BIRDS OF CALIFORNIA: A Complete, Scientific and Popular Account of the 580 Species and Subspecies of Birds Found in the State

Name: BIRDS OF CALIFORNIA: A Complete, Scientific and Popular Account of the 580 Species and Subspecies of Birds Found in the State
Author: Dawson, William Leon.

Dawson, William Leon.

Published by San Diego, Los Angeles, San Francisco: South Moulton Co, 1923.

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Illustrated by 30 Photogravures (collated 30), 120 full page duotone plates (collated 118*) and more than 1100 half-tone cuts of birds in life, nests, eggs, and haunts from photographs chiefly by Donald R. Dickey, Wright M. Pierce, Wm L. Finley and the author, together with 44 drawings in text and a Series of 110 full-page color plates (collated 111*) by Major Allan Brooks. Format De Luxe Sunset Stated first printing & edition. Sold only by subscription: Copy No. 114/350 (No. 114 in all volumes). 4 volumes. Burgundy faux leather with gold half-circle sculpted topboard titles, thick gloss paper issue, uncut, teg. Signed by author volume 1. Folio. pp. xvii, (1), 522; xii, (2), 523-1034; xiv, (2), 1035-1548; xiv, (2), 1549-2121. Analytical Keys, Index. Near Fine/No jacket, as issued/Ex-Lib. Dedicated to Ellen Browning Scripps (financier). Smith College Library Bookplates each volume, one perforated title page stamp and one small line of neat pen numbers. Set repaired, reinforced and cleaned by our in-house binder KTB. Endpapers were previously replaced for the Mortimer Rare Book Room (rear V.1 ticket). All indexed illustrations were hand collated. Photogravures have a lightly toned paper and with the color plates, have captioned tissues printed green with only one tissue dogear which was straightened. Pages are internally fine with the exception of ten preliminary pages in Volumes 1 and 3 with faint fore-edge dampstain. [*Why I decided to count the prints as I was collating, I can not say only that an error was discovered: from the 4 volumes of indexed plates there were 260 total, but there was a duplicate 1924 in V.4 resulting in 259. The duotones are 118 (not 120) and the color plates are 111 (not 110), with photogravures correctly listed as 30.check for yourself]. Oversize (>40 lb before packing: Domestic post recommended).

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Title: BIRDS OF CALIFORNIA: A Complete, Scientific and Popular Account of the 580 Species and Subspecies of Birds Found in the State
Author: Dawson, William Leon.
Publisher: San Diego, Los Angeles, San Francisco: South Moulton Co, 1923.
Signed: Signed by Author(s)
Binding: Hardcover
Edition: 1st Edition
Seller catalogs: Natural History

OLD WORKING BOOKS & Bindery (Est. 1994)

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1. Rare, scarce, out-of-print books, ephemera, pamphlets, and selected periodicals in over 90 subject areas. 2. We are a full service Art and Restoration "As You Like IT" BINDERY, check our website for services. The improvements and repairs from our in-house binder are noted in every book description. We routinely debug, clean and condition each title and cover all dust jackets in archival clear plastic. All materials used, including leather and adhesives are acid free. 3. We offer a large selection of covered and hand-bound blank books in our BINDERY category. We also accept commissions for wedding guest and event books. 4. Our newest category of reversible ornaments are made from original salvage book illustrations and available in our BINDERY Category and select retail stores and shows. 4. We have a massive assortment unique blank note cards created from recycled book illustrations with some sets available under our BLANK NOTE CARD Category but singles are sold only through our retail store locations and shows (check websites below). All book purchases receive one of our blank note cards with your order. 5. Husband and wife team appraisal of rare books, maps and prints for Probate, Donations and Insurance for individuals and institutions. We also advise families how to deal with (or dispose of) an 'inherited' collection. We ship promptly via many carriers in professional packaging and update our databases nightly. Mail order and internet sales only but check our websites for yearly shows and current retail stores: oldworkingbooks.com and designsKTB.com). In office for questions 9am-5pm EST Mon-Sat, (508) 867-3434 (calls returned only on complete messages left including book title). Doing business since 1994, SNEAB (formerly MARIAB) Member.

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We are a family business since 1994. Karen is the binder, appaiser and cataloger, Ron is shipping, appraising and collection building, son Ben is studying to take over and currently works at Quaboag Books in West Brookfield, daughter Alessandra is the accounting department, daughter-in-law Ariel is studying bookbinding. (Our cat Leila, guards the collection)

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