Hagerbaumer, David

Selected American Game Birds, with Sam Lehman

Caldwell, Idaho, Caxton Printers, Ltd., 1972. First Edition. Hardcover. Size: Oblong 8vo 8" to 9" tall. These original paintings and calligraphy were executed solely for this book and were not to be reproduced elsewhere. A perfectly serviceable reference copy; nothing fancy, but complete and sturdy, bound in an oblong hardcover format, sharp and distinct gilt lettering to cover and spine, moderate fading or mottling of the brown cloth at cover, but neither spine nor rear panel. Some bleed-through from glue at rear paste-down, else bright and unmarked of interior. An unusual format indeed. Each of the 26 black-and-white and full color plates are full-page and then captioned opposite in a fine calligraphy; verso the text page is a black-and-white illustration at right bottom. Unpaginated.Member, I.O.B.A., C.B.A., and adherent to the highest ethical standards. . . . Good

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Book number: 355278

Catalogue: Birds

Keywords: Sam Lehman David Hagerbaumer game birds ornithology natural history plates calligraphy

Hagerbaumer, David, with Sam Lehman

Selected American Game Birds, with Sam Lehman

Caldwell, Idaho, Caxton Printers, Ltd., 1972. First Edition. Hardcover. Size: Oblong 8vo 8" to 9" tall. A handsome, attractive book on the waterfowl and game birds of North America, and complete with useful information for the artist as for the hunter about each species. Complete with biographies of the artist David Hagerbaumer by David Maass, and of the calligrapher Sam Lehman by Lloyd Reynolds. Inside front flap is the note: "These original paintings and calligraphy were executed solely for this book" and were not to be reproduced elsewhere. Fine-looking, structurally sound hardcover, little discernible wear, bright interior, unmarked. Bright and shiny dust jacket, illustrated, little worn, protected by a plastic coat. Bound, published, in an unusual format indeed, in oblong. Each of the 26 black-and-white and full color plates are full-page and then captioned opposite in a fine calligraphy; verso the text page is a black-and-white illustration at right bottom. Unpaginated, but roughly 60 pp.Member, I.O.B.A., C.B.A., and adherent to the highest ethical standards. . . . Fine/Fine,

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Book number: 355279

Catalogue: Birds

Keywords: calligraphy David Hagerbaumer Sam Lehman game birds ornithology