ORDER CONTRACT 



The Birds of California 



By WILLIAM LEON DAWSON, A. M. 



Author of "The Birds of Ohio" and "The Birds of Washington" 

 WITH THE COOPERATION OF 



THE COOPER ORNITHOLOGICAL CLUB 



BOOKLOVERS* EDITION, Limited to 500 Copies 



Each copy to be numbered in the order sold 



THE BIRDS OF CALIFORNIA PUBLISHING COMPANY 

 San Francisco, Los Angeles, and Santa Barbara 



Upon delivery of one set, of three volumes, of the BOOKLOVERS' EDITION, of 



"THE BIRDS OF CALIFORNIA," numbered , or within thirty days thereafter, 



I agree to pay to 



The Birds of California Publishing Company 



the sum of Forty -five Dollars ; provided that the work conforms, substantially, to the 

 following specifications: 



1.— THE BOOKLOVERS" EDITION will be printed from the original plates on 120-pound art enameled 

 paper of the best quality, with pages 7?-4xl0^g inches in size. The work will contain more than 1500 pages, 

 besides 45 full-page illustrations consisting of photographs (3), photogravures (18), and color plates (24) from 

 original paintings by Mr. Allan Brooks. The text will be illustrated throughout in the most artistic manner by 750 

 half-tone cuts from photographs taken chiefly in California, exhibiting life portraits of birds, nests, eggs, favorite 

 haunts, etc., and from drawings by Mr. Brooks. The volumes will be bound in a three-quarter French Levant 

 (genuine imported) leather, with reversed Buckram sides, laced boards, uncut edges, gilded tops, and special design 

 on shelf-backs. 



2. — THE SPECIAL FEATURES of this edition will be the photogravures, found elsewhere only in the De 

 Luxe editions, and the choice French Levant binding. The lighter weight of the volumes in the Booklovers' 

 Edition will commend them to many. 



3.— "THE BIRDS OF CALIFORNIA" in all its editions will comprise a complete, scientific and 

 popular account of the more than 500 species of birds found in the Stale of California, and will 

 contain, in addition, analytical keys and other helps to ready identification, check-lists, representative local lists and 

 other appropriate critical matter, together with a full index. 



4. — It is intended to retain in this medium-priced edition many of the essential art values of one of the most 

 superb productions which has ever been attempted on the Pacific Coast. 



COMPLETE IN THREE VOLUMES, NEATLY BOXED. 



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Witness — — — — — . 



Signature required here if agent above other than W. Leon Dawson. 



NOTE— It is confidently expected that this edition of THE BIRDS OF CALIFORNIA will be ready for delivery May 15, 

 1916, but in case of delay this subscription will be considered valid until Dec. 1, 1917, and is not subject to cancellation before that 

 date, save as hereinafter specified. In view of the long time contemplated by this contract it shall not be held as binding upon the 

 estate of the subscriber in the event of his decease, or of his permanent removal from the State of California (if now resident) or of 

 his serious loss of fortune, conscientiously declared. In order to correct the subscription list in these particulars, notices will be mailed to 

 subscribers 60 days before our work goes to press, within which time, if at all, withdrawals must be made. Notices will also be sent 

 out 30 days prior to delivery. 



2. — Upon advance notice of their intent, Subscribers may make payment for these volumes in twelve monthly instalments of Four 

 Doliat6 each, beginning on the first day of the month following the delivery of the books. 



