[ORNITHOLOGIE] Oberholser, Harry C. The Bird Life of Texas. Edited, with distribution maps and additional material by Edgar B. Kincaid, Jr. University of Texas Press, Austin, 1974. 2 large volumes in 4°. Publisher's cloth binding in illustrated dust jacket. Boxed set. With publisher's bookplate, Edgar B. Kincaid, Jr. in each volume. Frontispieces and 34 color plates by Louis Agassiz Fuertes, numerous maps and illustrations from photographs. XXVIII, 530; [viii], 531-1069 pages. This beautifully illustrated, definitive work on the birds of Texas, compiled by Harry C. Oberholser (1870-1963) and illustrated from Fuertes' 1901 watercolors, was edited by Edgar B. Kincaid, Jr. nephew of the famous Texas author, J. Frank Dobie. Fine condition.

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