Birds of the Caribbean.
London: Thames and Hudson, 1962. Quarto, colour photographs, fine copy in dustwrapper. More
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Birds of Western Ecuador: a photographic guide.
Princeton NJ: Princeton University Press, 2016. Octavo, colour photographs, maps, softcover. Western Ecuador is famed for its astonishingly diverse birdlife, from colorful hummingbirds and outrageous toucans to more difficult groups like raptors, flycatchers, and ovenbirds. Here is the ultimate photographic guide to the spectacular birds of this region. Featuring nearly..... More
The Zoo Quest Expeditions: travels in Guyana, Indonesia, and Paraguay.
Sydney: Angus and Robertson, (1980. reprint). Octavo, photographs, fine copy in dustwrapper. First published as three books: Zoo quest to Guyana (1956), Zoo quest for a dragon (1957), Zoo quest in Paraguay (1959). More
A contribution to the zoogeography of the West Indies, with especial reference to amphibians and reptiles.
Cambridge MA: Museum of Comparative Zoology, 1914. Quarto, one lithographic plate of frogs. Half green morocco, wrappers retained, a handsome copy. Memoirs of the Museum of Comparative Zoology, volume 44, number two. More
A contribution to the zoogeography of the West Indies, with especial reference to amphibians and reptiles.
Cambridge MA: Museum of Comparative Zoology, 1914. Quarto, one lithographic plate of frogs. binder's cloth, wrappers retained, owner's stamp, a fine copy. Memoirs of the Museum of Comparative Zoology, volume 44, number two. More
Cuban ornithology.
Cambridge MA: Nuttall Ornithological Club, 1943. Small quarto, two plates, fine copy in publisher's cloth. Memoirs of the Nuttall Ornithological Club, number nine. More
A list of Antillean reptiles and amphibians.
New York: New York Zoological Society, 1930. Quarto, Binder's cloth with title, wrappers retained. Zoologica: volume eleven, number four. More
The birds of Tikal: an annotated checklist for Tikal National Park and Peten, Guatemala.
College Station: Texas A & M UP, 1992. Small octavo, paperback, illustrations. Vast numbers of people travel to this region to see the abundant and diverse birdlife that exists there. This detailed account of the bird species provides information on when, where and in what numbers each species should be..... More
The birds of Tikal: an annotated checklist for Tikal National Park and Peten, Guatemala.
College Station: Texas A & M UP, 1992. Small octavo, publisher's boards, illustrations. Vast numbers of people travel to this region to see the abundant and diverse birdlife that exists there. This detailed account of the bird species provides information on when, where and in what numbers each species should..... More
Field book of the shore fishes of Bermuda and the West Indies.
Sydney: G P Putnam's Sons, (1933. first edition). Small octavo, photographs, text illustrations, owner's stamps, publisher's cloth. More
Tropical wild life in British Guiana: Zoological contributions from The Tropical Research Station of the New York Zoological Society, volume one [all published].
New York: New York Zoological Society, 1917. Octavo, four colour plates, photographs. Publisher's cloth, bookplate of H. L. White, a fine copy. More
The ecotravellers' wildlife guide: Belize and northern Guatemala.
London: Academic Press, 1999. Octavo, colour plates, colour photographs, text illustrations, maps. Sunned spine, softcover. Includes identification, distribution, and conservation information on Belize and Northern Guatemala's frequently spotted animals. Also includes information on the ecology, behaviour, and conservation of profiled animals; information on habitats and on the most common plants;..... More
Manual of neotropical birds, Volume one: Spheniscidae (Penguins) to Laridae (Gulls and allies) [all published].
Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 1977. Octavo, colour plates, illustrations, very good copy in dustwrapper. More
Birds of Mexico: a guide for field identification.
Chicago: University of Chicago Press, (1954. reprint). Octavo, colour frontispiece, illustrations, endpaper maps, bookplate, signature, lacks dustwrapper. More
Patterns of migratory connectivity in two nearctic-neotropical songbirds: new insights from intrinsic markers.
Chicago: American Ornithologists' Union, 2006. Octavo, paperback, illustrations, maps. American Ornithologists' Union Monograph number 61. More
Noticias de Galapagos.
Paris: American Association for the Advancement of Science, 1963-1968. Octavo, text illustrations, photographs. Binder's cloth, wrappers retained. The first twelve parts with papers in Spanish, French and English. More
Patterns of evolution in Galapagos organisms.
New York: American Association for the Advancement of Science, 1983. Octavo, text illustrations, signature, bookplate, publisher's cloth. More
The Galapagos: proceedings of the symposia of the Galapagos international Project.
Berkeley: University of California Press, 1966. Quarto, photographs, text illustrations, the signature of Ian Thornton and his bookplate. More
Jamaica and its butterflies.
Faringdon: E. W. Classey Limited, 1972. Quarto, colour plates, fine copy in dustwrapper. More
Neotropical ornithology.
New York: American Ornithologists Union, 1985. Quarto, illustrations, signed by the author. More
Neotropical ornithology.
New York: American Ornithologists Union, 1985. Quarto, illustrations, signature, publisher's cloth, a very good copy. More
The birds of the southern Bahamas: an annotated checklist.
London: British Ornithologists' Union, 1987. Octavo, paperback, BOU Checklist 8. More
Birds of the Lesser Antilles.
London: Bloomsbury Books, 2022. Octavo, paperback, colour photographs. The Lesser Antillies - incorporating the nations of Antigua and Barbuda, Barbados, Dominica, Grenada, St Kitts and Nevis, St Lucia, St Vincent and the Grenadines, along with numerous dependencies - are rich in birdlife. It is a magical region with endemic parrots..... More
A Biological Assessment of the aquatic ecosystems of the Caura River Basin, Bolivar State, Venezuela.
London: Conservation International, 2003. Octavo, paperback, color illustrations, tables. The Marine Rapid Assessment Program's goal is to rapidly generate and disseminate information on coastal and near-shore shallow-water marine biodiversity. Its surveys yield appropriate and realistic recommendations for conservation, and have, at times, resulted in the finding of new species... More
Seeds of Amazonian plants.
Princeton NJ: Princeton University Press, 2008. Octavo, colour photographs, text illustrations. This field guide treats the extraordinary diversity of seeds and diaspores of plants commonly encountered in the Amazon and other lowland moist forests of the American tropics. This stunningly illustrated guide features an easy-to-use whole-plant approach to seed identification..... More