Comprising a Manual of Instruction for Procuring, Preparing and Preserving Birds and a Check List of North American Birds. Salem: Naturalists' Agency, 1874. First edition. Presented to Joseph M. Wade by the author. Octavo. iv, 137 pages. Publisher's original green cloth over beveled boards with titles and decoration in gilt and black. Modest shelf wear to the edges of the boards and spine ends; former owner's book plate on the front pastedown; light uniform toning to pages.

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