The owls of southern Africa.
Cape Town: Struik Winchester, 1987. Quarto, colour plates by Simon Calburn, fine copy in dustwrapper and slipcase. More
Cape Town: Struik Winchester, 1987. Quarto, colour plates by Simon Calburn, fine copy in dustwrapper and slipcase. More
Mountfield: Pica Press, (1999. first edition). Large octavo, 64 colour plates by Friedhelm Weick, signature, very good copy in dustwrapper. Owls is the most comprehensive book ever published on the group. It is not merely an identification guide, although it does this job handsomely; it is also an invaluable source..... More
Toronto: Key Porter Books, (2001. revised edition). Octavo, paperback, colour photographs, maps. Describes North American owls and includes for each species a measurement chart and range map. More
Washington, DC: Raptor Information Center, 1983. Quarto, softcover. More
Princeton: Princeton University Press, 2011. Octavo, paperback, photographs. Focuses on distant raptors as they are truly seen in the field. Liguori, a leading expert on North American raptors, factors in new information and approaches for identifying twenty-nine species of raptor in various lighting situations and settings. The field guide's nineteen..... More
Princeton: Princeton University Press, 2011. Octavo, dustwrapper, colour photographs, other illustrations. Focuses on distant raptors as they are truly seen in the field. Liguori, a leading expert on North American raptors, factors in new information and approaches for identifying twenty-nine species of raptor in various lighting situations and settings. The..... More
Washington, DC: Raptor Information Center, 1979. Quarto, paperback, More
London: Harper Collins Publishers, 2017. Octavo, paperback, black and white illustrations. James Macdonald Lockhart explores all fifteen breeding birds of prey on British shores, from the Hen harrier to the ghostly Sparrowhawk. Also available in hardcover [stock id 39129]. More
London: Harper Collins Publishers, 2016. Octavo, dustwrapper, A stunning debut in the tradition of Robert Macfarlane and Helen Macdonald. Of all the birds of the British Isles, the raptor reigns supreme, sparking the imagination like no other. In this magnificent hymn to these beautiful animals, James Macdonald Lockhart explores all..... More
Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1983. Octavo, illustrations, fine copy in dustwrapper. More
London: Vintage, 2014. Octavo, fine copy in dustwrapper. Winner of the Samuel Johnson Prize for Non-Fiction. In her youth, Helen Macdonald was determined to become a falconer, learning the arcane terminology and reading all the classic books. Years later, when her father died and she was struck deeply by grief..... More
London: Bloomsbury Publishing, 2013. Quarto, dustwrapper, colour illustrations and photographs, maps. Anglian Water's project to reintroduce the Osprey to England has been an outstanding success, but is also a very personal project for the volunteers who have been involved in the Ospreys' journey from Scotland to Africa via Rutland. This..... More
Los Angeles: Cooper Ornithological Society, 1974. Octavo, graphs, signature, softcover. More
London: Poyser, 1990. Octavo, illustrations, bookplate, fine copy in dustwrapper. More
London: Knightly Vernon Ltd., 1966. Octavo, colour plates by David Reid Henry and Goerge Lodoge. text illustrations, fine copy in fine price-clipped dustwrapper. Perhpas the finest modern book on falconry. More
Tisbury: Element Books, 1982. Octavo, photographs, fine copy in dustwrapper. More
New York: The National Association of Audubon Societies, 1935. Large octavo, colour plates, other black and white illustrations, maps. Publisher's cloth, some light wear. More
London: World Working Group on Birds of Prey and Owls, 1987. Octavo, illustrations, signature, softcover. More
London: Holland Press, (1984. reprint). Octavo, photographs, fine copy in dustwrapper. More
Vermillion: Buteo Books, 1983. Octavo, photographs, bookplate, fine copy in dustwrapper. Review the 13 owls breeding in Europe and an additional four species in lands adjoining the Mediterranean in North Africa and the Middle East. Divided into three sections covering origins, taxonomy and biology; species descriptions; and ecology. More
Melbourne: Lansdowne, 1973. Folio, colour plates and text illustrations. Publisher's full brown calf, limited to 500 copies, numbered and signed by the author, a fine copy. More
London: Academic Press, 1992. Quarto, colour plates, bookplate, very good copy in dustwrapper. A handsome book which discusses all 22 of the world's species, thoroughly covers the eleven African species, takes a comparative look at foraging, feeding, social and breeding habits, and addresses conservation issues. More
Washington: Smithsonian Institution Press, 1980. Octavo, paperback, photographs. More
Silverwater: Golden Press, 1990. Quarto, colour photographs, a fine copy in dustwrapper. More