Dawson's Birds of California Deluxe Edition
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Author: Dawson, William Leon
Title: The Birds of California: A Complete, Scientific and Popular Account of the 580 Species and Subspecies of Birds Found in the State
Place Published: San Diego, Los Angeles, San Francisco
Publisher:South Moulton Co.
Date Published: 1923
Description:
4 volumes. Illustrated with 30 photogravure plates, 120 duotone plates, plus numerous illustrations in the text from photographs by Donald R. Dickey, Wright M. Pierce, Wm. L. Finley & the author; plus 44 drawings in the text & 110 color plates from paintings by Major Allan Brooks & others. (Folio) rebound by Schiller Book Bindery in quarter morocco with blue cloth boards, original brown morocco spine labels laid down, lettering and rule in gilt, raised bands; top edges of Vol. 1 & 4 gilt. Mixed Editions.
Volume 1, signed by Dawson on limitation statement was one of 100 signed by the author, volumes 2 & 3 are from undesignated sets of the Deluxe Edition, volume 4 is from the Stockholder's Edition. All volumes are un-numbered. This handsomely bound set is one of the more desirable editions of this standard work. Nissen 225; Ayer, Ornithological Library, p. 162.
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