New York: G. A. Baker & Company, 1926 Book. Near Fine. Hardcover. First Edition. Large 8vo. xlix, 349 pp, b&w frontis with an introduction by Francis Hobart Herrick. First Edition, 1926. "To relieve the tedium of descriptive ornithology Audubon introduced articles of a general nature into his Biographies, and called them 'Episodes', or 'Delineations of American Scenery and Character, one such following every five articles which described the species of birds depicted in a corresponding part of his plates. These off-hand sketches mainly relate to events between 1808 and 1834, and as sidelights on pioneer life in America, particularly of the Ohio and Mississippi Vallies." from the Introduction. Inked name on half-tittle. Only the slightest wear, else, Pristine. Clean, tight and strong binding with no highlighting or marginalia. Black cloth with gilt lettering to spine, and map on endpapers..

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Bookseller: West Side Book Shop, ABAA (US)
Bookseller's Inventory #: 000354
Title: Delineations Of American Scenery And Character
Author: Audubon, John James
Format/Binding: Hardcover
Book Condition: Used - Near Fine
Jacket Condition: No Jacket
Edition: First Edition
Publisher: G. A. Baker & Company
Place of Publication: New York
Date Published: 1926
Keywords: NATURE & ECOLOGY U.S. HISTORY AMERICAN PANORAMA AUDUBON JOHN JAMES (1785-1851) OHIO & MISSISSIPPI VALLEYS
Bookseller catalogs: NATURE & ECOLOGY;
Size: Large 8vo

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