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First edition. Two volumes. 'The First Work Presenting in Full Color All the Major Species of the United States and Canada'. With 950 Color Portraits by Major Allan Brooks. Publishers green cloth with gilt title and gilt vignette. Gilt title, gilt vignette to spine. Map endpapers. VOLUME I: Diving Birds, Ocean Birds, Swimmers, Wading Birds, Wild Fowl, Birds of Prey, Game Birds, Shore Birds. Full-page colour and b & w plates. In-text illustrations. VOLUME II: Owls, Woodpeckers, Flycatchers, Crows, Jays, Orioles, Creepers, Thrushes, Swallows, Tanagers, Wrens, Warblers, Hummingbirds, Finches, Sparrows. Full-page colour and b & w plates. In-text illustrations. A very beautiful set.;

Publisher: National Geographic Society., Washington D.C.: Editor: Gilbert Grosvenor and Alexander Wetmore

Date Published: 1937

Binding: Hardback

Condition: Very good

Reference: #38

Weight: 2446g

Reserve: $20.00

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