Title: Geological Survey of California. Ornithology. Volume I. Land Birds. Author: Cooper, J.G. & S.F. Baird (ed) Place: [Cambridge] Publisher: [University Press] Date: 1870 Description: [xii]. 592 pp. Illustrated throughout with woodcuts. (4to) 10½x7½, original dark green cloth lettered and decorated in gilt. First Edition. A volume from the Geological Survey of California headed by Josiah Whitney. "A report on the birds of California prepared by Cooper from his own field-work and notes, and submitted to Baird for revision and publication. The general accounts, except where signed otherwise, are from the pen of Cooper. Vol. II was to have comprised a similar volume on the water birds, but was replaced by the two volumes of Baird, Brewer, and Ridgway on The Water Birds of North America, 1884. - Wood. Lot Amendments Condition: Some light wear at joints and spine ends, hinges cracking; overall a bright and near fine copy. Item number: 180023
Title: Geological Survey of California. Ornithology. Volume I. Land Birds. Author: Cooper, J.G. & S.F. Baird (ed) Place: [Cambridge] Publisher: [University Press] Date: 1870 Description: [xii]. 592 pp. Illustrated throughout with woodcuts. (4to) 10½x7½, original dark green cloth lettered and decorated in gilt. First Edition. A volume from the Geological Survey of California headed by Josiah Whitney. "A report on the birds of California prepared by Cooper from his own field-work and notes, and submitted to Baird for revision and publication. The general accounts, except where signed otherwise, are from the pen of Cooper. Vol. II was to have comprised a similar volume on the water birds, but was replaced by the two volumes of Baird, Brewer, and Ridgway on The Water Birds of North America, 1884. - Wood. Lot Amendments Condition: Some light wear at joints and spine ends, hinges cracking; overall a bright and near fine copy. Item number: 180023
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