Lot 1373 , Baird, S.F. & Others - A History of North America Birds: Land Birds, 3 vols., coloured plates and other illus.; old half leather and marbled boards, gilt tops and marbled e/ps., 4to.
° Baird, S.F. & Others - A History of North America Birds: Land Birds, 3 vols., coloured plates and other illus.; old half leather and marbled boards, gilt tops and marbled e/ps., 4to.
Boston, 1874; together with Ridgway, Robert - The Birds of North and Middle America: a descriptive catalogue ... vols. 1 - 8 num. (uncoloured) plates, errata leaf (vol.1); old half morocco and marbled boards, gilt-lettered panelled spines, patterned e/ps., roy. 8vo. Washington: Government Printing Office, 1901-19
£100-150
Condition:
Some plts. damp marked (vols. 3 & 8) and a lt. text; some decided leather wear; vol. I joints cracked: Baird - some hinges cracked, rough canvas rebacks, clean inside. Vol. 1 has 25 coloured plates at the back; vol. 2 plates numbered from 26 to 56; vol. 3 plates from 57 to 64.
Sold for £75