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Rails of the World. A Monograph of the Family Rallidae and a chapter on fossil species
1977réf. 018589Boston: David R. Godine 1977. HEAVY. xx 406pp index bibliography bvw line drawings and photographs 17 distribution maps 41 color plates inc frontis. Or ivory cloth flecked with brown with red leather spine and corners ie 1/2 leather with titles in gilt to spine presented in sturdy cloth covered slipcase with red leather highlights at head and foot of open edge patterned endpapers. Edition limited to 400 copies of which this #298 signed by both authors and numbered on limitation page colophon. Some toning/foxing to slipcase and also the cloth of the rear cover otherwise a very clean fresh copy. A narrow strip of color on the front free endpaper has been abraded in the removel of the previous owners name. This copy lacks the monochrome lithograph as is so often the case. An impressive in both size 35.5 x 26 x 5cm and content monograph of the Rallidae or rails of the world. The full page color plates are spectacular and the scholarly text is well researched. An additional chapter on the fossil species rounds out this important volume. Signed by Authors. First Numbered Limited Signed Edition. Hard Cover. Near Fine/Slipcase. Illus. by Lansdowne J. Fenwick. Folio. David R. Godine Hardcover
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