New World parrots in crisis: solutions from conservation biology.
Washington: Smithsonian, 1992. Octavo, black and white photographs, paperback. More
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Parrots in captivity.
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
Parrot incubation procedures.
Prahran: Black Cockatoo Press, 1989. Octavo, colour photographs, laminated boards. More
Parrots: a guide to parrots of the world.
Mountfield: Pica Press, (1998. first edition). Octavo, 88 colour plates, maps, fine copy in dustwrapper. The first identification guide to parrots. One-fifth of the world's parrots are on the threatened list and this book includes up-to-date information on their conservation Winner of the 1999 British Library Association's McColvin Medal for..... More
Parrots: a guide to parrots of the world.
Mountfield: Pica Press, (1998. first edition). Octavo, 88 colour plates, maps, faulty end paper. The first identification guide to parrots. One-fifth of the world's parrots are on the threatened list and this book includes up-to-date information on their conservation Winner of the 1999 British Library Association's McColvin Medal for an..... More
Spix's macaw: the race to save the world's rarest bird.
New York: Atria, 2002. Octavo, colour illustrations, maps, paperback. Describes the desperate race against time to save a rare blue parrot, the Spix's macaw, from extinction, by calling for private collectors to allow their birds to mate with the last wild specimen. Also available in hardcover [stock id 25827]... More
Endangered parrots.
Poole: Blandford Press, (1984. first edition). Quarto, illustrations, very good copy in dustwrapper. More
Parrots: a complete guide.
London: Merehurst, 1988. Quarto, colour photographs, text illustrations, softcover. More
"I name this parrot: brief biographies of men and women in whose honour commemorative names have been given.
Edenbridge: Author, (1963. second edition). Octavo, publisher's printed wrappers, a fine copy. A very useful biographical desciptions of the people who have parrots named after them and a substantial upgrade on the first edition. More
Records of parrot-like birds bred in the USA.
London: Author, 1949. Octavo, text printed recto only. Publisher's blue cloth, paper dustwrapper with handwritten label, a fine copy. More
Records of parrots bred in captivity, part two: cockatoos and macaws.
London: Author, 1951. Octavo, text printed recto only. Publisher's cloth, plain dustwrapper. More
Encyclopaedia of aviculture.
Poole: Blandford, 1970-1977. Quarto, coloured plates. slightly crinkled dustwrappers. More
Glaucous Macaw Anodorrhynchus glaucus, male.
Watercolour and gouache on Arches paper, 620 x 1005mm, signed and dated by artist. The Glaucous Macaw became extinct in the late nineteenth century. More
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