Field Book of Wild Birds and Their Music: A Description of the Character and Music of Birds, Intended to Assist in the Identification of Species Common in the United States East of the Rocky Mountains--Revised and Enlarged Edition de Mathews, F. Schuyler - 1921

New York: G.P. Putnam's Sons, 1921. Revised and Enlarged Edition. Flexiboards. Near Fine. A beautiful 1921 revised and enlarged edition of a birding handbook first published in 1904. Black cloth-covered flexiboards. Gilt title and decoration of a bird on cover. Near fine condition. Binding is tight, page are clean, vertical ridges on spine. Gift message on front endpage in lovely writing: "To Irene, May 7, 1923, Homer." Color frontis protected by intact tissue. Black-and-white as well as color illustrations throughout, along with notations about "bird music." Narrow 12mo. 325 pp. including maps and index. Several pages of ads for other nature books from the publisher follow.