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San Diego, CA.: South Moulton Company., 1923.. Student’s edition. . Green cloth. . Moderate wear to to covers, crayon scribbling to rear endpapers, otherwise very good. . 4to.. Heavy book, requires extra postage.
The Birds of California: A Complete and Popular Account of the 580 Species and Subspecies of Birds Found in the State (SIGNED, 4 volumes) by Dawson, William Leon - 1923
by Dawson, William Leon
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The Birds of California: A Complete and Popular Account of the 580 Species and Subspecies of Birds Found in the State (SIGNED, 4 volumes)
by Dawson, William Leon
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San Diego: South Moulton Company, 1923. First Edition. Format De Luxe Patron's Edition Limited #111 of 150 numbered copies SIGNED by the author, complete in 4 volumes. Illustrated by 30 photogravures, 120 full-page duotone plates and more than 1100 half-tone cuts of birds in life, nests, eggs, and favorite haunts, from photographs. Together with 44 drawings in the text and a series of 110 full-page color plates with printed tissue guards. Publisher's green morocco with multi-color bird onlays & gilt lettering on spines; top edge gilt; photographic endpapers. Wear to extremities; slight darkening to spines; some corners starting to show through leather; small stain on page 450 and the tissue guard but not the photogravure the tissue is protecting; small 1/4" adhesion in center between pages 428 & 429 preventing the pages from fully opening; else a near fine set. This is a heavy set and may require additional shipping. William Leon Dawson (1873-1928) was a celebrated ornithologist and oölogist (collector of bird eggs); his "Birds of California" is among the most definitive works relating to the birds of a specific state.
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- Date Published 1923
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The Birds of California: A Complete, Scientific and Popular Account of the 580 Species and Subspecies of Birds Found in the State. Volume 2 only (of 3).
by Dawson, William Leon
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Reno, Nevada, United States
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Birds of California - Volume Two of Four - Description of Species Nos. 103 - 201
by Dawson, William Leon
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San Diego, California: South Moulton Company, 1923. Booklovers' Edition . Hard Back. Fine/No Dust Jacket. 8" X 11. Begins with Page 523 and ends with Page 1034. Black boards with gold spine and front lettering. This is Volume Two of Four. This is a Booklover's Edition limited to 1000 copies Copy no. is not filled in. Books were sold only by Subscription. A complete Scientific and Popular Account of the 580 Species and Subspecies of Birds Found In The State. Illustrated by 16 Photogravures, 32 Full-page Duotone Plates and More Than 1100 Half-tone Cuts of Birds In Life, Nests, Eggs, and Favorite Haunts, from Photographs. Together with 44 Drawings in the Text and a series of 48 Full-page Color Plates.
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The Birds of California: A Complete, Scientific and Popular Account of the 580 Species and Subspecies of Birds Found in the State. (3 volumes complete).
by Dawson, William Leon
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Reno, Nevada, United States
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San Diego, CA.: South Moulton Company., 1923.. Student’s edition. . Harrdcover, green cloth, black and orange titles. . A very good set with light wear to covers. . 4to.. Heavy set, requires extra postage. Numerous illustrations, 15 full-page color plates.
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The Birds of California: A Complete, Scientific and Popular Account of the 580 Species and Subspecies of Birds Found in the State. Three volumes
by Dawson, William Leon
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- Used - Spines sunned, shelf wear with corners worn through to the boards, but still a very good clean & sound, attractive set
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Baldwin City, Kansas, United States
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South Moulton Company, 1923. Hardcover. Spines sunned, shelf wear with corners worn through to the boards, but still a very good clean & sound, attractive set. Size: 8.25"x11", one-quarter brown leather over brown cloth covered boards. Illustrated by More Than 100 Half-tone Cuts of Birds in Life, Nests, Eggs, and Favorite Haunts, from Photographs, Together with 44 Drawings in the Text and a Series of 15 Full-page Color Plates. Students' Edition Complete in Three Volumes.
