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[email protected] DDoonnaalldd AA.. HHeeaalldd || RRaarree BBooookkss CLICK THE JOHN JAMES AUDUBON TITLE Ornithological Biography, or an account of the habits of the birds of the United States of America; accompanied by descriptions of the objects represented in the work entitled The Birds of America, and interspersed with delineations of American scenery and manners. Edinburgh & London: Printed by Neill & Co. (Edinburgh) for Adam & Charles Black (Edinburgh) and R. Havell Jun., and Longman, Rees, Brown and Green (London), and various others, 1831-1834-1835-1838-"1849" [i.e.1839]. 5 volumes, large 8vo (10 1/2 x 6 1/4 inches). Half-titles. Numerous woodcut text illustrations. Vols. 2-5 uncut. Modern half red morocco and red cloth covered boards, spine with raised bands six compartments, lettered in gilt in the second and fourth, the others with a repeat decoration in gilt. First edition of the separately-issued text for the elephant folio Birds of America. (#30510) $ 8,500. DDoonnaalldd AA.. HHeeaalldd || RRaarree BBooookkss JOHN JAMES AUDUBON Republican Cliff Swallow. Edinburgh: 1831. Oil on millboard, R. Davy label on verso. Approximately 18 1/2 x 11 1/4 inches. Framed. An important original oil painting from the Audubon/Kidd collaboration. (#29519) $ 55,000. DDoonnaalldd AA.