Hummingbirds.

Garden City, N.Y: Doubleday, (1960).

Price: $400.00


About the item

First edition. Number 353 of 500 copies signed by the author. Illustrated with 67 color tipped-in plates. x, [6], 250, [xvii]-xxi, [1] pp. 1 vols. 4to. Bound in full green leather-grained cloth. Near fine in publisher’s slipcase, a bit musty.

Item #210649

A notable breakthrough in high-speed photography made it possible for the first time to record hummingbirds in flight in their native environments; this book is the result.