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The Birds of California
by DAWSON, WILLIAM LEON
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Egg Harbor Township, New Jersey, United States
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The Birds of California by William Leon Dawson, from 1923. 4 Volume Set. De Luxe edition, signed by the author. Set is ex-library and ex-libris. Former library book set, with stamps from Coleman College and Fransciscan Fathers California on copyright pages. Stamped Property of Coleman College on page edges. All volumes are liberally stamped Stolen Ex Libris D. B. Tracy, particularly on illustrations. Cover corners are worn and cover is scuffed, as might be expected from a library set. End papers are faded, particularly around edges. Text is very readable and illustrations are in great condition. Minimal aging on pages themselves. A couple of pages may be torn, at the binding; see image for example. Please contact me with questions about this set.
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The Birds of California.
by DAWSON, William Leon
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Portland, Oregon, United States
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San Diego: South Moulton Company, 1923. First edition. Format De Luxe edition (so labeled in all four volumes). One of 539 sets, signed by the author (though not numbered and limitation leaf is blank but for the printed line bearing Dawson's signature). Collates correctly. Four large quarto volumes (12 1/4 x 9 3/8 inches; 311 x 240 mm.). Contemporary blue cloth with beveled edges and rounded corners, spines with gilt rules and lettering. Bibliographic offprint laid in. Some minor joint rubbing but a solid and clean set. This copy inscribed by the patron of this publication, Miss Ellen Browning Scripps: "Presented to Mr. Mi*** John Fillete (?) with appreciation of his life and work by E.B. Scripps, Christmas, 1929". Perhaps the recipient of this set had them bound in this functional manner (which, while plain, has stood the test of time and the weight of the text blocks). “Some time after the book had been on the market, and while the subscription campaign was in full swing, Dawson informed the…
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The Birds of California: A Complete and Popular Account of the 580 Species and Subspecies of Birds Found in the State (4 volumes)
by Dawson, William Leon
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Monterey, California, United States
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San Diego, Los Angeles, San Francisco: South Moulton Company, 1923. Booklovers' Edition, Limited to 1000 copies. 4to. Illustrated by 16 photogravures, 32 full-page duotone plates and more than 1100 half-tone cuts of birds in life, nests, eggs, and favorite haunts, from photographs chiefly by Donald R. Dickey, Wright M. Pierce, Wm. L. Finley and the author; together with 44 drawings in the text and a series of 48 full-page color plates chiefly by Major Allan Brooks. Embossed green & tan covers & spine; deckled page edges; TEG. Minor wear to extremities else a fine set. This is a heavy set and may require additional shipping. William Leon Dawson (1873-1928) was a celebrated ornithologist and oölogist (collector of bird eggs); his "Birds of California" is among the most definitive works relating to the birds of a specific state. His earlier publications about birds include The Birds of Ohio and The Birds of Washington.
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THE BIRDS OF CALIFORNIA (4 VOLS.)
by DAWSON WILLIAM LEON:
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BAKEWELL, Derbyshire, United Kingdom
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CALIFORNIA, SOUTH MOULTON COMPANY, 1923. FORMAT DE LUX, ONE OF 539 COPIES SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR. COMPLETE IN FOUR OCTAVO VOLS. GREEN BUCKRAM, A FINE SET. WITH 260 COLOUR, HALFTONE OR PHOTOGRAVURE PLATES WITH CAPTIONED TISSUE-GUARDS, HALFTONE ILLUS. THROUGHOUT THE TEXT. A TYPESCRIPT SLIP TIPPED IN VOLUME 1 READING ' ALL MISSING PLATES INSERTED AFTER BINDING', SUPERSEDING THE PUBLISHER'S SMALL STAMPED NOTICE 'THIS VOLUME IS LACKING A FEW OF THE EXTRA INSERTED PLATES, AND IS SOLD AS IS'. THE COLOUR PLATES ARE BY MAJOR ALLAN BROOKS. PLEASE NOTE THAT EACH VOLUME WEIGHS NEARLY 4.5 Kg, SO POSTAGE AT COST.
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