The California Quail gilt-decoration on front covers

gilt-decoration on front covers

Originally published as “Au Laos et Au Siam”

A very bright and clean copy

This is the very scarce original edition of this important monograph on this endangered North American species

45 plates - 8 in color

The California Quail gilt-decoration on front coversPp. xx, 281; color frontis plate from painting by G. M. Christman, 95 text figures (black and white photos, line drawings, graphs). Publishers original red cloth, lettered in gilt on the spine, color pictorial dust jacket, 8vo. A thorough review of Californias state bird, the California Quail by the well known California naturalist, A. Starker Leopold. No ownership marks. Publisher University of California Press Publisher Place Berkeley, CA Date