Birds and Birding

Peterson, Roger Tory. A Field Guide to the Birds Giving Field Marks of all Species Found East of the Rockies. Cambridge: Riverside Press, 1961. Second revised. 290pp, 28th impression Jan 1961;blue cloth with burgundy lettering, endpapers have silhouettes of birds, dj is tattered and price-clipped but mostly complete, in mylar cover. 1000 illustrations, 500 in full color. Aside from very slight rubbing at top of book spine the book is in fine+ condition. Fine+ in fair dust-jacket. The classic field guide for years. If you live on the East Coast this is the birding book for you. (#164)     $6.00


Reed, C.A., Harvey, H.F. & Brasher, R.I. Western Bird Guide Birds of the Rockies and West to the Pacific. Garden City: Doubleday, 1942. Later printing. 252pp, burgundy pebbled cover with faded gilt lettering, 3.25″ x 5.25″, owner signature in pencil on ffep, 230 illustrations in color, last sheaf of paper shows hinge, otherwise a near fine tight clean unmarked copy. Near Fine. Paperback. Rare copy of this bird book, only six listed on Amazon. Copyright 1913, collectible (#165)       $6.00