A Monograph of the Pheasants

by William Charles Beebe

$4,500 · Offered by James Cummins Bookseller

First edition

First edition, no. 67 of 600 numbered copies. 90 color lithographed or collotype plates after Thorburn, Lodge, Grönwald, Fuertes, Knight, Jones, and Megargee; 88 photogravure plates often with 2 images from photographs by Beebe and others; 20 maps printed in red and black. 4 vols. Folio 16 x 11-5/8 inches . Original maroon cloth with gilt-lettering, t.e.g. Inner hinges of first volume professionally repaired some traces of rubbing to outer joints , other

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