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David R. Godine, 1979. First American Edition (1979.) Hardcover with dust jacket in slipcase. Elephant Folio with 304 pages. The book and dust jacket are in very good condition. Interior is clean and tight. The slipcase is in good condition with some very slight wear to bottom edges of book and to top edge of slipcase. Small discoloration to cover of slipcase 1/2". There are 60 fine color plates by the late William Cooper.Text by Joseph M. Forshaw, includes maps and other information. " A Magnificent book illustrated wtih Cooper's paintings of some of the world's most beautiful and exotic birds...definitive study of this magnificient group of birds." White spine/Black text. Brown cloth slipcase. Pictures available upon request. #033725 . 1st American Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. Elephant Folio. Birds / Paintings /Ornithology.

Cloth covered boards with gilt title to spine and a very nice dustjacket. Housed in a beige cloth covered slipcase. Green endpapers. An attractive clean copy with no previous owners' names or other defacements. Please expect the possibility of extra postage as this is a large and heavy book.
11.5 x 16.25 in (29 x 41 cm)

Sydney; Collins; 1977.. First Edition; Folio; pp. 304; illustrated with 60 superb coloured plates by Cooper and numerous b/w. text illustrations, numerous location maps, references cited, index of scientific names, index of English names, bound in original quarter brown cloth with beige cloth boards, title lettered in gilt on spine, dustjacket, housed in original cloth slipcase with printed label on front, a couple of minor marks to slipcase otherwise a very good copy. Winner of Australian Book of the Year in 1977 and one the finest of all modern bird books.

Sydney / London: William Collins Publishers, 1977. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. 0x0x0. Wm. Collins, 1977; "First published..." stated, no later printings indicated; xii, 304pp., profusely illustrated. Winner of Australia's Best Designed Book Award for 1977 (according to laid-in newspaper/magazine clippings). VG- hardcover in VG slipcase. Binding is tight, sturdy, and square; head of spine is bumped, else wear to edges of tan cloth boards is very minor, corners sharp; illustrations and text very good throughout. Light wear to jacket at head of spine, else in VG+ condition. Top open corner of slipcase bumped as well, else wear to edges is very minor. Due to the size/weight of this book extra charges will apply for international and/or expedited shipping. Ships same or next business day from Dinkytown in Minneapolis, Minnesota.

David R. Godine. Collectible - Like New. Condition: Fine; Dust Jacket Condition: Boston, David R. Godine 1979. Large oversize(elephant folio) hardcover in slipcase. First American Edition. Book and dustjacket are in Fine condition with no flaws. Cloth covered slipcase shows just a hint of wear otherwise Fine. Beautiful full-page reproductions of Cooper's paintings.

Sydney, Australia: William Collins, 1977. First edition.. A fine copy in a fine dust jacket in a fine slipcase.. Pp. xii, 13-304, 60 fine color plates from painting by W. Cooper, 65 distribution maps, some black-and-white text-figures. Publisher’s original two-color cloth, lettered in gilt on the spine, color pictorial dust jacket, in the original cloth-covered slipcase, folio (16 x 11 1/4 inches). This is the definitive study of this magnificent group of birds based on the original field work of William T. Cooper in New Guinea and its islands. Inscribed by the co-author and artist, William T. Cooper, to Ron Sauey, the co-founder of the International Crane Foundation, Baraboo, Wisconsin on the title page. Small empty plain pocket on the rear endpaper and name stamp Ron Sauey Memorial Library on the half-title page and top page edge, no other ownership marks and no signs of use. An important signed copy with great associations.