Life Histories of North American Birds: The Collected Works of Arthur Cleveland Bent in 14 volumes

Bent, Arthur C.; Joseph Harvey Riley; Hugh M Smith; William Louis Abbott

Smithsonian, 1919

[Life histories of North American Birds: The Collected Works of Arthur Cleveland Bent] A superb aviary collection.  14 volume set. 9 volumes rebound in fine navy cloth, with original wraps bound in.  5 volumes bound in wraps.  Custom made mylar wraps.  Excellent bindings and covers.  Bulletin / Smithsonian Institution. United States National Museum, 107; 113; 121; 126; 130; 135; 146; 162; 167; 170; 172, 174, 191. Includes the following volumes: Life histories of North American birds of prey. [1] Diving birds (Order Pygopodes); [2] Gulls and terns (Order Longipennes).  [3] Petrels and pelicans and their allies (Order Tubinares and Order Steganopodes). [4-5] Wild fowl (Order Anseres). 2 pts. [6] Marsh birds (Orders Odontoglossae, Herodiones and Paludicolae). [7-8] Shore birds (Order Limicolae). 2 pts. [9] Gallinaceous birds (Orders Galliformes and Columbiformes). [10-11] Birds of prey (Order Falconiformes). 2 pts. [12] Woodpeckers (Order Piciformes). [13] Jays, Crows, and Titmice (Order Passeriformes); [14] Birds from Siam and the Malay peninsula in the United States National museum collected by Drs. Hugh M. Smith and William L. Abbott.  

Aviary bookplate of Dorothy Constance Pallas to one volume.  Pencil signature of Edith Blair Gambrill (1896-1988, Somerset, NJ).