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..
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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.
Toronto: M. F. Feheley Publishers Limited, 1977. Hardcover. very good. 1st Trade Edition. xx,406pp. Folio in original quarter maroon cloth backed linen boards and decorative endpapers with 41 colour plates after paintings by J. Fenwick Lansdowne (including frontispiece) and B&W illustrations in text (distribution maps, breeding ranges, etc) Includes a chapter on Fossil Species by Storrs L. Olson. 1977
Rails of the world: a monograph of the family Rallidae / by S. Dillon Ripley; with forty-one paintings by J. Fenwick Landsdowne; and a chapter on fossil species by Storrs L. Olson. In a sli-case
Ripley, Sidney Dillon (1913-2001)
Rails of the world: a monograph of the family Rallidae / by S. Dillon Ripley; with forty-one paintings by J. Fenwick Landsdowne; and a chapter on fossil species by Storrs L. Olson. In a sli-case
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.
1st Trade Edition. xx, 406pp. Folio in original quarter maroon cloth backed linen boards and decorative endpapers with 41 colour plates after paintings by J. Fenwick Lansdowne (including frontispiece) and B&W illustrations in text (distribution maps, breeding ranges, etc) Includes a chapter on Fossil Species by Storrs L. Olson.
1st Trade Edition. xx, 406pp. Folio in original quarter maroon cloth backed linen boards and decorative endpapers with 41 colour plates after paintings by J. Fenwick Lansdowne (including frontispiece) and B&W illustrations in text (distribution maps, breeding ranges, etc) Includes a chapter on Fossil Species by Storrs L. Olson.
1st Editio limited to 400 numbered and signed copies. xx, 406pp. Folio in original half red morocco and linen boards, gilt top edge, decorative endpapers and matching linen slipcase with 41 colour plates after paintings by J. Fenwick Lansdowne (including frontispiece) and b&w illustrations in text (distribution maps, breeding ranges, etc). No. 344/400 without the extra signed print often missing in later number volumes. Signed by Lansdowne and Ripley on colophon page (at end) fine Includes a chapter on Fossil Species by Storrs L. Olson.
Toronto: M. F. Feheley, 1977. Limited edition of 400 copies signed by author and illustrator of which this is copy no. 37.. Hardcover. Fine. xx, 406 p. 37 cm. 41 colour paintings by J. Fenwick Lansdowne. 17 distribution maps. Half burgundy leather with beige cloth boards. In matching slipcase. Includes a signed lithograph by Lansdowne and sample pages in separate book with light soiling. Ripley was an American ornithologist and wildlife conservationist who acted as Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution from 1964 to 1984. Also from the Smithsonian is Storrs Olson, one of the world's foremost avian paleontologists. The Canadian connection here is illustrator James Fenwick Lansdowne (1937 Â 2008), a self-taught wildlife artist who grew up in Victoria, B.C. His pictured birds are similar in style to the work of Audubon, often featuring a specific species against a largely white background, but Lansdowne's birds are more life-like and have more natural postures than Audubon's.
1st Editio limited to 400 numbered and signed copies. xx, 406pp. Folio in original half red morocco and linen boards, gilt top edge, decorative endpapers and matching linen slipcase with 41 colour plates after paintings by J. Fenwick Lansdowne (including frontispiece) and b&w illustrations in text (distribution maps, breeding ranges, etc). No. 344/400 without the extra signed print often missing in later number volumes. Signed by Lansdowne and Ripley on colophon page (at end) fine Includes a chapter on Fossil Species by Storrs L. Olson.
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