{"product_id":"american-birds-1950s-1960s-forbush","title":"A Natural History of American Birds of Eastern and Central North America, Forbush, May, Illustrated Hardcover","description":"\u003cp\u003eA Natural History of American Birds of Eastern and Central North America by Edward Howe Forbush, revised and abridged by John Bichard May, is a Bramhall House illustrated hardcover, likely from the 1950s to 1960s.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe reading pages and color illustrations remain clean, while the dust jacket has extensive tears, creases, and missing pieces clearly shown in the photos.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis reference explores bird identification, habits, breeding, and range, with the title page crediting ninety-six full color illustrations to Louis Agassiz Fuertes, Allan Brooks, and Roger Tory Peterson.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch2\u003eDetails\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eItem:\u003c\/strong\u003e Illustrated bird reference book\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eTitle:\u003c\/strong\u003e A Natural History of American Birds of Eastern and Central North America\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/strong\u003e Edward Howe Forbush; revised and abridged with the addition of more than one hundred species by John Bichard May\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eIllustrator:\u003c\/strong\u003e Louis Agassiz Fuertes, Allan Brooks, and Roger Tory Peterson\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/strong\u003e Bramhall House, New York, a division of Clarkson N. Potter, Inc.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Year:\u003c\/strong\u003e Likely 1950s to 1960s; latest copyright date shown is 1955\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eEdition and Printing:\u003c\/strong\u003e Revised and abridged edition with more than one hundred additional species; Bramhall House reprint by arrangement with Houghton Mifflin Company; copyright page carries the code (B)\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eFormat and Binding:\u003c\/strong\u003e Hardcover in green cloth with an impressed front cover title\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDust Jacket:\u003c\/strong\u003e Present, with extensive wear, tears, and losses\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 554\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eGenre:\u003c\/strong\u003e Natural history, ornithology, and bird reference\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/strong\u003e English\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eISBN:\u003c\/strong\u003e None\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e Approximately 12 by 7 by 1.5 inches\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eCondition Grade: Good\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePositives\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eGraded Good:\u003c\/strong\u003e The book remains a usable illustrated reference; the dust jacket is substantially more worn than the interior.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eReading pages are clean and legible, with no writing, underlining, cuts, rips, or tears found during inspection.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe photographed color plates retain clear detail and strong color, with bird names and identification keys printed beside the illustrations.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe plate spread shown includes scoters, a ruddy duck, and geese in waterside settings.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eGreen cloth boards retain their impressed title and remain attached to the text block.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe dust jacket retains its illustrated front panel, readable title, and author and artist credits despite the edge losses.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eIssues \/ Wear\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe dust jacket has extensive edge tears, chips, missing pieces, creases, and fraying around the spine ends, corners, and panel edges.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe lower front jacket panel is torn and curled, with losses affecting portions of the printed artist credits.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe jacket back panel has surface soil, scattered spots, thin reddish marks, and a narrow yellowish stain toward the bottom.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eLarger jacket losses along the back fold and bottom edge expose the green binding beneath.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eOuter page edges are darkened and toned, with scattered spotting visible in the closed-book views.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eFind more like this in our \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/myreadingvintage.com\/collections\/nature-field-guides\"\u003eVintage Nature \u0026amp; Field Guides\u003c\/a\u003e collection.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe named bird illustrations and detailed species accounts give a bird reader plenty to study, and the color plates offer display possibilities for someone choosing prints to frame. 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