Search Results: report on the birds of pennsylvania by warren bh

Edwin K. Meyers. Good with no dust jacket. 1888. 1st Edition. Hardcover. 260 pp; Book is loose, shaken and soiled. One plate is torn, most plates are striking. .

Harrisburg: Edwin K. Meyers, 1888. First edition.. Light edgewear to cloth at the head and foot of the spine, overall, a very good copy.. Pp. xii, 260; 50 fine lithograph plates (49 in color) after the work of Audubon. Publisher’s original dark green cloth, lettered in gilt on the spine, lg 8vo. Zimmer (p. 663) states: “An account of the birds of the state, with brief descriptions (from Baird, Coues and Ridgway) and with notes on the habits and economic importance of each. This work was issued in an edition of 6000 copies which was exhausted almost at once, and a revised and enlarged edition was therefore prepared and issued in 1890 under the same short title.” This 1888 edition is the first edition. On the front endpapers there are two old signatures. There is also the name stamp of the Ron Sauey Memorial Library on rear endpaper. Ron Sauey was co-founder of the International Crane Foundation, Baraboo, Wisconsin. There is also a plain paper pocket on the rear endpaper.

1890. WARREN, B.H. Report on the Birds of Pennsylvania. Harrisburg, 1890. 2nd ed., revised. With 100 plates in full color. Newly rebound in cloth.

Published by E.K. Cole Ltd., 1890. 1st edition.. Hardback. Very Good. Very good condition with no wrapper. With Special Reference to the Food-Habits, based on over Four Thousand Stomach Examinations. Second Edition, revised and augmented. Illustrated with 100 colour plates in the style of Audubon. Modern cloth binding with red title to spine. Spine slightly faded, a few small marks to covers. New endpapers. Re-sewn, binding tight. Pencil underlining to title page else contents clean. All plates present.

1890. WARREN, B.H. Report on the Birds of Pennsylvania...2nd ed., revised and augmented. Illus. with 100 plates in color. Harrisburg, 1890. A fine copy, t.e.g. in full leather. The second is the best edition, as it contains twice the number of plates than the first edition.

1890 HARRISBURG, USA. VERY GOOD COPY IN BLUE SLIGHTLY WORN BOARDS. WITH SPECIAL REFERENCE TO THE FOOD-HABITS, BASED ON OVER FOUR THOUSAND STOMACH EXAMINATIONS. SECOND EDITION, REVISED AND AUGMENTED AND ILLUSTRATED BY ONE HUNDRED COLOUR PLATES FROM AUDUBON.

1890. Harrisburg, 1890. 8vo. Solid full cloth. XIV,434 pp. and 100 plates, of which 99 are chromolith. plts. after Audubon. The second and much enlarged edition. Zimmer p.663.