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RARE ORNITHOLOGY BOOK - "Nest and Eggs of Birds of the

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RARE ORNITHOLOGY BOOK - "Nest and Eggs of Birds of the

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RARE ORNITHOLOGY BOOK - "Nest and Eggs of Birds of the United States", Illustrated by Thomas G. Gentry, Philadelphia, published by J.A. Wagenseller, 1882. Contains fifty chromolitho plates with tissue guards, chromo title page, engraved portrait of Gentry as the frontis. In half leather binding, gilt titles on raised spine, speckled edge. 12" x 10". Water stained along bottom edge, scattered foxing.