Birds of the island of Java

by Nagamachi Kuroda

$1,500 · Offered by Rootenberg Rare Books

First edition

Tokyo: by the author, 1933-1936. Two volumes. Folio. xv, 370, 1 ; vi, 794, 1 pp. FIRST EDITION. Volume I with errata and addenda, 1 folding map and 14 plates; Volume II with 20 plates and 1 folding map. All tissue guards present. Contemporary half burgundy cloth over boards, gilt title on spine, with original dusk jackets, slightly torn, and preserved in the original slipcases. A very good copy. Item #16262

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