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NATURAL HISTORY]. A group of signed and limited editions, comprising: RIPLEY, S. Dillon. Rails of the World . Boston, [1977]. 2 o. Half red morocco gilt; cloth slipcase. FIRST EDITION, PRESENTATION COPY inscribed by Ripley to Russ Aitken on half-title. Deluxe edition, one of 400 (?) specially bound copies with an original signed illustration by Lansdowne. 41 colored plates by Landsdowne. Prospectus for this work laid-in. -- RIPLEY, S. Dillon. Rails of the World. A Monograph of the Family Rallidae . Toronto, [1977]. 2 o. Original cloth gilt; dust jacket; board slipcase. PRESENTATION COPY, inscribed by Ripley to Russell Aitken on half-title. 41 color plates by J. Fenwick Lansdowne. -- RIPLEY, S. Dillon. Rails of the World . Boston, [1977]. 2 o. Original cloth gilt; dust jacket; board slipcase. FIRST AMERICAN EDITION. PRESENTATION COPY, inscribed by Ripley to Russ Aitken on half-title. 41 color plates by J. Fenwick Lansdowne. -- TODD, Frank S. Waterfowl: Ducks, Geese & Swans of the World . New York, [1979]. Oblong 4 o. Original gilt-stamped leather; dust jacket; cloth slipcase. FIRST EDITION, LIMITED EDITION, number 54 of 1,500 specially bound copies signed by Todd. Photographic illustrations in color. -- BUCKLEY, Virginia. State Birds . New York, [1986]. Square 8 o. Original glazed pictorial boards; dust jacket. FIRST EDITION, PRESENTATION COPY, inscribed by the illustrator Arthur Singer to Russell Aitken on the title page. Illustrations in color by Arthur Singer and Alan Singer -- BRUUN, Bertel. Birds of Europe . New York, [1971]. Small 2 o. Original green cloth gilt; dust jacket. FIRST AMERICAN EDITION, PRESENTATION COPY, inscribed by the illustrator Arthur Singer, on the half-title to Russ [B. Aitken]. Color illustrations from paintings by Arthur Singer. Note: On page [32] is reproduced in color "Grey Herons and Purple Heron" from the Russell B. Aitken collection; and on page [128] is reproduced in color "Bar-tailed Godwits" from the Russell B. Aitken Collection. -- FOWLER, Ann; and D.L. WALTERS. Charles Morgan on Retrievers . New York, [1968]. 8 o. Original green leather, t.e.g.; board slipcase. LIMITED EDITION, number 73 of 100 specially bound and printed copies signed by Morgan. Frontispiece. -- AMUCHASTEGUI, Axel. Some Birds and Mammals of South America . London, [1966]. Large 2 o. Quarter morocco gilt, t.e.g.; cloth slipcase. LIMITED EDITION, number 214 of 300 specially bound copies signed by the author. Illustrated in color Amuchastegui. -- BOVEY, Martin. The Saga of the Waterfowl . Washington, D.C., 1949. Original cloth; dust jacket. PRESENTATION COPY, inscribed by Bovey to Russell Barnett Aitken on the half-title. Photographic illustrations and drawings by Francis Lee Jaques. Second printing. -- HILL, Gene. A Gallery of Waterfowl and Upland Birds . Los Angeles, [1978]. Oblong 4 o. Half red morocco gilt; board slipcase. LIMITED EDITION, number 447 of 1,000 copies signed by the illustrator and author. Color plates after paintings by David Maass. -- SMITH, Donald. Pigeon Cotes and Dove Houses of Essex . London, [1931]. Square 8 o. Original cloth, printed cover and spine labels. LIMITED EDITION, number 88 of 100 copies signed by Smith. Illustrated. -- REECE, Maynard. The Waterfowl Art of Maynard Reece .. introduction by Roger Tory Peterson . Oblong 4 o. Wuarter leather; cloth slipcase. LIMITED EDITION, number 425 of 650 copies signed by Reece. Illustrated in color by Reece. Prospectus laid-in. -- BURK, Bruce. Waterfowl Studies . [New York, 1976]. 4 o. Original imitation leather; board slipcase. LIMITED EDITION, number 477 of 1,000 copies signed by Burk and President of the N.S.F.L. Photographic illustrations. -- ARNOLD, E.C. British Waders . Cambridge, 1924. 4 o. Original quarter vellum, gilt-lettered spine label, t.e.g., others uncut. LIMITED EDITION, number 48 of 50 signed by Arnold. Color plates reproducing paintings by Arnold. -- THORNTON, Robert J. Thornton's Temple of Flora . London, 1951. 2 o. Half morocco, spine