Vintage 1956 copy of original 1949 publication. Interior pages in excellent shape with minimal wear and no markings, tears, or folds. Cover is in good shape with some stains and creasing/cracking, and lightly bent corners. Small format birding guide c1956 highlighting 129 birds in full color. Indexed, 160 pages with end chart listing birds w/migration, eggs,nest and food (starting on page 132). Rest of volume offers, in addition to useful 20 page introduction, lovely color plates of individual birds on each page along with a small shaded inset map of their common habitat.