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Closed tears and some wear to dust jacket.

Hardcover; Canada; M. F. Feheley Publishers; 1977; A 1st Edition; 1.6 x 14.5 x 10.6 Inches; Fine in Good+ dust jacket; 14.50 X 10.60 X 1.60 inches.

Minor shelf wear to book and dust jacket and slip cover. Otherwise a tight, unmarked volume. Color illustrations. Index. xx, 406 pp.

Folio (14 x 10 inches). Illustrations by J. Fenwick Lansdowne. Original cloth; pictorial dust jacket; publisher's plain card slipcase. First edition. With a chapter on fossil species by Storrs L. Olson. An exquisitely designed and printed book, produced in Verona under the direction of Martino Mardersteig at the Stamperia Valdonega. A near-fine copy, jacket price clipped and with a few small soft creases and soilmarks to spine panel

FIRST EDITION, SMALL FOLIO, VERY GOOD COPY IN VERY GOOD DUSTWRAP. FITTED IN GOOD CARDBOARD SLIP CASE. A MONOGRAPH OF THE FAMILY RALLIDAE. WITH FORTY-ONE PAINTINGS BY J. FENWICK LANDSDOWN, AND CHAPTER ON FOSSIL SPECIES BY STORRS L. OLSON. THIS IS A VERY HEAVY BOOK SO EXTRA POSTAGE WILL BE ASKED FOR.

Toronto: M. F. Feheley Publishers, 1977. Book. Illus. by Lansdowne, J. Fenwick ( Signed ). Near Fine. Hardcover. Signed by Artist. 1st Edition. Folio - over 12 - 15" tall. Fine But For Prev. Owner Name At Top Corner Of Front Paste Down,( Unobtrusive And Under The Front Flap ), And Insignificant Soil To Fore Edges. Internally Bright, Clean, And Tight. Jacket Is Fine But For A Small Scrape In The Spine, And Very Minor Traces Of Use. With 41 Paintings. Signed By The Artist On The Title Page.Very Large Volume Will Require Extra Postage..

Toronto, Canada: M. F. Feheley Publishers, 1977. First Edition . Hardcover. Fine/Fine. Folio - over 12" - 15" tall. J. Fenwick Lansdowne. Forty-one full page paintings reproduced in seven-color offset were done by J. Fenwick Lansdowne also includes a chapter on fossil species by Storrs L. Olson, 406 pages. Maroon cloth spine with black title block, gilt rule, titles in gilt, natural linen boards, tan endpapers with brown rail tracks. A comprehensive treatment of the 129 known species of rails, with taxonomic keys, descriptions, life histories, courting behavior, distrubution and status of hundreds of sub-species. The book also includes an unusual section of photographs of these elusive birds, maps throughout show distrubtion. Book comes housed in the plain cardboard slipcase as issued. Dust jacket has tiny bit of wear at base of spine panel otherwise fine.

Fine cloth copy in an equally fine dust wrapper. Particularly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and especially sharp-cornered. Physical description: xx, 406 pages: illustrations, maps; 37 cm. Notes:Includes index. Bibliography: pages 375-389. Subjects: Rails (Birds). Rallidae. XMM.Genre: Illustrated. 7 Kg.

Toronto: M.F.Feheley Publishers, 1977. First Edition. Hardcover. Very good/Very good. Larger 4to. J. Fenwick Lansdowne. pp. 40641 colour plates after J. Fenwick Lansdowne, b/w illustrations, sketches, graphs, habitat maps.