Birds Along Brandywine Creek Near Chadd's Ford, Pennsylvania 1965-1998 by Overlease, William & Edith - 1998

Bloomington, IN, U.S.A.: William and Edith Overlease , 1998. Minor edge and corner wear; lightly scuffed and scratched; some light shelf wear; overall a very crisp and clean used first edition! Very very rare and hard-to-find title! Green covers with black lettering and illustration on the front. 17 very clean unmarked and uncreased informative and historical pages nicely enhanced by black and white illustrations! Extremely scarce and out-of-print first edition! "In January 1965 Edith and I decided to try and measure change in bird populations along the Brandywine Creek between Smith's Bridge and Twin Bridges. We established a circular transect of about 6 miles on private property on both sides of the Creek. Observations and identifications were made by the authors on a weekly basis throughout the entire study from 1965 to August 1986. In all we completed 807 field trips to measure bird populations on the study area..........." ------ from the Introduction.. First Edition. Spiral Bound. Very Good. Illus. by Carl James Freeman . 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall.