase with color pastedown present to the slipcase. Slipcase is scuffed and worn and starting to separate along the edge. Issued in green leather grained cloth boards with gilt ruled color pastedown present to the front board and gilt titles present to th spine. Boards lightly rubbed and worn. No ownership marks present. Text is clean and free of marks, binding tight and solid. A notable breakthrough in high-speed photography made it possible for the first time to record hummingbirds in flight in their native environments. Definitive study of 65 known species of hummingbird: physical characteristics, habitat, behavior and flight dynamics, much more. Magnificently illustrated complete text containing much groundbreaking information. Published under the auspices of The American Museum of Natural History. EB; Signed by Author .