Add this copy of A Natural History of the Ducks Volume V.1 to cart. $57.56, good condition, Sold by Bonita rated 4.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Newport Coast, CA, UNITED STATES, published 2011 by Nabu Press.
Add this copy of A Natural History of the Ducks Volume V 1 to cart. $59.89, good condition, Sold by Bonita rated 4.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Newport Coast, CA, UNITED STATES, published 2011 by Nabu Press.
Add this copy of A Natural History of the Ducks to cart. $103.00, like new condition, Sold by Aquila Books, ships from Calgary, AB, CANADA, published 1986 by Dover Publications, Inc.
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Seller's Description:
Fine. Reprint of 1922-1926 edition. [xii], 264, xii, 409; xii, 383, xii, 489pp. Large quarto. Two volumes. Illustrated price-clipped dust jacket over grey paper boards with blue and gilt titles to spine. Boards with only a touch of shelfwear. Dust jacket of Volume 1 with piece missing from foot of spine (approximately 1" X 2"), else jackets with only chips and creases to edges and a few small spots of rubbing. Internally tight and clean. fine A faithful reprint of Phillips's 4 volume work on the natural history of ducks (here with Volumes 1 & 2 and 3 & 4 bound together, respectively). This reprint edition includes the 176 plates present in the original with 74 in full colour. The plates are by some of the greats of 20th century bird art, including Louis Agassiz Fuertes, Frank W. Benson and Henrik Gr? vold. This large, heavy set will require extra shipping.
Add this copy of A Natural History of the Ducks to cart. $1,830.00, like new condition, Sold by Buteo Books California rated 4.0 out of 5 stars, ships from San Rafael, CA, UNITED STATES, published 1922 by Houghton Mifflin Co. (The Riverside Press, Cambridge).
Edition:
1922, Houghton Mifflin Co. (The Riverside Press, Cambridge)
Publisher:
Houghton Mifflin Co. (The Riverside Press, Cambridge)
Published:
1922
Language:
English
Alibris ID:
18011339581
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Fine in Fair jacket. Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1922-1926. First edition published in four volumes. Illustrated with color plates and black and white drawings by Benson, Brooks, Fuertes, and Gronvold. Bibliography. A fine set having been protected by chipped dust jackets and card slipcases. Slipcase of Volume IV lacking backstrip and split. Paper labels on buckram spines. Handwritten note to previous owner laid in along with slip stating With the Compliments of the Author. Tape marks on FEP where author's note had been affixed. ‘This rare work stands in the front rank of modern illustrated monographs. It is an exhaustive account of the ducks of the world, with synonymy, description, distribution and characteristic habits, etc. of each species. A useful and lengthy bibliography...'-Wood. A classic monograph with fine illustrations.
