Rails of the World. A Monograph of the Family Rallidae (and a chapter on fossil species)
Language: English
Published by David R. Godine, Boston, 1977
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- Hardcover
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HEAVY. xx, 406pp, index, bibliography, bvw line drawings and photographs, 17 distribution maps, 41 color plates (inc frontis). Or ivory cloth flecked with brown with red leather spine and corners (ie 1/2 leather) with titles in gilt to spine presented in sturdy cloth covered slipcase with red leather highlights at head and foot of open edge, patterned endpapers. Edition limited to 400 copies of which this #298, signed by both authors and numbered on limitation page ( colophon). Some toning/foxing to slipcase, and also the cloth of the rear cover, otherwise a very clean fresh copy. A narrow strip of color on the front free endpaper has been abraded in the removel of the previous owners name. This copy lacks the monochrome lithograph as is so often the case. An impressive, in both size (35.5 x 26 x 5cm) and content, monograph of the Rallidae, or rails, of the world. The full page color plates are spectacular and the scholarly text is well researched. An additional chapter on the fossil species rounds out this important volume. Size: Folio.…
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- Title
- Rails of the World. A Monograph of the Family Rallidae (and a chapter on fossil species)
- Author
- Ripley, S. Dillon; Olson, Storrs L.
- Publisher
- David R. Godine, Boston
- Publication year
- 1977
- Condition
- Near Fine
- Dust jacket
- Slipcase
- Signed
- Signed by Authors
- Binding
- Hard Cover
- Language
- English
- ISBN 10
- 0879231998
- ISBN 13
- 9780879231996
- Illustrator
- Lansdowne, J. Fenwick.
- Edition
- First Numbered Limited Signed Edition.
- Seller catalogs
- Birds, Natural History & Environment, Signed
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About the Author
S. Dillon Ripley served as Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution from 1964 to 1984, the institution’s most significant period of expansion, for which service he received a Presidential Medal of Freedom. He also helped found the Smithsonian Folklife Festival and Smithsonian magazine. In his scholarly work, Ripley was an ornithologist, and held degrees in zoology from Yale and Harvard. He was a fellow of the American Ornithologists’ Union, a board member of the World Wildlife Fund, and the third president of the International Council for Bird Preservation. Ripley published six books, including four about birds and other wildlife.
James Fenwick Lansdowne was born in Hong Kong and grew up in Victoria, British Columbia. A self-taught artist, he had his first show at the Royal Ontario Museum when he was nineteen years old. In honor of his artistic achievements, he received the title of Officer of the Order of Canada, the Order of British Columbia, and membership in Royal Canadian Academy of Arts.
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