Add this copy of The Book of Birds to cart. $39.37, good condition, Sold by Fables Books rated 4.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Goshen, IN, UNITED STATES, published 1918 by National Geographic Society.
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Good. Some shelf storage or usage wear present. The binding is tight and all pages are present. Missing dustjacket although it's unclear if one came with the book originally. The pages appear unmarked. Pictures available upon request. Individually inspected by Shadow. Thanks for supporting an independent bookseller!
Add this copy of The Book of Birds; Birds of Town and Country, the to cart. $75.00, fair condition, Sold by Ground Zero Books, Ltd. rated 4.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Silver Spring, MD, UNITED STATES, published 1927 by National Geographic Society.
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Louis Agassiz Fuertes. Fair. Brown paper DJ taped to boards. ix, [1], 252, [2] pages. With 331 Color Portraits of North American Birds and 129 illustrations in black and white. Cover has some wear. "Plate checking copy" with ink and other notations. Some edge soiling. Scuff on page 251 (in index). With Chapters on "Encouraging Birds Around the World" by F. H. Kennard; "The Mysteries of Bird Migration" by Wells W. Cooke, and "How Birds Can Take Their Own Portraits, by George Shiras, 3rd. In this volume are presented the principal articles and the most beautiful color illustrations of man's feathered friends which have been published in the National Geographic Magazine during the preceding six years. Copyrights for 1914, 1915, 1916, 1918, 1921, 1923, and 1927 stated. Index to Illustrations and Bird Biographies. Henry Wetherbee Henshaw (March 3, 1850-August 1, 1930) was an American ornithologist. In 1910 Henshaw became the head of the U.S. Biological Survey. Gilbert Hovey Grosvenor, asked Henshaw if his work could be printed in the National Geographic Magazine. The end result of that publication was the National Geographic Field Guide to Birds of North America. While not working with the National Geographic, Henshaw lobbied, along with George Shiras, to pass the Weeks-McLean Act, otherwise known as the Migratory Bird Law. Frederick Hedge Kennard 1865-1937 He published in 'The National Geographic Magazine, ' March, 1914, a thirty-page article on encouraging birds around the home; this was profusely illustrated with excellent reproductions of photographs of his home grounds and other places, showing the best methods of attracting and feeding birds. Wells Woodbridge Cooke (25 January 1858-30 March 1916), was an American ornithologist who was called the "father of cooperative study of bird migration in America". Cooke produced several papers on birds and began to focus on bird migration. In 1901 Cooke was appointed to a position in the Biological Survey section of the United States Department of Agriculture. There he worked mainly on bird migration and distribution. He accumulated individual records of migration on cards, with the total number of cards reaching one million in 1915. He also published extensively on bird distribution and migration, with a bibliography of over 400 items. George Shiras, III (January 1, 1859-March 24, 1942) was a U.S. Representative from the state of Pennsylvania. Both during and after his time in Congress, Shiras participated in biological research and photography, to the extent that National Geographic has described him as "the father of wildlife photography" for his early use of camera traps and flash photography. He was attributed with the discovery of a moose subspecies in Yellowstone National Park, which was named Alces alces shirasi, Shiras's Moose. Louis Agassiz Fuertes (February 7, 1874 Ithaca, New York-August 22, 1927) was an American ornithologist, illustrator and artist. He set the rigorous and current-day standards for ornithological art and naturalist depiction and is considered as one of the most prolific American bird artists, second only to his guiding professional predecessor John James Audubon. He made untold thousands of bird paintings and sketches in various mediums, based on studies in nature and details from fresh specimens, that illustrate his extensive range of ornithological works. Fuertes collaborated with Frank Chapman, curator of the American Museum of Natural History, on many assignments including field research, background dioramas at the museum, and book illustrations. While on a collecting expedition with Chapman in Mexico, Fuertes discovered a species of oriole. Chapman named it Icterus fuertesi, commonly called Fuertes's oriole after his friend. Edward William Nelson (May 8, 1855-May 19, 1934) was an American naturalist and ethnologist. In 1877 Nelson joined the U.S. Army Signal Corps. Nelson was the naturalist on board the USRC Corwin, which sailed to Wrangel Island in search of the USS Jeanette in...
