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AUDUBON, John James (1785–1851) Notes on the Hirundo fulva [and] Facts and Observations on the permanent residence of the Swallow in the United States [being articles in:] Annals of the Lyceum of Natural History of New-York. Vol. I Part the First [Part the Second]. New-York: Printed for The Lyceum, by. J. Seymour, 1824. 8vos. Illustrated with 3 hand-colored plates and 27 engraved plates. iv, [1]-192, [12, Catalogue of Books in the Library of the Lyceum of Natural History, December 1824]; iv, [193]-410 pp. Bound in publisher’s boards, one volume with cloth backstrip, one with paper backstrip, both with original printed paper labels (bindings soiled and worn, spines split, vol. 1 with detached front board, joints and hinges starting, “Officers of the Lyceum” leaf and p. 315 in vol. 2 both torn). Fair. FIRST EDITION OF AUDUBON’S FIRST PUBLISHED WRITING, BOTH APPEARING IN VOLUME 1, on pp. 163-168 (p. 163 unopened at top).