Title: John James Audubon: The Birds of America - June 16 and 17, 1983 (Sale Number 5054)
Author: Editor-Sotheby's New York; Foreword-Marshall B. Davidson; Preface-S. Dillon Ripley
Publisher: Sotheby Parke Bernet Inc.
Copyright Date: 1983
Type: Paperback
Book condition: Very Good
Jacket condition: None as issued

Notes: Solid copy with no writing or marks to text. Cover is glossy with light edge and corner wear. Small bump top edge to cover and first 6 pages. No spine crease. Auction catalog for Sale Number 5054 at Sotheby's in New York, June 16-17, 1983. The sale offered Audubon's full series of original bird prints, which represented 30 years of his work as an illustrator. From the collections of Mrs. (C. Head?) Ford (an original subscriber), William Schoot of Philadelphia, The Long Island Historical Society, and Mr. and Mrs. Frederick William Beinecke. Book shows all prints, several in color, the balance in black and white. An outstanding resource for a collector of Audubon prints, or for someone studying his work.