JACK MINER AND THE BIRDS. SOME THINGS I KNOW ABOUT NATURE. Signed.
Toronto: Ryerson Press, 1923.
First Edition. Soft cover. First Edition. A very good or better copy in navy cloth, gilt titles to the spine with light fade to the back panel. Small quarto. 178 pp. Illustrated with black and white photographs throughout. With a small archive of letters from the Jack Minor Foundation and other documents laid-in. Ownership signature of Mr. E.H. Bickford of Kingston, Ontario who had contacted the Jack Minor Foundation for information concerning Crows and the Crow trap developed by Jack Minor and information regarding the feeding of young Robins. The archive [dated 1926-32] contains three ALS's on foundation Letterhead from Manly F. Minor, Jack's son and acting Secretary-Treasurer, a form letter signed, W.C. Henderson from the United States Department Of Agriculture, Bureau Of Biological Surveys, addressed to Bickford, concerning the Minor developed Crow Trap, a copy of the Farmer's Bulletin and relevant newspaper and magazine clippings.
Item #33254 Price: US$850.00