The natural history of the double-crested cormorant (phalacrocorax auritus auritus (Lesson)) by Lewis, Harrison F - 1929

Ottawa: Ru-Mi-Lou Books (Graphic Publishers). 1929. First Canadian Edition. Softcover. pp 94, [2]. stapled in pale yellow printed card covers. Printed in double columns, with photos. Ex library, with two rubber stamps and an ink notation on the front cover, VG otherwise, no other library marks. The author's PhD thesis for Cornell University, the text bears the Ithaca, May, 1929, imprint (this Canadian edition published 9 Dec., 1929). The cover indicates the work was "Published under the Auspices of the Province of Quebec Society for the Protection of Birds." "Harrison Flint Lewis (1893-1974) was born in Sag Harbor, Long Island, New York and was a graduate of Acadia University in 1917. He was Chief Migratory Bird Officer for Ontario and Quebec from 1920 to 1943 and Chief of the Canadian Wildlife Service from 1947 to 1952. Retiring in 1952, he moved to West Middle Sable in Shelburne County, Nova Scotia. A life-long ornithologist, he served on many local and regional naturalist organizations as well as being a prolific researcher and writer." - Acadia University web page. Ru-Mi-Lou Books was a vanity press arm of Graphic Publishers. One of the scarcer Graphic titles, the first copy I have had. ; Tall octavo .