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1934 Signed First Edition "A Field Guide to the Birds" by Roger Tory Peterson

Item Details

Title and Author/Editor A Field Guide to the Birds: Giving Field Marks of All Species Found in Eastern North America (Roger Tory Peterson, 1934)
Genre Nature
Type of Illustration Halftone, Offset Lithograph
Binding Cloth on board
Publisher or Printer Houghton Mifflin Company
Publication Year 1934
Place of Publication Boston and New York
Edition Statement First Edition
Signed Yes
Signed by Roger Tory Peterson
Number of Books 1
Additional Information This first edition features the term “Bob-pumper” to the index, page 155, four full color illustrations with titled tissue-guards and numerous black on white full page illustrations throughout the text. A photograph of the previous owner with Roger Tory Peterson at the book signing is enclosed.

Condition

- wear to the covers with bumped corners, rubbed edges and soiling; writing to the endpapers; penciled information at the bottom of page 147; browning to pages.

Dimensions

0.75" W x 7.5" H x 4.5" D

Item #

ITMG204075

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