Bird-Life: A Guide to the Study of Our Common Birds

Published by D. Appleton and Company, 1902

About this Item

Hardcover copy published 1902; good for its age. Shaken; binding is weak, a few pages are detached, starting at inner hinge. Aging at page edges; interiors clean and free of marks. Non-authorial signature on fep. Scarce early edition. Seventy-five full-page colored plates after drawings by Ernest Thompson Seton. "How unusual it is to meet any one who can correctly name a dozen of our birds! One may live in the country and still know only two or three of the one hundred and fifty or more kinds of birds that my be found during the year. Nevertheless, these gay, restless creatures, both by voice and action, constantly invite our attention, and they are far too interesting and beautiful to be ignored. No one to whom Nature appeals should be without some knowledge of these, the most attractive of her animate forms. The scientific results to be derived from the study of birds are fully realized by the naturalist. But there are other results equally important. I would have every one know of them: results that add to our pleasure in field and wood, and give fresh interest to walks that before were eventless; that quicken both ear and eye, making us hear and see where before we were deaf and blind. Then, to our surprise, we shall discover that the forests and pastures we have known all our lives are tenanted by countless feathered inhabitants whose companionship will prove a source of endless enjoyment." â??Frank M. Chapman, from the preface.

Seller Inventory # AH9502U

Bibliographic Details

• Title: Bird-Life: A Guide to the Study of Our Common Birds
• Publisher: D. Appleton and Company
• Publication Date: 1902
• Binding: Hardcover
• Condition: Good