Oceanic Birds Of South America

New York: The Macmillan Company, 1936. Cloth. Near Fine. 10.5" by 8.5". Francis L. Jacques. A fascinating two volume work on seabirds, profusely illustrated with a number of colour plates. Robert Cushman Murphy (1887-1973) was an American ornithologist who travelled on a number of expeditions on the ocean and was highly regarded as an expert on seabirds, with… Read more about this item

4to. Cloth. Pp. 1245. 2 volumes. A fine set. With 16 colour plates by Francis Lee Jaques, 72 plates of black & white photographs and maps. First published in 1936 by the American Museum of Natural History in an edition of 1200. This is a reprint by Macmillan, a presentation copy signed by the author.

Macmillan. Good+ with no dust jacket. 1936. Hardcover. Exlibrary with usual library markings. Some cover wear. Tape stains cover. 2 vol. Set. ; 1245 pages .

American Museum of Natural History, 1936. First edition. Hardcover. Near Fine. New York: American Museum of Natural History, 1936. Two near fine hardcover volumes. Set No. 21 of the AMNH edition limited to 1,200 copies. Volume II has a small paint chip on the spine and wear to the head of the spine Sixteen four-color plates from the… Read more about this item

Harper & Brothers, 1929. First ed. . Hardcover. Very Good -/Good. 8vo. Translated by Huntley Paterson. Illustrations by Paul Wenck. Frontis of Cagliostro. D.j. somewhat tattered. Front hinge split on inside. Decorated endpapers. Clean and tight inside.

Macmillan/American Museum of Natural History, New York, 1936. First Edition. Hardcover (Original Cloth). Very Good Condition/No Dust Jacket. 1st Edition; Two volumes, illustrated from paintings by Francis L. Jacques, photographs, maps, and other drawings; Vol I, xxii, 640pp, 6 coloured plates, 1-38 b&w plates, 61 text figures; Vol II, viii, 641-1245pp, 10 coloured plates, b&w… Read more about this item

New York: The MacMillion Company, The American Museum of Natural History, 1936. Two volume set in slipcase. Subtitled "A Study of Species of the Related Coasts and Seas, Including the American Quadrant of Antarctica Based Upon the Brewster-Stanford Collection in the American Museum of Natural History." Good folio size books in full green cloth with gilt titles. No name,… Read more about this item

New York: American Museum of Natural History, 1936. This is the limited first edition, #1175 of 1200 numbered copies. The Macmillan/AMNH edition was the trade edition. The plates are interspersed throughout the text, rather than all bound together at the end. 1267 pages in two volumes, illustrations, photos, maps, 16 color plates. Geographic background, hydrology, field work, family and species… Read more about this item

New York: The Macmillan Company, 1936. First thus. Hardcover. VG. No jackets. Remnant of book plates inside front covers, previous owner's name (P.M. Mann) on front free endpaper.. 1245 pages plus six color (paintings by Francis L. Jaques) and 38 B&W plates. "A study of species of the related coasts and seas, including the American quadrant of Antarctica… Read more about this item

Macmillan & The American Museum of Natural History, 1936. Book. Good. hardback. hardback, a two volume set, quarto, blue-green cloth lettered gilt, one or two very faint marks to the cloth, mild cockling to the top leading corner of the b&w plates at rear of volume one else good tightly bound copies with a clean and unmarked text, colour and… Read more about this item

New York: Macmillan [and] the American Museum of Natural History, 1936. 4to, 2 volumes; 16 color plates after paintings, 72 plates after photographs, and illus., charts, and maps throughout text; very good in original green buckram gilt, lightly rubbed; generally very good. A comprehensive work based upon the ground-breaking ornithological expedition of Dr. Leonard E. Sanford and Frederick F.… Read more about this item

The Macmillan Company, 1936. First edition, first printing. Spines a little dull, still near fine.. Green cloth, no dust jackets.

New York: Macmillan, 1936. 1267 pages in two volumes, ills., photos, maps, 16 color plates. Geographic background, hydrology, field work, family and species accounts include penguins, albatrosses, petrels, storm petrels, shearwaters, tropic-birds, pelicans, boobies, cormorants, man-o-war birds, oystercatchers, ducks & geese, skuas and jaegers, gulls, terns, skimmers. Nice copy with usual fading of spine, but still legible.. Hard Cover. Very… Read more about this item

hardcover. illus., some in color. 2 vols. thick 4to, cloth; (spines lightly soiled). N.Y.: Macmillan, (1936).<br/><br/>

New York: Macmillan/American Museum of Natural History, 1936. Hardcover. Very Good+/Very Good (container). 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Jaques, Francis L. (paintings). 2vol.set; 1245pp.incl.index+photos&illus.; HBs seagreen w/gilt; some rub w/spotting&lt.sun on spines; clean,tight pgs. Slipcase seagreen; rubbed&worn w/tape repair,bttm.spine. "A study of species of the related coasts and seas, including the American quadrant of… Read more about this item

NY: Macmillan Company; American Museum of Natural History. Very Good. 1936 verso. First Edition. Hardcover. 8X9" THICK oversized. VERY GOOD CONDITION..CLEAN, SOLID, BRIGHT..NICE PLATES; (about 10 text pages have 1" edgetears to very wide margins..else quite nice.. ; GOLD SPINE & COVER TITLES ON DARK GREEN STURDY CLOTH BINDING.. WHITE ENPAPERS.. ILLUST FROM… Read more about this item

NY: Macmillan Company; American Museum of Natural History. Very Good. 1936 verso. First Edition. Hardcover. 8X9" THICK oversized. VERY GOOD CONDITION..CLEAN, SOLID, BRIGHT..NICE PLATES; ; GOLD SPINE & COVER TITLES ON DARK GREEN STURDY CLOTH BINDING.. WHITE ENPAPERS.. ILLUST FROM PAINTINGS, PHOTOGRAPHS, MAPS OTHER DRAWINGS....***SINGLE BOOK #2 OF SET ONLY*** ; 641-1245pg+Plates… Read more about this item

NY: The American Museum of Natural History, 1936. Hardcover. Minor shelf wear, else very good plus, clean and sound condition without dust jackets. 2vs., size: 8"x10.5", 1245pp., profusely illustrated.

1936. 1936 Murphy, Robert Cushman OCEANIC BIRDS OF SOUTH AMERICA 2 Volumes NY: The Macmillan Company, c1936 1245pp, index, bibliography, color plates from paintings by Francis Jaques, black and white photographs, maps, drawings 4to Green cloth stamped in gold Slight discoloration on spines, else fine hardcover set in dilapidated slipcase.

New York: Macmillan 1936. (4to, cloth) Very good plus. 2 vols: (1245p in toto), illus., maps. Numerous Text Figures. 16 colour full page plates of paintings by Francis L. Jaques. 72 b / w photographic plates..