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 



SUNSET 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 



Upon delivery of one set, of four -Oolumes, of the SUNSET EDITION, Roy^al Quarto, De 



Luxe, of "THE BIRDS OF CALIFORNIA," numbered , or within thirty days 



thereafter, I agree to pay to 



Tke Birds of California Publishing Company 



the sum of One Hundred and Fifty Dollars; provided that the work satisfies reasonable require- 

 ments of literan? and scientific merit and of artistic workmanship, and that it conforms, substantially, 

 to the following specifications: 



i. — THE SUNSET EDITION will be a Roy^al Quarto, c/gxi2j inches in size, and will comprise (after the Stockholders' 

 Edition) 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 lusterless half-tone paper, of the best quality*, with 

 specially designed linings and decorations, and it \0ill 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 in the text illustrative of bird-life, at least 57 

 full-page inserts, consisting of photogravures (24), original photographs (30), and colored frontispieces (3) after paintings by* 

 NevJhall of Sunsets at Carmel. Process reproductions of the splendid series of water-color paintings of birds by Major Allan 

 Brooks and Louis Agassiz Fuertes, (from 100 to 400) will occupy the fourth volume. 



3. — THE BINDING of this Edition De Luxe will be a three-quarter Levant leather (subject to market — subscriber's choice 

 of shades), w"ith reversed Buckram sides, handsome and very 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 w"ill comprise, in addition, analytical keys and other helps to ready* identification, check-lists, 

 representative local lists, and other appropriate critical matter, together vJith a full index. 



5. — A PRINTED LIST of the Subscribers to the Sunset Edition will be bound in with the first volume. 



COMPLETE IN FOUR VOLUMES, NEATLY BOXED. 



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Address 





City 



Choice of Color 





Accepted_ 



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For the Company, by_ 



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 July 1, 

 1918, but in case of delay this subscription will be considered valid until December 15, 1919, and is not subject to cancellation be- 

 fore 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 — Such of our subscribers as elect to pay for their books in advance of publication are entitled to certain discounts from the 

 published price, and the current quotation will be noted in a supplementary contract of even date, whose specified terms of pay- 

 ment will supersede those here noted. 



