A Birdkeeper's guide to cockatiels. Practical advice on the care and accommodation of these popular birds, plus a survey of colour forms.
London: Salamander Books, 1989. Octavo, colour illustrations, laminated boards. More
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A Birdkeeper's guide to cockatoos: A comprehensive survey of these distinctive birds with practical advice on their care and breeding.
London: Salamander Books, 1990. Octavo, colour illustrations, laminated boards. More
A birdkeeper's guide to softbills.
London: Salamander, 1987. Octavo, colour photographs, laminated boards. More
A monograph of the weaver-birds, Ploceidae, and arboreal and terrestrial finches, Fringillidae.
Maidstone: Author, 1888. Quarto, [5 parts] in a single volume [all published]. Publisher's brown cloth, 31 (9 handcoloured) plates by F. W. Frohawk. Boards slightly buckled otherwise an excellent copy free of foxing and blemishes, scarce. The only monograph on weavers and sparrows. Copies with all plates handcoloured are rare..... More
Parrots and related birds.
Neptune City: TFH, 1969. Octavo, ccolour photographs, fine copy in laminated boards. More
A monograph of the pheasants.
New York: New York Zoological Society, 1918-1922. Folio, 90 coloured plates by Thorburn, Grönvold, Lodge and others, 88 photographs, map. Handsome red publisher's cloth, limited to 600 numbered copies, a very good set with a few light blemishes and a small worm hole to the first few leaves of volume..... More
Pheasants: their lives and homes.
Garden City: New York Zoological Society, (1931. first edition). Quarto, colour plates by Lodge and others, a fine set in publisher's cloth. The reduced format version of Beebe's monumental 'A monograph of the pheasants', 1914-1918. More
Pheasants: their lives and homes.
New York: New York Zoological Society, 1926. Quarto, colour plates. Publisher's vellum cloth, top edge gilt, all other edges uncut, limited to to 250 numbered copies, signed by the author. First published as A Monograph of the Pheasants 1918-1922, in four folio volumes. The abridged edition was subsequently published as..... More
The Ostrich communal nesting system.
Princeton: Princeton University Press, 1992. Octavo, illustrations, fine copy in dustwrapper. More
Starlings of Africa.
Alton: Nimrod Press, 1991. Octavo, More
Foreign bird keeping.
London: "The Feathered World" [1899-1990]. Small quarto, folding coloured plates and text illustrations. Publisher's green cloth, a very good set, very scarce. A handsome and scarce publication with much to interest the avicultural historian. More
Foreign birds for cage and aviary.
London: "The Feathered World" [1910]. Small quarto, coloured frontispieces, text illustrations. Publisher's green cloth, a fine set. More
Foreign finches in captivity.
London: L. Reeve & Co., 1894. Quarto, 59 (of 60) handcoloured lithographs by Frohawk, lacks the Painted Finch plate and the Chestnut-breasted Finch/ Three-coloured Mannikin plate is substantially trimmed but not affecting image. Publisher's blindstamped burgundy morocco grain cloth with handsome gilt finch design on upper board, top edge gilt..... More
Hints on cage-birds (British and foreign).
London: The Feathered World, [1907]. Octavo, photographs, text illustrations. Publisher's green cloth, slightly rubbed, very scarce. More
How to sex cage birds (British and foreign).
London: The Feathered World, [1907]. Octavo, colour plates, text illustrations. Publisher's red cloth, slightly rubbed, very scarce. More
Parrots: the animal answer guide.
Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press, 2012. Octavo, photographs, maps, paperback. This guide provides detailed, factual answers to questions such as what parrots eat in the wild, why so many species live in the Amazon, how intelligent parrots are, and what is the world's rarest parrot? The beautiful plumage of parrots..... More
Captive birds in health and disease: gamebirds, raptors, parrots, waterfowl, and other species.
Blaine: Hancock House, 2003. Quarto, laminated boards, colour and black and white illustrations. This book seeks to promote closer collaboration between bird-keepers and veterinarians. The emphasis is on maintaining health and preventing disease rather than treating ailments. One section is orientated specifically towards veterinary surgeons and provides information on diagnosis..... More
The magazine of The Parrot Society, volumes 1-16.
Bedford: The Parrot Society, 1967-1982. Octavo, photographs. Binder's cloth, some extra unbound volumes, scarce. One of the better avicultural magazines with quality articles by well known aviculturists such as George Smith, the Stoodleys and Rosemary Low. PROVENANCE: The set of Stan Sindel. More
Traditional British poultry breeds.
Marlborough: The Crowood Press, 2012. Octavo, paperback, colour photographs. A practical guide for both novice and experienced poultry-keeper alike. It identifies the basic British poultry breeds and assesses the qualities of each, explaining their attributes to help today's hobbyist understand which breeds are most suited to their needs. Detailed photographs..... More
Birdroom and aviary: trials and triumphs of a Yorkshire parson.
London: F. V. White, [no date]. Octavo, photographic frontispiece, very good copy in dustwrapper. The Reverend Farrar's two little books (the other is "Through a Birdroom window") are probably the wittiest and most enjoyable books ever written on aviculture. More
Through a birdroom window.
London: F. V. White, [1920]. Octavo, coloured frontispiece, publisher's decorated cloth, slightly grubby. The Reverend Farrar's two little books, the other is "Birdroom and aviary", are perhaps the wittiest and most enjoyable books ever written on aviculture. More
Parrots of the world.
Melbourne: Lansdowne Press, (1973. first edition). Folio, colour plates, maps, fine copy in dustwrapper. One of the great twentieth century bird books and a central work for anyone seriously interested in parrots. More
Australian parrots.
Brisbane: Alexander Editions, (2002. third revised edition). Quarto, colour plates by William T. Cooper. Handsome red full calf and cloth-backed slipcase, limited to 95 numbered copies signed by both author and artist. The deluxe edition, originally priced at $850. We also have stocks of the trade edition [stock record 35064]..... More
Australian parrots.
Brisbane: Alexander Editions, (2002. third revised edition). Quarto, colour plates by William T. Cooper, a fine copy in dustwrapper. Australian Parrots was first published in 1969 with tipped-in photographs by Len Robinson and was an immediate success. A second edition, with a substantially revised text and illustrated by William T...... More
Australian parrots.
Sydney: Lansdowne Editions, (1981. second edition). Small folio, colour plates, cover edges silverfished, chipped dustwrapper. More