The Platte: Channels in Time (signed with crane illustration)
Lincoln: U Nebraska Press, 1984. First edition. Hardcover. Inscribed on the full-spread title pages by this prolific ornithologist-writer and distinguished by a beautiful sketch of a crane. Also signed under his byline. "A brief and personal portrait of a river as it has existed in the past and as it still exists today." The Platte is of course known for its conventions of sandhill cranes. Johnsgard was the Foundation Professor of Life Sciences at the University of Nebraska and wrote or edited nearly fifty books, almost all of them about birds. A very good book in black cloth with some light soiling to edges and some light foxing to top edge; in a very good jacket with creasing to edges and a few short tears. Collectible for the standout sketch. Very good / Very good. Item #1460
ISBN: 0803225601
Price: $95.00 save 6% $89.30