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A Natural History of the Ducks
By Phillips, John C.
SKU# 19923
Pp. x, 264; xii, 409; ix, 383; ix, 489, 74 full page color plates, 28 full page black and white plates, 118 maps. One-half cream cloth over gray paper covered boards, original gray slipcases, lg 4to. The 74 color plates are from paintings by Frank W. Benson, Allan Brooks, and Louis Agassiz Fuertes. Signatured dated 1926 of Gerrit Forbes on front endpaper of each volume. He was likely the original owner.
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Publisher |
Houghton Mifflin Company |
| Publisher Place | Boston |
| Date Published | 1922 |
| Date Published Estimated | No |
| Edition | First edition |
| Number of Volumes | 4 |
| Reprint | No |
| Condition | Very good |
| Condition Description | Light spotting to spine cloth of volume 1, light foxing to the front cover of volume 4, all of the slipcases show some minor browning with cracks repaired; a very good set. |
| ISBN | |
| Limited Edition |