Birds of the West Coast, in two volumes, complete (first edition)

Pp. 175, 53 full page color plates, some plates folding; pp. 167, 48 full page color plates from paintings by Lansdowne.  Publisher’s original cream-colored course-weave cloth, boldly lettered in gilt on the front cover and on the spine, color pictorial dust jacket, sm folio (14.5 x 10.5 inches).  Presents the birds of the Pacific Northwest.  The foreword to volume 1 is written by S. Dillon Ripley while the foreword to volume 2 is penned by Prince Phillip, Duke of Edinburgh.  Faint name stamp of former owner on top page edge of each volume.  Empty pocket on the rear endpaper of each volume.  No other ownership marks.