[Rarebooks] FS: NESTS AND EGGS OF BIRDS OF THE UNITED STATES with 54 Lovely Color Plates, 1882, price reduced
Charles Agvent
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Wed Jun 6 17:20:23 EDT 2018
Price reduced to $900 NET
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 split and loose but holding; plates vary from clean
to lightly foxed. Very Good. (#017493) $1,250.00
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