John Kirk Townsend: Collector of Audubon's Western Birds and Mammals (SIGNED)
Mearns, Barbara & Richard Mearns
From David Foley Sporting Books, Dallas, PA, U.S.A.
Seller rating 5 out of 5 stars
AbeBooks Seller since 15 May 1998
From David Foley Sporting Books, Dallas, PA, U.S.A.
Seller rating 5 out of 5 stars
AbeBooks Seller since 15 May 1998
About this Item
Color photographic boards; 4to; 389pp; illustrated with b/w & color photos plus drawings; identical dust jacket to front cover. "This is the first in-depth biography of Townsend, an ornithologist from Philadelphia who crossed the Rocky Mountains to the Columbia River in 1834 and made two visits to the Hawaiian Islands. He returned home with a great haul of bird and mammal specimens used by J.J. Audubon in his Birds of America and Viviparous Quadrupeds." A very fine copy in like dust jacket, signed by both authors on title page. Seller Inventory # 004800
Bibliographic Details
Title: John Kirk Townsend: Collector of Audubon's ...
Publisher: privately printed, Dumfries
Publication Date: 2007
Binding: Hardcover
Condition: New
Dust Jacket Condition: Fine
Signed: Signed by Author(s)
Edition: 1st Edition
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