Bird books and bird art. An outline of the literary history and iconography of descriptive ornithology [facsimile].
Amsterdam: Junk, 1973. Quarto, uncoloured illustrations. More
Amsterdam: Junk, 1973. Quarto, uncoloured illustrations. More
Woodslane Press, 2021. Octavo, paperback, colour photographs. First published in 1980, this latest edition is a thorough reference guide to nest and egg identification, with all colour plates and much additional material. Shape, size, colour, number of eggs in a clutch - all help identify the bird to which the..... More
London: William Collins, 1987. Octavo, photographs, fine copy in dustwrapper. More
London: Brumby & Clarke, [1896-1899]. Quarto, 342 lithographed plates (24 coloured) by Frohawk. Handsome publisher's gilt decorated yellow cloth, all edges gilt, bookplate, some minor wear otherwise a very good set. Anker 88; Nissen IVB 167; Zimmer, p. 119. More
Melbourne: Author, 1883. Octavo, Publisher's printed pink wrappers, a few minor blemishes otherwise a very good copy, boxed, very scarce. Originally published as a series of papers in The Southern Science Record. The first separate publication on Australian oology and the forerunner to the author's major work on Nests and..... More
1890. Octavo, colour plates, modern cloth binding, wrappers retained. More
Sheffield: Author, 1900. Octavo, 28 (27 of eggs) chromolithographs by Brittlebank, photographs. Publisher's brown decorated cloth [single volume], two owner's signatures on the front endpaper, a few inevitable light marks but a bright crisp copy with no sign of cracked hinges, very scarce in this condition. A. J. Campbell, a...... More
Sheffield: Author, 1901. Octavo, 28 (27 of eggs) chromolithographs by Brittlebank, photographs. Publisher's brown decorated cloth [single volume], inscription, a bright crisp copy, scarce in this condition. A. J. Campbell, a foundation member of both the Royal Australasian Ornithologists' Union and the Bird Observers' Club, was a prolific contributor to..... More
Melbourne: Wren, 1974. Octavo, colour plates, other illustrations, very good set set in dustwrappers. Limited to 500 copies, which makes it scarcer than the original. More
London: Frederick Warne, (1975. second edition), Octavo, colour plates, price clipped dustwrapper. Originally published as a three-volume work. The colour plates are by Archibald Thorburn and others. More
London: Richard Bentley, 1888. Octavo, uncoloured frontipiece, publisher's handsome decorated cloth. More
New York: Doubleday, Page & Company, 1902. Octavo, photographs, signature. More
Melbourne: Museum Victoria, 2013. Octavo, paperback, colour photographs, maps. This guide aims to provide naturalists, bushwalkers and interested others with a detailed account of butterflies found in Victoria and beyond. Illustrates the full life-cycle of the butterfly. The latest imaging technology has been used to photograph butterfly eggs which, when..... More
London: Hutchinson and Co., [no date]. Small octavo, photographs, inscription, publisher's cloth. More
Lewes: Ivy Press, 2014. Large octavo, dustwrapper, colour photographs, illustrations, maps. Featuring new photography from Chicago's renowned Field Museum, this book explores 600 examples at actual size, alongside pattern details, clutch images, breeding range maps, and engravings of all the birds. A table of field-guide information identifies order, family, breeding..... More
New York: Princeton Architectural Press, 2012. Quarto, colour illustrations, photographs, publisher's quarter cloth and printed boards. Chronicles the story of Genevieve Jones, her family, and the making of an extraordinary nineteenth century book, "Illustrations of the nests and eggs of birds of Ohio". At the age of twenty-nine, Genevieve Jones..... More
Canberra: Author, 2020. Quarto, dustwrapper, photographs, with cd in pocket of rear paste down. Limited to 400 copies. An outstanding reference for anyone interested in Australian ornithology. With 303 detailed biographical entries, complete with portrait photographs and other photographs, of anyone who has been prominent in Australian egg collecting. The..... More
Canberra: Author, 2021. Quarto, paperback. photographs, with cd in pocket of rear paste down. Go to our stock id [41733] for the primary edition. AU$95.00. More
London: R. H. Porter, 1864-1907. Large octavo, portrait, 37 lithographed plates mostly coloured, folding coloured map. Binder's cloth retaining the two printed front wrappers in each volume, top edges gilt, others uncut, a fine copy, scarce. John Wolley (1824-1859) assembled a fine egg collection and was deeply involved, with his..... More
Sydney: Australian Museum, 1889. Octavo, 21 uncoloured egg plates by Neville Cayley senior. Publisher's quarter cloth and printed boards, small library stamp, a very good copy. More
Dunedin: Author? 1949. Octavo, photographs, bookplate, softcover. More
London: Author, 1884. Octavo, four volumes and supplement, text illustrations, Publisher's cloth, a few short tears to the spine of volume one. bookplate and owner's blindstamp, a fine set. More
London: Hutchinson and Co., [c. Octavo, photographs, a fine set in the publisher's cloth. Originally published as a series of 24 paperbacks from 1939 to 1940. David Seth-Smith (1875–1963) was the curator of mammals and birds for the Zoological Society of London and long term editors the Bulletin of the..... More
London: Hutchinson and Co., [c. Octavo, photographs, publisher's cloth. Originally published as a series of 24 paperbacks from 1939 to 1940. David Seth-Smith (1875–1963) was the curator of mammals and birdirds for the Zoological Society of London and long term editor the Bulletin of the British Ornithologists' Club and the..... More