The Birds of North America, drawn and colored from nature the geographic coverage of this

the geographic coverage of this work extends “from Burma east through southern China

Date Published 1937-1942 Date Published Estimated No Edition First Number of Volumes Reprint No Condition Near Fine Condition Description A bright and clean copy in near fine condition

Contemporary full brown calf leather

5 inches by 9

Publisher’s original gray coarse-weave cloth

The Birds of North America, drawn and colored from nature the geographic coverage of thisPp. (4), 16, 182 (10, index), 119 color plates (chromolithographs). One quarter dark wine red morocco leather, spine with five raised bands, lettered in gilt in three compartments over maroon red cloth boards with beveled edges, with a large ornate gilt title on the from cover, brown floral endpapers, top page edge in gilt, folio (15 inches x 12. 5 inches). The 119 chromolithographs plates are from drawings by Theodore Jasper. This classic work, first