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Eight (8) Roger Tory Peterson leather-bound books. 1st item: Author Signed, The Peterson Field Guide Series: A Field Guide to Western Birds, Third Edition, Numbered 843/2000, text and illustrations by Roger Tory Peterson, maps by Virginia Marie Peterson, 1990. Published by Houghton Mifflin Company, Boston. 12mo, 432 pages including systematic checklist, index, chromolithographic, and lithographic illustrations and maps, hardbound in red leather with gilt pictorial covers and gilt lettering to spine, red cloth and pictorial end papers, author signature and number, page after half title page, gilt edged paper, covers wrapper in Mylar, includes red cardboard slipcase covered in red cloth. Book – 7 3/4" H x 5" W x 1 3/8" D. Slipcase – 8 1/8" H x 5 1/8" W x 1 3/8" D. 2nd item: Author Signed, The Peterson Field Guide Series: A Field Guide to Western Birds, Fourth Edition, Numbered 719/2000, text and illustrations by Roger Tory Peterson, maps by Virginia Marie Peterson, 1980. Published by Houghton Mifflin Company, Boston. 12mo, 384 pages including index, chromolithographic, and lithographic illustrations and maps, hardbound in green leather with gilt pictorial covers and gilt lettering to spine, marbled and pictorial end papers, author signature and number, page after half title page, gilt edged paper, covers wrapper in Mylar, includes red cardboard slipcase covered in green cloth. Book – 7 3/4" H x 5" W x 1 3/8" D. Slipcase – 8 1/8" H x 5 1/8" W x 1 3/8" D. 3rd item: The Field Guide Art of Roger Tory Peterson, Vol. II: Western Birds, First Edition, 1990. Published by The Easton Press, Norwalk. Elephant folio, 356 pages including index, cross reference, and 153 full-page chromolithographic illustrations, hardbound in brown leather with gilt pictorial covers and gilt lettering to covers and spine with four raised hubs, tan cloth end paper, gilt edged paper, tan ribbon bookmark. 17 1/2" H x 11 1/2" W x 1 1/2" D. 4th item: Roger Tory Peterson Field Guides: Birds of the American West, 50th Anniversary, Collector's Lifetime Edition, text and illustrations by Roger Tory Peterson, 1961. Published by The Easton Press, Norwalk. 12mo, 309 pages including index, chromolithographic, and lithographic illustrations, hardbound in navy blue leather with gilt pictorial covers and gilt lettering to covers and spine, marbled and pictorial end papers, gilt edged paper, light blue ribbon bookmark. 7 5/8" H x 5" W x 1 1/4" D. 5th item: Roger Tory Peterson Field Guides: Birds of Texas and Adjacent States, 50th Anniversary, Collector's Lifetime Edition, text and illustrations by Roger Tory Peterson, 1963. Published by The Easton Press, Norwalk. 12mo, 304 pages including index, chromolithographic, and lithographic illustrations, hardbound in navy blue leather with gilt pictorial covers and gilt lettering to covers and spine, marbled and pictorial end papers, gilt edged paper, light blue ribbon bookmark, includes blank ex libris bookplate. 7 5/8" H x 5" W x 1 1/8" D. 6th item: Roger Tory Peterson Field Guides: Mexican Birds Field Marks of All Species Found in Mexico, Guatemala, Belize, and El Salvador, 50th Anniversary, Collector's Lifetime Edition, by Roger Tory Peterson and Edward L. Chalif, 1973. Published by The Easton Press, Norwalk. 12mo, 298 pages including index, 48 chromolithographic plates, and lithographic illustrations, hardbound in navy blue leather with gilt pictorial covers and gilt lettering to covers and spine, marbled and pictorial end papers, gilt edged paper, light blue ribbon bookmark, includes blank ex libris bookplate. 7 5/8" H x 5" W x 1 1/8" D. 7th item: Roger Tory Peterson Field Guides: Birds of the Eastern United States, 50th Anniversary, Collector's Lifetime Edition, text and illustrations by Roger Tory Peterson, maps by Virginia Marie Peterson, 1980. Published by The Easton Press, Norwalk. 12mo, 384 pages including index, chromolithographic, and lithographic illustrations and maps, hardbound in navy blue leather with gilt pictorial covers and gilt lettering to covers and spine, marbled and pictorial end papers, gilt edged paper, light blue ribbon bookmark. 7 5/8" H x 5" W x 1" D. 8th item: Roger Tory Peterson Field Guides: Birds of Britain and Europe, 50th Anniversary, Collector's Lifetime Edition, by Roger T. Peterson, Guy Mountfort, and P.A.D. Hollom, 1983. Published by The Easton Press, Norwalk. 12mo, 239 pages including index, chromolithographic, lithographic illustrations, and additional color maps, hardbound in navy blue leather with gilt pictorial covers and gilt lettering to covers and spine, marbled and pictorial end papers, gilt edged paper, light blue ribbon bookmark, includes blank ex libris bookplate. 7 5/8" H x 5" W x 1 1/8" D. CONDITION: 1st item: Covers and slipcase with light shelf wear, scuffs, covers wrapper in Mylar. Pages in overall very good condition. Author signature and number in very good condition. 2nd item: Covers and slipcase with light shelf wear, scuffs, covers wrapper in Mylar. Pages in overall very good condition. Author signature and number in very good condition. 3rd item: Covers with light shelf wear, scuffs, areas of minor loss to gilt. Pages in overall very good condition. Gilt lettering on spine erroneously reads "Eastern Birds". Full-page chromolithographic illustrations are collated. 1" white stain to bottom of gilt edged paper. 4th item: Covers with light shelf wear, scuffs, corners slightly bumped. Pages in overall very good condition. 5th item: Covers with light shelf wear, scuffs, areas of minor loss to gilt. Pages in overall very good condition. Includes blank ex libris bookplate. 6th item: Covers with light shelf wear, scuffs. Pages in overall very good condition. Includes blank ex libris bookplate. 7th item: Covers with light shelf wear, scuffs. Pages in overall very good condition. 8th item: Covers with light shelf wear, scuffs. Pages in overall very good condition. Includes blank ex libris bookplate.