Extinct Birds: An attempt to unite in one volume a short account of those birds that have become extinct in historical times - that is, within the last six or seven hundred years. To which are added a few which still exist, but are on the verge of extinction.
London: Hutchinson, 1907. FF. First edition. Quarto (14 1/2 x 11 inches). 49 plates (comprising 45 colored collotype plates after J.G. Keulemans, G.E. Lodge, H. Grönvald, J. Smit and F.W. Frohawk, 4 uncolored plates). Original black half morocco over green pebble-grained cloth, spine in six compartments with raised bands (scuffed), the bands flanked by double gilt fillets, lettered in gilt in the second and fourth compartments, the others with repeat decoration of a single large centrally-placed lozenge-shaped floral tool in gilt, marbled endpapers, top edge gilt. Copy 131 of 300 numbered copies, signed by the author. Bookplate of the Society of Writers to His Majesty's Signet. Item #33040
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