Rare Birds of the West Coast of North America by Don Roberson, 1980 First Printing Hardcover with Dust Jacket

Rare Birds of the West Coast of North America by Don Roberson is a 1980 first printing hardcover from Woodcock Publications, with photographs, maps, line drawings, and color bird plates.

The burgundy boards retain clear gold lettering beneath a heavily worn dust jacket with tears, permanent spotting, and missing pieces, all shown in the photos.

This birding reference covers identification, status, and distribution in California, Oregon, Washington, British Columbia, and Alaska, with records compiled through 1979.

Details

• Item: Book
• Title: Rare Birds of the West Coast of North America
• Author: Don Roberson
• Illustrator: Color plates by Donna Dittmann, Dana Gardner, Tim Manolis, Marv Reif, and Ray Robinson; text line illustrations by Don Roberson
• Publisher: Woodcock Publications, Pacific Grove, California
• Publication Year: 1980
• Edition and Printing: First printing, stated
• Format and Binding: Hardcover, burgundy cloth with gold lettering
• Dust Jacket: Present, with tears, permanent spotting, chips, and missing pieces
• Pages: 496
• Genre: Ornithology and bird identification
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0-9605352-0-9
• Dimensions: 9 x 5 x 2 inches

Condition Grade: Good

Positives

• Graded Good: A solid, usable reference book with visible age wear and a heavily worn dust jacket.
• The burgundy cloth boards retain their color, with clear gold title lettering on the front.
• The binding holds together, and the photographed interior pages remain attached and easy to read.
• The photographed text pages have no visible handwriting or highlighting.
• Black and white photographs, identification drawings, and regional maps remain clear.
• The photographed color plate retains distinct bird colors and readable identification labels.
• The copyright page clearly states First printing and includes the ISBN.
• No tape is present on the jacket.

Issues / Wear

• A large piece is missing from the upper front jacket near the spine, exposing the burgundy board and interrupting part of the printed title.
• The jacket has additional tears, chips, creases, and missing sections along the upper edge, spine ends, folds, and corners.
• The cream areas of the jacket show toning, permanent gray and brown spotting, and scuffing on the front and back.
• The red jacket edges show rubbing and small areas of color loss.
• The jacket spine has a small hole along one fold and splitting near the lower end.
• The jacket's inner surface and flaps are yellowed, with curled and creased edges.
• The pages and page edges show age toning, strongest along the upper edges and some outer margins.
• The board corners and spine ends show light rubbing and bumping.

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The first printing statement, regional maps, and illustrated identification pages make this a useful addition to a West Coast birding history shelf. If it's the right copy for you, it's ready to come home.