Catalogue of the Edward E. Ayer Ornithological Library, Parts 1-2 complete, in 1 thick volume.

Pp. x, 706, 1 color frontis portrait of Edward Ayer (part 1), 1 black-and-white frontis portrait of an unpublished drawing by C.L. Landbeck (part 2), 5 full page black-and-white plates in the text.  Early green cloth, lettered in gilt on the spine, thick lg 8vo.  Field Museum of Natural History, Zoological Series, volume 16.  Perhaps the most important single reference source to the bird books of the world ever published.  Name stamp of the Ron Sauey Memorial Library on rear endpaper and top page edge.  Empty pocket on rear endpaper.  Ron Sauey was co-founder of the International Crane Foundation, Baraboo, Wisconsin.  No other ownership marks and few signs of use.