Illustrated by J.G. Keulemans; maps by G. Philip and Son

"Printed by Taylor and Francis ..., Fleet Street" --Verso of t.p

Page 24A, with blank verso, is inserted between pages 24 and 25; the final p. is blank

Includes index

"Literature": p. xlix-liii

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SCNHRB has two copies (formerly BIRDRB and SCAIRB)

SCNHRB c. 1 (39088003173788; formerly SCAIRB) has the original brown embossed cloth binding with gilt-tooled front cover and spine and top edge gilt. "Quaritch" is stamped at foot of spine

SCNHRB c. 2 (39088007650146; formerly BIRDRB) has bookplate: Smithsonian Institution Libraries, Alexander Wetmore, sixth Secretary, 1946-1953

SCNHRB c. 2 has autograph on front free endpaper: A. Wetmore

SCNHRB c. 2 has typed letter, signed, inserted at front of volume, from the staff of the museum and aquarium of the California Academy of Sciences, San Francisco, offering this book as a wedding gift to Mr. & Mrs. Samuel Davidson

SCNHRB c. 2 is bound in brown embossed cloth; gilt-tooled front cover and spine; top edge gilt; "Quaritch" is stamped at foot of spine

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