The Child's Book About Birds.
The Child's Book About Birds.
The Child's Book About Birds.
The Child's Book About Birds.
The Child's Book About Birds.
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The Child's Book About Birds.

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(Chapbooks) THE CHILD'S BOOK ABOUT BIRDS. Concord, N.H.: Published by R. Merrill, 1843. FIRST EDITION. 48mo - 3-3/8" x 2-5/16". Original green paper wrappers string-bound as issued, with titles and decoration printed in black to front wrapper and publisher's advertisement within a decorative border design printed in black to back wrapper for what is a lovely copy of the book; gift inscription on p. [2] of wrappers. 8 pp. The book contains descriptive information on and a woodcut illustration of seven different species of birds: the goosander, falcon, toucan, ostrich, bittern, nightingale and stormy petrel; a title-page woodcut vignette of a rooster brings the total number of woodcuts in the book to nine; very minor spotting/staining internally for what for the most part is a very fresh and clean copy of the book. The condition of the book is NEAR FINE. Only eight copies located on OCLC/WorldCat. RARE #000928