The Water Birds of North America.
Boston: Little Brown, 1884.
2 volumes. With hundreds of woodcut text illustrations, some hand-colored. 537 pages and 562 pages. Thick 4to, original gilt-lettered green cloth, t.e.g.; two sections of front edge of Volume I heavily abraded, only slightly effecting the margins of a few pages, hinges of volume II just starting. Boston: Little Brown and Company, 1884. First Edition. Internally near fine, a very good set.
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: Very Good
Language: English
Price: $500.00
Item #324031