[Rarebooks] FS: Gentry's NESTS AND EGGS OF BIRDS OF THE UNITED STATES with 54 gorgeous chromolithographs

[Charles Agvent]

One of several fine ornithological titles from our new catalog--SUMMER 
MISCELLANY 2014--which contains 127 select items, all new arrivals, in a 
variety of fields. Highlights include the scarce First Issue of 
Shakespeare's POEMS [1709] in a beautiful Cosway binding; Thoreau's 
WORKS with a leaf of manuscript mentioning Walden Pond; one of 25 
special copies of the Gregynog Aesop; Louise Bryant's acting copy of 
Eugene O'Neill's first book along with several John Reed association 
copies; a long run of signed and limited Raymond Carver titles; the 
first book of music by a Native American; a lengthy unpublished 
manuscript about Alaskan gold by poet Joaquin Miller; several 
ornithological works including Brisson's ORNITHOLOGIE, Lewin's BIRDS OF 
GREAT BRITAIN, most with beautiful hand-colored plates, and others; some 
scarce modern poetry and signed presidential books; signed copies of 
Emerson's POEMS, Rachel Carson's SILENT SPRING; and much more.


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GENTRY, Thomas. NESTS AND EGGS OF BIRDS OF THE UNITED STATES. 
Philadelphia: J. A. Wagenseller, 1882. First Edition. 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." Rear cover loose but holding; plates vary from clean to 
lightly foxed. Very Good. (#017493) $1,250.00

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