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
Neptune City: TFH, 1969. Octavo, ccolour photographs, fine copy in laminated boards. More
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
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
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
Princeton: Princeton University Press, 1992. Octavo, illustrations, fine copy in dustwrapper. More
Alton: Nimrod Press, 1991. Octavo, More
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
London: The Feathered World, [1907]. Octavo, colour plates, text illustrations. Publisher's red cloth, slightly rubbed, very scarce. More
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
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
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
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
Melbourne: Lansdowne, (1978. second edition). Small folio, colour plates, fine copy in dustwrapper. A smaller format version of the original, with revisions. More
Sydney: Lansdowne Editions, (1981. second edition). Small folio, colour plates, cover edges silverfished, chipped dustwrapper. More
Adelaide: Rigby, 1982. Quarto, colour plates, photographs, owner's sticker, fine copy in dustwrapper. An excellent treatment on the subject. The author as director of CSIRO Wildlife Division maintained an extensive collection of Australian pigeons and doves in Canberra. More
Sydney: Angus and Robertson, (1968. reprint). Octavo, text illustrations, very good copy in dustwrapper. More
London: Blandford Press, 1961. Octavo, colour plates, dustwrapper. More
London: British Museum (Natural History), 1982. Quarto, colour plates by Martin Woodcock, maps, fine copy in dustwrapper. One of the better twentieth century monographs, Derek Goodwin (1920-2008) was an excellent ornithologist with the British Museum Natural History. He was a member of the 1968 Harold Hall Expedition to Australia... More
London: Museum Press, 1965. Octavo, photographs, fine copy in dustwrapper. More
Victoria: Gould League of Victoria, 1996. Octavo, photographs, wrappers. More
Farnham Royal: Farnham Royal Commonwealth Agricultural Bureaux, 1958. Quarto, fine copy in dustwrapper, bookplate of Roy Cooper. More
London: George Bell and Sons, 1884-1887. Tall octavo, 81 colour-printed wood-engraved plates (chromoxylographs) by Benjamin Fawcett drawn by A. F. Lydon. Publisher's turquoise green blindstamped cloth, a very good crisp set. The first book devoted exclusively to parrots in captivity and with much of Australian interest. Occasional contributions were made..... More
London: George Bell and Sons, 1884-1887. Octavo, three volumes, 81 colour-printed wood-engraved plates (chromoxylographs) by Benjamin Fawcett drawn by A. F. Lydon. Publisher's primary issue dark green blindstamped cloth, a fine set in the best of three variant publisher's bindings, scarce in this condition. The first book devoted exclusively to..... More
London: Constable and Robinson, 2013. Octavo, paperback, This book tells you what it's really like to keep chickens, charting the highs and lows in the year of an amateur hen keeper and his flock. Split into months and seasons, this book brings out the characters and idiosyncrasies of the birds..... More