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NESTS AND EGGS OF BIRDS OF THE UNITED STATES

Name: NESTS AND EGGS OF BIRDS OF THE UNITED STATES
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Author: GENTRY, Thomas

by GENTRY, Thomas

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Rear cover split and loose but holding; plates vary from clean to lightly foxed. Very Good

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Philadelphia: J. A. Wagenseller, 1882. First Edition. Hardcover. Rear cover split and loose but holding; plates vary from clean to lightly foxed. Very Good. Quarto (8-1/2" x 11-1/2") bound in publisher's decorated cloth, lacking the spine which is here covered with binder's tape. Illustrated with a frontispiece portrait of the author, a detailed chromolithographic title page, and 54 gorgeous chromolithographs of birds and their nests with eggs, all protected with a tissue guard. Bennett (p. 44): "Drawings done chiefly by Mr. Edwin Sheppard of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia, acknowledged as the best ornithological artist in America."

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Bookseller: Charles Agvent (US)
Bookseller Inventory #: 017493
Title: NESTS AND EGGS OF BIRDS OF THE UNITED STATES
Author: GENTRY, Thomas
Format/binding: Hardcover
Book condition: Used - Rear cover split and loose but holding; plates vary from clean to lightly foxed. Very Good
Quantity available: 1
Edition: First Edition
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: J. A. Wagenseller
Place of Publication: Philadelphia
Date published: 1882
Keywords: Americana; Bird Eggs; Thomas Gentry; Color Plates
Bookseller catalogs: Color Plates; Ornithology; Birds; Chromolithographs;

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