Arizona and Its Bird Life: A Naturalist's Adventures with the Nesting Birds on the Deserts, Grasslands, Foothills, and Mountains of Southeastern Arizona
Cleveland, OH: The Bird Research Foundation, 1951. First edition. Hardcover. SIGNED. 723pp. Thick quarto [26 cm] Green textured cloth over boards with gilt stamped titles on the spine and front cover. Color frontispiece illustration with a tissue-guard printed in black. Very good. Mildly rubbed and bumped at the extremities. The first several pages have a few names from previous owners. The pages are clean. Item #41023
Illustrated with Paintings by Allan Brooks, George Miksch Sutton, Roger Tory Peterson and Terence Michael Shortt. Warmly inscribed on the date of publication by the author on the half title page: "To the _______, who live in the paradise of Cave Canyon, this volume is inscribed with the esteem and best wishes by the author who is grateful for their aid in his mountain studies - Herbert Brandt, November 10, 1951, Publication date, Copy number 22." He has personally numbered the copy number 22.
Price: $125.00