The First & Second Book of Birds ~ Olive Thorne Miller, 1st Editions 1899-1901

Description: Two copies of the First and Second Bird Books in very good condition by noted American author, naturalist, and ornithologist Harriet Mann Miller using the pen name Olive Thorne Miller. Miller, Olive Thorne (1899). The First Book of Birds: Boston, MA: Houghton, Mifflin and Co. First Edition later printing without a date on the Title Page. With eight colored and twelve plain plates and twenty figures in the text. 8vo. 149 pages including the Index and Points to Observe. Grey cloth stamped in gilt on the cover and spine. Light edgewear with corners bumped and rubbed. Sunning to the spine and softening to spine tips. Some spotting or staining visible to the lower front and upper rear cloth boards. Some toning to interior pages with a newspaper clipping has caused some offsetting to page 63. A previous owners name and the year 1914 written in ink on the front blank preliminary page. Miller, Olive Thorne (1901). The Second Book of Birds: Bird Families. Boston, MA: Houghton, Mifflin and Co. First Edition with same date to title and copyright page. First Printing published June 1901. Featuring eight colored plates from designs by Louis Agassiz Fuertes, and sixteen other full-page illustrations. 8vo. 209 pages including the Appendix and Index. Red cloth with gilt stamped print to the front and spine. Light edgewear with corners bumped and rubbed, sunning to the spine with softening to spine tips. Light toning to pages and previous owners name in ink to front flyleaf with an interesting copy of their November 1899 school report card tipped into the front.

Price: 49.95 USD

Location: Chester, Vermont

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