Useful Birds and Their Protection. Containing Brief Descriptions of the More Common and Useful Species of Massachusetts, With Accounts of Their Food Habits, and a Chapter on the Means of Attracting and Protecting Birds ;; By Edward Howe Forbush, ornithologist to the Massachusetts State Board of Agriculture. Illustrated by the author, C. Allan Lyford, Chester A. Reed and others. Pub. under direction of the Massachusetts State Board of Agriculture, by authority of the Legislature

Forbush, Edward Howe; Massachusetts; State Board of Agriculture

Published by Mass. State Board of Agriculture, [Boston, Mass.], 1907

About this Item

Small quarto in red cloth; xx, 437 p. col. front., illus., LVI pl.; 25 cm. A handsome work on high quality paperstock with numerous illustratins. A fairly early conservation work. // Ornithology, conservation; birdlife; birds. Early Dust Jackets. Roach predation to boards edges (superficial nibbles to cloth) ; gift inscription to front free endpaper; else Very Good++ in Very Good original printed DJ edge-chipped DJ (presumably uncommon thus).

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Useful Birds and Their Protection. Containing Brief Descriptions of the More Common and Useful Species of Massachusetts, With Accounts of Their Food Habits, and a Chapter on the Means of Attracting and Protecting Birds ;; By Edward Howe Forbush, ornithologist to the Massachusetts State Board of Agriculture. Illustrated by the author, C. Allan Lyford, Chester A. Reed and others. Pub. under direction of the Massachusetts State Board of Agriculture, by authority of the Legislature
• Publisher: Mass. State Board of Agriculture, [Boston, Mass.]
• Publication Date: 1907
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition: Second edition.
• Condition: Very Good
• Dust Jacket Condition: Dust Jacket Included
• Seller catalogs:
  • Birds
  • Nature, Plants, Animals, The Environment