Search Results: Birds from Conover Books

New York: E.P. Dutton & Company, Inc., 1956. MINOR EDGE AND CORNER WEAR TO THE DJ, CORNERS ARE LIGHTLY BUMPED AND RUBBED, A VERY CRISP AND CLEAN, COLLECTIBLE FIRST EDITION! DJ IS NICELY PRESERVED IN A BRAND NEW PROTECTIVE MYLAR PLASTIC COVER! 238 PAGES, WITH 127 PHOTOGRAPHS IN FULL COLOR, 40 PHOTOGRAPHS IN BLACK AND WHITE, AND 35 BIRD SILHOUETTES.. First Edition. Green Boards. Very Good/Very Good. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Hardcover.

New York: D. Appleton and Company, 1900. Minor edge and corner wear, lightly scuffed and scratched, stain on the front cover (lower quadrant near the corner), affecting the outer page edges and the first couple of pages, corners are very gently bumped and rubbed, lightly shelf worn, front hinge is cracked, overall a stunningly beautiful vintage first edition! Very very tight copy! Green cloth with gilt lettering and design (bird on a branch with gilt background) on the front cover and spine. Wonderfully well-preserved! 195 very clean, unmarked and uncreased, historical and informative pages of text and seventy-five full-page plates in color. "How unusual it is to meet any one who can correctly name a dozen of our birds! One may live in the country and still know only two or three of the one hundred and fifty or more kinds of birds that may be found during the year. Nevertheless, these gay, restless creatures, both by voice and action, constantly invite our attention, and they are far too… Read More

Kenosha, Wisconsin: Samuel Lowe Company Minor edge and corner wear; lightly scuffed and scratched; spine is lightly creased; some light shelf wear; some writing in pencil on the front of the wrapper; overall a nice used copy! Full-color illustrated wrapper with black lettering. Unpaginated, wonderfully illustrated in full-color! No publishing date, but appears to be from the mid 20th century. "Why do birds migrate? Where do they go? How fast do they fly? And how far? These are interesting questions and all of them cannot be fully answered. The subject of annual bird migration has fascinated Nature students for 20 centuries. More is known about it than formerly, but much remains to be learned......." (Book No. L 552).. First Edition. Stapled Soft Cover. Good. Illus. by Jack Murray. 16mo - over 5¾" - 6¾" tall.