Bird neighbors. : An introductory acquaintance with one hundred and fifty birds commonly found in the gardens, meadows, and woods about our homes / by Neltje Blanchan ; with introduction by John Burroughs ; and fifty-two colored plates.
Neltje Blanchan (1865-1918)
Category
Books
Date
1900
Materials
Place of origin
New York
Collection
Anglesey Abbey, Cambridgeshire
NT 3124668
Summary
Bibliographic description
viii, [2], 234 p., 52 leaves of plates : col. ill. ; 27 cm. Shelved and uniform with Blanchan's "Birds that hunt and are hunted" (New York, 1904). Pp. 3-4 torn away. Pencil scribbles on plate [2] and pp. 32-33. Pencil numbers on rear pastedown; "200" [crossed through] and "150". Provenance: Manuscript inscription on front pastedown: "Huttleston Broughton. / May 1901" [i.e.: Huttleston Rogers Broughton, 1st Lord Fairhaven (1896-1966)]. Binding: Early twentieth-century full publisher's dark green cloth; single white fillet to form an outer border on upper board; white lettered title in centre panel of double white fillets on upper board; white lettered spine; green top edge.
Makers and roles
Neltje Blanchan (1865-1918), author John Burroughs (1837-1921), author