"Edition 40. Conceived, designed, illustrated and printed by John Ross in collaboration with Lloyd Jonnes, who wrote the text. The illustrations are printed from collagraph plates by John Ross. The text type is Palatino, set by Kent LeFebvre at Signs Plus in Holyoke, Mass. Headlines are from wood type in the High Tide Collection. All the printing was done on a Vandercook 219 proving press at the High Tide workshop in East Hampton, New York"--Colophon.

There is a sculpture of a cardinal embedded into the front cover. Also there is a protective matching slip case in grey cloth. Contains13 double page colographs plus title page and colophon page colographs.

Artists' books > United States > Specimens.

Birds > New York (State) > New York > Pictorial works.

High Tide Press.

Press Collection (Library of Congress)