Folio (37 cm); 430 pages, with 41 color plates by Lansdowne, 35 black-and-white illustrations, and 17 maps. Original publisher's prospectus laid in, together with a photocopy of Ripley's obituary in the New York Times. Fine in original three-piece linen and buckram, with dust jacket, and in original shipping slipcase. One of the great 20th-century bird books. Extra shipping charges will apply.

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Bibliographic Details

Title

Rails of the World: A monograph of the family of Rallidae

Publisher

David R. Godine, Boston

Publication Date

1977

Language

English

ISBN 10

087923198X

ISBN 13

9780879231989

Binding

Hardcover

Illustrator

Lansdowne, Fenwick

Edition

First edition.

Condition

Fine

Dust Jacket Condition

Dust Jacket Included

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Natural History

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Synopsis

Pairing S. Dillon Ripley’s quarter century of study with over 70 color and black-and-white illustrations by J. Fenwick Lansdowne, this book marks a memorable ornithological publishing event. Both the book’s subject matter and its manner of production―lavishly illustrated, printed on special paper with relentless attention to every detail―represent worthy objects of celebration and preservation.

Review

Dillon Ripley, the Secretary of the Smithsonian Institute, a scholar who knows the world's more esoteric birds perhaps as well as anyone, and Fenwick Lansdowne, one of our finest bird portraitists, have combined their talents to produce a work which will be coveted not only by serious ornithologists but also by every collector of fine natural history books. --Roger Tory Peterson

The Rails of the World fills up a very important gap, and it does it unusually well. The text and the illustrations are both of the highest quality, and it is also easy to read and to consult. The rails, of course, constitute one of the most interesting, attractive and widely distributed group of birds. --Jean Delacour

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