ORDER CONTRACT 
The Birds of California 
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 
Upon delivery of one set, of three volumes, of the LARGE PAPER EDITION, Royal Quarto, 
De Luxe, 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 Sixty -seven Dollars and Fifty Ce?its {$67.50); provided that the work satisfies reason- 
able requirements of literary and scientific merit and of artistic workmanship, and that it conforms, sub- 
stantially, to the following specifications: 
1. — THE LARGE PAPER EDITION will be a Royal Quarto, * \2V2 inches in size, and will comprise (together 
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 photographic 
frontispiece in each volume. (3) A series of 24 photogravures, (c) A Series of color plates, at least 48 in number, repro- 
ducing 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 appear- 
ance, but not especially durable. 
4. — THE TEXT will be a complete, scientific and poptilar account of the more than 500 species of 
birds fotmd 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. 
5. — A PRINTED LIST of those Subscribers who elect to become Stockholders will be bound in with the first volume. 
It is intended to secure in this Large Paper Edition, at a moderate price, the essential art values of the 
most elaborate work which has ever been attempted on the birds of a single state. 
COMPLETE IN THREE VOLUMES, NEATLY BOXED,. 
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Signature required here if agent above other than W. Leon Dawson. 
NOTE.~It is confidently expected that this ^ition of THE BIRDS OF CALIFORNIA will be ready for delivery May I5» 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 permarient reilioval 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 Fifteen monthly instalments of Five Dollars each, beginning 
30 days after delivery of the books. 
