A SPECIAL DELUXE EDITION OF AUDUBON'AVIARY SLIPCASED with Oppenheimer print (subject in print is the titmouse bird) in protective packet inside, in shipping box in a printed slipcase plus wrapped with Saifu cloth with liner. The spine of the slipcase is exposed binding cloth with gold stamping of the title and indicia. In December 2010, The Economist magazine estimated that five of the ten highest prices ever paid for printed books were paid for copies of Birds of America. On 6 December 2010, a complete copy of the first edition was sold in London at Sotheby's for approximately $11.5 million during the sale of Magnificent Books, Manuscripts and Drawings from the Collection of Frederick, Second Lord Hesketh. This is your chance to get your own copy of this limited edition - highly sought after collection of paintings.