The Water Birds of North America.
Boston: Little Brown, 1884.
2 volumes. With hundreds of woodcut text illustrations, some hand colored. Thick 4to, original gilt pictorial green cloth, t.e.g. partly uncut. Boston: Little Brown, 1884. First Edition. Near Fine.
Baird, "described what he saw and in such fashion that no subsequent observer had any doubt as to what he meant. Persistance in accuracy is the foundation of the "Baird School" in ornithology." DAB I, 514.
Binding: Hardcover
Condition: Near Fine
Language: English
Price: $600.00
Item #309135