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 […]
Lot 99: R. T. Peterson, Audubon's Birds of America, 1981
The Audubon Society Baby Elephant Folio Audubon's Birds of America, First Edition, by Roger Tory Peterson and Virginia Marie Peterson, 1981. Published by Abbeville Press, New York. Baby Elephant Folio, 694 pages with concordance and index, chromolithographic frontispiece of Audubon, 482 full page plates, and 435 duotones, hardbound in half black faux leather with off […]
Lot 95: R. T. Peterson, Field Guide to Birds, 1st State, 1934
A Field Guide to the Birds, First Edition, First State, by Roger Tory Peterson, 1934. Published by Houghton Mifflin Company, New York. 12mo, 167 pages including index, lithographic and chromolithographic plates and frontispiece with additional illustrations, hardbound in green leather with silver lettering on title and spine, ex libris bookplate, inside of front cover. 7 […]
Lot 96: 13 Roger Tory Peterson, 1st Ed & Signed Bird Books
Thirteen (13) Roger Tory Peterson books including several signed and first editions. 1st-4th items: Four (4) copies of A Field Guide to the Birds of Texas, First Printing, text and illustrations by Roger Tory Peterson, 1960, including two (2) author signed. Published for The Texas Game and Fish Commission by Houghton Mifflin Company, Boston. 12mo, […]
Lot 93: 3 Bird Books: Birds of NE and PA, Hawks and Owls
Three (3) Bird related books, including Birds of New England. 1st item: The Birds of New England by Edward A. Samuels, 1870. Published by Noyes, Holmes, and Company, Boston. Octavo, 591 pages including appendices and indexes, 8 chromolithographic plates with tissue paper guard, additional illustrations, hardbound in tooled green cloth with gilt pictorial covers and […]
Lot 94: Studer, Birds of North America, 1st Ed., 1888
The Birds of North America Drawn and Colored from Nature, First Edition, by Jacob H. Studer, 1888. Published under the auspices of The Natural Science Association of America, New York. Folio, 182 pages with indexes, includes photogravure frontispiece of Studer with facsimile signature and 119 full page color lithographic plates with tissue paper guards, rebound […]
Lot 92: Morris, A History of British Birds, Vol. 1-6, 1851-1857
A History of British Birds, Vol. I-VI, by the Rev. F. O. Morris, 1851-1857. Published by Groombridge and Sons, London. Octavos, 2,095 total pages, Vol. VI with appendix and index, full page 358 wood cut engraved illustrations, some with paper guards, Vol. I – plate 1-59, 60 plates total, Vol. II – plate # 60-119, […]
Lot 90: Wilson & Bonaparte, American Ornithology, Vol. I-III, 1877
American Ornithology; Or, The Natural History of the Birds of the United States, Vol. I-III and Continuation, by Alexander Wilson and Prince Charles Lucien Bonaparte, 1877. Published by J. W. Bouton, New York. Octavos, 1,443 total pages including indexes, steel engraved frontispiece to Vol. I, and 103 plates with hand coloring, Vol. I – plate […]
Lot 91: 3 Albums w/ 19th Cent. Bird Prints, inc. Cassin, Bowen
Three (3) albums containing sixty-four (64) total bird prints, by John Cassin and Bowen. 1st-2nd items: Reports of Explorations and Surveys to Ascertain the Most Practical and Economical Route for a Railroad from the Mississippi River to the Pacific Ocean Made Under the Direction 1853-56, Volume X-XII. Drawn by John Cassin (1813-1869), lithographed by John […]
Lot 87: Meyer's British Birds and Their Eggs, 7 vols., 1857
Colored Illustrations of British Birds and Their Eggs, Vol. I-VII, by H. L. Meyer, 1857. Published by Willis and Sotheran, London. Octavos, 1,501 total pages including index in Vol. VII, steel engraved title pages, 430 plates, 423 with hand coloring, Vol. I – plate # 1-45, 65 total, Vol. II – plate # 46-90, 54 […]