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Catalog Number |
1976.1.1592.6 |
Author / Creator |
Dugmore, A. Radclyffe |
Title |
BIRD HOMES, THE NESTS EGGS AND BREEDING HABITS OF THE LAND BIRDS BREEDING IN THE EASTERN UNITED STATES; WITH HINTS ON THE REARING AND PHOTOGRAPHING OF YOUNG BIRDS |
Published Date |
1902 |
Publisher |
Doubleday, Page & Company |
Description of Contents |
The smallest book in number of pages in the The Nature Library, this title is written and illustrated by a noted nature photographer, A. Radclyffe Dugmore. Its extensive title is self-descriptive. The book is organized by the location of specific species' nests - on the ground, in the woods, etc. - and uses both Latinate and common names for birds. Birds homes are described through the various stages of their occupants' lives, from egg stage to hatching to active use during life, and to death. This book is part of at least a 12 title series called THE NATURE LIBRARY (sometimes called the New Nature Library) published in several editions and added to over time by Doubleday. Series and volume numbers seem to change with each year of publication. Prominent horticulturalists, arborists, ornithologists, ichthyologists, mycologists, and lepidopterists contributed to the THE NATURE LIBRARY. |
Physical Description |
Measures approximately 7 1/2" wide; 10" tall; and 1 3/4" deep. The book contains 183 pages printed on heavy cream stock. Its heft is substantial. Front and back boards are covered with fine-grained glazed green linen, bound with coarser red leather detailing. The spine is covered in that same red material; this wraps around the front and back boards. There is no printing on the front cover. The spine is printed in gilded lettering with the title, author's surname, and publisher's name, accessorized with horizontal gilded bands. Endpapers are a marbleized green and gold with cream veining, as is traditional with this series. Extensively indexed and illustrated with half-tone photographs and a few color by the author.. |
Condition |
Good |
Search Terms |
Book Non-Fiction Nature Bird Bird Watching Bird Egg Bird Nest Biology Ornithology Ornithological illustration |
Sub-category |
Documentary Artifact |
Object Name |
Book |
Number of images |
8 |