Man and the California Condor: The Embattled History and Uncertain Future of North America's Largest Free-Living Bird.

MCMILLAN, Ian: Man and the California Condor: The Embattled History and Uncertain Future of North America's Largest Free-LIving Bird. New York, E.P. Dutton and Co.,Inc., 1968. FIRST EDITION. Hardcover with dust jacket, 191 pp. Subject: Nonfiction / Nature / Birds – Condors – North America / Natural History / Conservation Efforts. Book and jacket condition: Very Good/Good. Light edgewear and small tear to top extremity of jacket. Small chip to top-central area of wrapper's spine. Light smudge to the center of jacket, near the fore-edge. A decent-looking jacket all-in-all. Boards pink with gilt lettering on spine with very light edgewear to the foot of the spine. Overall a copy in above-average condition with all pages clean and unmarked with stunning black and white photos. A moving and compelling account of the natural history of a rare species of condor threatened with extinction due to human incursion into its natural habitat. Essential for students of natural history in general and of avian enthusiasts in particular.