The Bird Biographies of John James Audubon
first edition
1957 · New York
by Ford, Alice (Editor)
New York: The Macmillan Company, 1957. First Edition. First printing Very good+ in 1/4 black and light green cloth covered boards with silver colored text on the spine. A small quarto measuring 10" by 7" with light rubbing at the head and heel of the spine and with a gift inscription on the first free end page. Missing its issued dust jacket. 282 pages of text including a bibliography. Illustrated with twelve color plates reproduced from from Harvard University Library's collection of Audubon's original paintings. The editor selected 80 of Audubon's "most interesting and characteristic of the bird biographies." (Inventory #: TB25423)