A bibliography of British ornithology.
Hitchin: Wheldon and Wesley, (1986. facsimile). Octavo, publisher's cloth. More
Hitchin: Wheldon and Wesley, (1986. facsimile). Octavo, publisher's cloth. More
Wellington: Department of Internal Affairs, 1968. Octavo, publisher's printed boards. More
Washington DC: The Auk, (1954. first edition), Octavo, bookplate, fine copy. More
Brisbane: Boolarong Press, 2010. Octavo, colour illustrations, inscribed by the author, softcover. When Silvester Diggles arrived in 1855 there was little artistic or scientific talent in the small frontier town of Brisbane. By the time of his death in 1880, his paramount legacy was a large book on Australian birds..... More
Mansfield: Maurizio Martino, [1995]. Octavo, uncoloured frontispiece, publisher's boards. First published Yale University Press, 1961. More
New York: Martino Fine Books & Publishing, (1994. reprint). Octavo, Standard bibliography of ornithological books and periodicals published in French or Latin, covering France and French colonies. More
Paris: Paul Lechevalier, 1948. Octavo, binder's cloth, contents fine and crisp. Standard bibliography of ornithological books and periodicals published in French or Latin, covering France and French colonies. More
Kansas City: Author, 1977. Octavo, photographs, softcover. More
Melbourne: Lansdowne Editions, 1982. Quarto, colour plates, text illustrations, fine copy in dustwrapper. The Standard and best bibliography on John Gould. Gordon Chenoweth Sauer M. D. (1921-2003) became the world's the pre-eminent authority on John Gould throughout his life, with many publications to his name. He actively corresponded with another..... More
Staten Island: Martino Fine Books & Publishing, 1996. Octavo, fine copy in publisher's cloth. More
London: H F & G Witherby, (1990. second edition). Quarto, colour plates, very good copy in dustwrapper. First published 1953 in folio and one of the best bird book bibliographies. This smaller format second edition has an additional appendix by Handasyde Buchanan on printing techniques and is a lot easier..... More
London: The Ibis, 1962. Octavo, folding map, photographs. Handsome binder's quarter cloth and marbled boards, a fine copy. The Ibis volume 103b, number two. Also the subject of a popular book published 1960. More
London: John Van Voorst, 1855. Octavo, Publisher's cloth, some wear, the signature and book plate of H. M. Whittell, scarce. More
New York: Delacorte Press, 2008. Octavo, illustrations, fine copy in dustwrapper. Explores the stories surrounding approximately 30 of the world's best-known species, drawing on traditions from every quarter of the globe. More
London: Henry Sotheran, 1986. Octavo, photographs, dustwrapper. More
London: Faber and Faber, 1982. Octavo, photographs, fine copy in dustwrapper. More
London: Christopher Helm, 2003. Octavo, colour illustrations, dustwrapper. The first modern history of ornithology, tracing its development from the seventeenth century. Includes reference to the lives and works of such people as Linnaeus, Darwin and Wallace, as well as many other lesser-known figures. More
Scone: Seven Press, 2007. Quarto, photographs, limited edition of 300 numbered and signed copies, a fine copy in dustwrapper, scarce. Limited edition of 300 numbered and signed copies. Henry Luke White assembled the best ever collection of Australian birds' eggs as well as a fine bird skin collection. He also..... More
Perth: Paterson Brokensha, 1954. Small quarto, illustrations. Binder's cloth, a fine copy. The standard bibliography of Australian ornithology with an elegant and useful introductory essay. More
Mansfield: Maurizio Martino, 1994. Octavo, text illustrations. Publisher's cloth, fine copy. An excellent facsimile (easier to use than the original) of Whittell's classic bibliography of Australian ornithology. Limited to 100 copies. More
Cambridge MA: [Maurizio Martino, [1996]. Octavo, Publisher's cloth, bound as a single volume. First published in 1926 by the Field Museum of Natural History in Chicago. More
New York: Arno Press, 1974. Octavo, publisher's cloth. An invaluable reference first published in 1926 by the Field Museum of Natural History in Chicago. More
Chicago: Field Museum of Natural History, 1926. Octavo, coloured frontispiece. Publisher's wrappers, both volumes in a binder's slipcase, a very good set. More