ORDER CONTRACT 



THE BIRDS sf 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 



LARGE PAPER EDITION, DE LUXE 



Limited to Two Hundred and Fifty Copies. Each copy to be numbered in the order sold and 



signed by the author 



THE BIRDS OF CALIFORNIA PUBLISHING COMPANY 



San Francisco, Los Angeles and Santa Barbara 



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PON DELIVERY of one set, of three volumes, of the LARGE 

 PAPER EDITION, Royal Quarto, De Luxe, §f "THE BIRDS tf 



CALIFORNIA," numbered , or within thirty days 



thereafter, I agree to pay to 



The Birds gf California Publishing Company 



the sum gf Seventy- five Dollars; provided that the work satisfies reasonable 

 requirements qf literary and scientific merit and qf artistic workmanship, and that it conforms, 

 substantially, to the following specifications: 



1.— THE LARGE PAPER EDITION will be a Royal 

 Quarto, 914 x 12 J^ inches in size, and will comprise (to- 

 gether with the other De Luxe Editions) the first impressions 

 from the original copper plates, requiring for their production 

 a separate and exclusive make-ready. _ It will be printed with 

 the greatest care in double-toned ink on 150 pound art 

 enameled paper, of the best quality, with specially designed 

 linings and decorations, and it will contain more than 1500 

 pages finished with artistic wide margins, uncut edges and 

 gilded tops. 



2.— THE ILLUSTRATIONS will include, besides the 

 series of 750 half-tones found in the text: (a) A photo- 



graphic frontispiece in each volume. (b) A series of 24 

 photogravures, (c) A series of color plates, at least 100 in 

 number, reproducing original studies by Mr. Allan Brooks. 



3.— THE BINDING of this edition will be of the simplest 

 character — gray binders' boards with paper labels, neat in 

 appearance, but not especially durable. 



4. — THE TEXT will be a complete, scientific and popular 

 account of the more than 500 species of birds found in the 

 State of California, and will comprise, 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. 



It is intended to secure in this Large Paper Edition, at a moderate price, the essential art 

 values qf the most elaborate work which has ever been attempted on the birds qf a single state. 



COMPLETE IN THREE VOLUMES, NEATLY BOXED 



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<iy4ddress 

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Accepted 



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For the Company, by_ 



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, with- 

 drawals 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 sixteen monthly instalments 

 of Five Dollars each, beginning 30 days after delivery of the books. 



