BEEBE, Charles William.  A Monograph of the Pheasants, London: Witherby and Co., 1918-22.
BEEBE, Charles William. A Monograph of the Pheasants, London: Witherby and Co., 1918-22.

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BEEBE, Charles William. A Monograph of the Pheasants, London: Witherby and Co., 1918-22.

4 volumes, 4° (405 x 297mm.), 90 coloured lithographed or collotype plates after Thorburn, Lodge, Grönvald, Fuertes, C. R. Knight, H. Jones and C. Megargee, 88 photogravures (many with 2 images) from photographs by Beebe and others and 20 distribution maps printed in red and black (occasional very light browning), original cloth (rubbed, a few stains), t.e.g.

ONE OF 600 COPIES. Anker 31; Mengel 203: "perhaps the greatest ornithological work of the present century"; Nissen IVB 84; Wood 228. (4)

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