The Birder's Handbook: A Field Guide to the Natural History of North American Birds;Including All Species That Regularly Breed North of Mexico

Blue cloth binding with brown paper boards. The cloth binding is slightly sunned. Top edges of boards are sunned.Corners are square. Binding is very tight. Owner's stop on top right FEP. End papers decorated with "Symobols used in Summery Line" and "Key Treatments".Classification de-coders in essence. There is a 2" x 1.5" water stain on the text-block bottom. This same stain bleeds in an uniform manner onto the fore edge. Note the stain has not real color except a slight toning in certain parts of the text blocl. Affected pages are rippled, but they do not stick together or have abrasions from this having happened in the past. DJ is in almost perfect condition except the fact that is sunned on the spine. Also, there is a small crease/rippling of the paper near the top spine (not from water). Back of DJ may have light soiling. Text pages seem free of remainder marks. No highlights or writing.