Description
The signed limited issue of The Birds of Minnesota by Thomas S. Roberts, published in 1932.
Quarto, [two volumes], xxii, [2], 691pp, [49 color plates]; xv, [3], 819pp, [40 color plates]. Publisher’s quarter brown calf, brown buckram, title and decorative stamping in gilt. Binding by William A. Kittredge. Top edge gilt. Complete with all ninety-two color plates, including a frontispiece illustration in each volume. Light wear to tips of the spine, internally clean.
(Nissen IVB 790)
Limited to 300 copies signed by Thomas S. Roberts, both volumes numbered 157 and signed by the author.
An attractive set.
A survey of 327 species recorded in Minnesota, with notes on range, migration, nesting, food, and field marks.
