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Wirt Robinson. A Flying Trip to the Tropics. Riverside Press, Cambridge, MA, 1895.
Price: US$275.00 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: The covers and spine have edge wear which is worn in a few spots to include the head and heel of the spine. The spine is darkened with the exception of wear a sticker on the spine was removed. The covers have browned around the edges. There is an old style library pocket on the front paste down with the side opening and a date due sheet afixed to the FFE with what looks like a date stamped above it. There is an inscription with a date on the second FFE that is not from the author. There is a name written on the top of the title page and a few library markings on that page. The binding is tight, the pages are clean and the four colored plates are present. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall
Seller: Emily's Books, Brainerd, MN, U.S.A.
Price: US$295.00 + shipping
Condition: Fair
Description: 1895. Teal cloth with silver bird on cover and gilt edges. Includes four color prints and color map of Colombia. Two-thirds of the binding is completely split at the rear hinge; paper layer of binding is split at rear hinge. Cover and pages are age-discolored. No markings in text. Photos available on request. Ships with tracking the same or next business day from New Haven, CT. We fully guarantee to ship the exact same item as listed and work hard to maintain our excellent customer service.
Seller: Book Trader Cafe, LLC, New Haven, CT, U.S.A.
ROBINSON, WIRT. A Flying Trip to the Tropics. Riverside Press, Cambridge, MA, 1895.
Price: US$350.00 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: Green cloth with silver bird on front cover. Numerous maps including 1 folding. Many illustrations including 4 bright chromolithos. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall
Seller: Wm Burgett Bks and Collectibles, san diego, CA, U.S.A.
Price: US$421.00 + shipping
Description: 8vo [24 x 17.5 cm]; x, 194 pp, 4 fine color lithographed (chromolithograph) bird plates by J. G. Keulemans, numerous illustrations from photos, 6 maps including one folding colored map of Columbia, & one double-page colored map of Curacao, bibliog. original green pictorial cloth with picture of flying bird in silver and black, spine and front cover title lettering, signature of Frank Braskhill-Fieles on title, spine slightly spotted, a clean near fine copy. Wood 540 (noting only one colored map). Ripley 244. Smith R48: 'This is the account of a trip to the tropics to collect ornithological specimens in 1892. It is interestingly told, with many photographs and illustrations and with observations of the people as well. A good bibliography is given on Columbia and Cuacao'. There are various lists of birds, with comments, both observed by the author and from others including the 38 species of hummingbirds of Columbia. The author was a lifelong soldier and educator, at Harvard and the U. S. Military Academy. Not in Bennett (American Nineteenth Century Color Plate Books). A picture of this book is available on request.
Seller: Horizon Books, Toronto, ON, Canada