Author: Various authors
Title: Silent Wings. A Memorial to the Passenger Pigeon
Description: Madison, WI, The Wisconsin Society for Ornithology, 1947. Wraps. Illustrated beige wraps. 42 pp. Black and white photos and illustrations throughout. A work issued in conjunction with a monument built to memorialize the extinction of the Passenger Pigeon, containing several essays, including the passenger pigeon in Wisconsin and problems in its history; attitude in conservation; the great Wisconsin Passenger Pigeon nesting of 1871. GOOD condition. Appears to be ex-library with a small call number label taped to the lower front cover. No other library treatments present. Number in ink to the lower rear cover. Gift inscription/dedication on the upper front cover. Covers toned, with some offsetting. Minor wrinkling and soiling. Light scattered foxing in the interior. Small newspaper clipped attached to the first page, discoloring the inside front cover in the same locale. Good .

Keywords: Noisbn Americana Natural History


See more books from our catalog: History