The California Quail sm folio (315 x 230

sm folio (315 x 230 mm)

light foxing to the title page

Originally published as “Au Laos et Au Siam”

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

gilt-decoration on front covers

The California Quail sm folio (315 x 230Pp. 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