PETERSON, Roger Tory.
Field Guide to the Birds: Giving Field Marks of All Species Found in Eastern North America.
First Edition of Roger Tory Peterson's Field Guide to the Birds; In the Rare original dust jacket
Boston: Houghton Mifflin Company, 1934.
$1,250.00
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Item Number: RRB-118741
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First edition, third state with the date on the copyright page of Peterson's first book. Octavo, original green pebbled cloth, illustrated with 4 color plates with printed overlays, 32 monochrome plates. Near fine in the rare original dust jacket with the spine lacking.
Roger Tory Peterson, one of the world's greatest naturalists, received every major award for ornithology, natural science, and conservation as well as numerous honorary degrees, medals, and citations, including the Presidential Medal of Freedom. The Peterson Identification System has been called the greatest invention since binoculars. "Many people have noted that Peterson changed the world because he made nature accessible to the general public. Before his Guide, bird watching was the province of the few, often done with bird remains in hand" (Eirik A.T. Blom).
Field Guide to the Birds: Giving Field Marks of All Species Found in Eastern North America.
$1,250.00
Out of Stock
