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Charles B. Cory. List of the Birds of the West Indies,.. Estes & Lauriat, Boston, 1885.
Price: US$75.00 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: .including the Bahama Islands and the Greater and Lesser Antilles, excepting the islands of Tobago and Trinidad; Half black cloth & drab paper over boards, black cover title, & Compliments.Author slip on fep; A good solid ex library copy (ornological bookplate inside front cover, institutional stamp on fep, & library pocket inside back board); 34 pages.
Seller: White Raven Books, Ypsilanti, MI, U.S.A.
Price: US$100.00 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: 34p quarto. Exlibris with remnants of a label on the spine and a bookplate. Tipped in is a slip "Compliments of the Author C B Cory" Corners and spine wearing at the corners. A good copy in gray printed boards and brown clothspine, fraying at the spine heads.
Seller: Old New York Book Shop, ABAA, Atlanta, GA, U.S.A.
Cory, Charles B. The Birds of Haiti and San Domingo Four Volume Set. Estes & Lauriat, Boston, 1885.
Price: US$696.00 + shipping
Description: This is the original unbound four volume set. All illustrations are present. A few are stained on the rear and two have very light staining on the front. Volume I is missing the title page, table of contents and the first 16 pages of text. Thin spines are broken and the edges are flaking All of the illustrations and map are not colored. Says Author's copy on each volume
Seller: Robert S. Brooks, Bookseller, Bristol, WI, U.S.A.
Cory, Charles B.. The Birds of Haiti and San Domingo. Estes and Lauriat, Boston, 1885.
Price: US$950.00 + shipping
Description: First edition, one of 300 copies. 19 hand-colored plates, only. Without the text, the map or three plates of bird heads. 4to. Comprises 18 plates of birds, and 1 plate of a nest, only (without any of the text, the map or the three plates of bird heads). BM(NH) I:387; Fine Bird Books 87; Nissen, IVB 204; Wood 300; Zimmer 137 Housed in the original part II wrappers with prospectus on the rear 19 hand-colored plates, only. Without the text, the map or three plates of bird heads. 4to
Seller: James Cummins Bookseller, ABAA, New York, NY, U.S.A.
Cory, Charles B.. The Birds of Haiti and San Domingo. Estes & Lauriat, Boston, 1885.
Price: US$1500.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: 198 pages, plus 23 plates of which 22 are hand colored and the 23 is the frontispiece b/w map of Haiti. Originally published in four parts issued in paper wraps; the first three parts were produced in 1884, and the last in 1885. Later binding with red burgundy cloth spine and corners, and green cloth over boards. Black ruled edges to green cloth. Lacking original paper wrap covers. Gold colored lettering on spine is a little faded, though remains clear. Volume shows just a little spine lean. Library stamp and withdrawal stamp in blank upper space of copyright page (verso of title page), and NO other library markings. One leaf, page 15/16 shows triangular paper loss at lower outside corner, with later repair. Text is not affected. Small and light penciled checks along index list of plates. Occasional light smudges, which are worst on index pages. There are a few light and small spots of foxing. Plates remain bright, clean, and very lovely.
Seller: Lloyd Zimmer, Books and Maps, Chanute, KS, U.S.A.
Cory, Charles B.. The Birds of Haiti and San Domingo. Estes & Lauriat: Boston, 1885.
Price: US$1800.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: Boston: Estes & Lauriat, 1884-1885. Twenty-two hand-colored lithographs on heavy stock. Map of Haiti (Hispaniola). Dark cloth binding, worn at corners and head and tail of spine. Sewn signatures loosening. Plates bright, protected by tissue guards. Authorial inscription on ffep.
Seller: Buteo Books, Arrington, VA, U.S.A.
Price: US$2400.00 + shipping
Description: Pp. (2), 7-198; with 22 hand-colored plates and 1 monochrome map, 2 text-figures. Recent one-half straight-grained green morocco leather, spine with five raised bands titled in gilt on black leather and red leather labels in two compartments, over English pale green marbled boards with pale green endpapers (original printed green wrappers bound in at rear), 4to (287 x 225 cm). This volume provides the synonymy, description of plumage, and notes for each species. The hand-colored plates in this copy are particularly bright and clean. This work was issued in four parts dated 1844 (parts 1-3) and 1885 (part 4); the edition was limited to 300 copies only. There is no limitation page in the volume but the front wrapper of each part is labeled with a small red number of 291 (part 1), 245 (part 2), 168 (part 3) and 256 (part 4). Since the highest of these numbers is 291, it seems to confirm an edition of only 300 copies. The wrapper of part 1 has been slightly trimmed with no effect to the text. The title page bears the small name-stamp of ornithologist Ed N. Harrison. There are no other ownership marks of any kind. See also Fine Bird Books (1990), p. 87, Wood, p. 300 and Zimmer, p. 138. The rear side (verso) of some plates show a touch of faint foxing, all of the text and hand-colored plates are very bright and clean, the recent half-morocco binding is very attractive; a tight and clean copy in near fine condition.
Seller: Natural History Books, Iowa City, IA, U.S.A.