London: Collins, 1985. Octavo, photographs, texta line on bottom edge, fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper. New Naturalist 70. One of the rarest of all New Naturalist, only 750 copies of the hardcover were produced. This is a genuine first with 'NN' on the spine, 500 copies of the paperback were... More about The natural history of Orkney
Bologna: Dall' Olmo et Tio, 1839. Quarto, 14 handcoloured (five folding) engraved plates. Modern binder's cloth, contents fine and crisp. Four papers by Bertoloni. 1. Continuatio historiae horti botanici et scholae botanicae Archigymnasii Bononiensis adjectis descriptionibus trium novarum plantarum, [1834]. Pp. 1-18, two handcoloured engraved plates (one folding). 2. Commentarius... More about Novi commentarii Academiae Scientiarum Instituti Bononiensis, tomus tertius
London: Christopher Helm, 1999. Octavo, paperback, colour plates, text illustrations. More about Tracks and signs of the birds of Britain and Europe: an identification guide
London: Christopher Helm, 1988. Octavo, illustrations, fine copy in dustwrapper. More about Birds in Mallorca
New York: D. Appleton-Century, 1920. Octavo, eaight colour plates, bookplate, a very good copy. More about What bird is that? A pocket museum of the land birds of the eastern United States arranged...
Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1977. Quarto, colour plates, maps, fine copy in dustwrapper. Birds of the Western Palearctic (commonly known as BWP) is one of the greatest scientific bird book ever published. Complete in nine volumes, it covers 770 species of birds, of which about 600 are breeding species. Each... More about Handbook of the birds of Europe, the Middle East and North Africa. The birds of the Western...
Oxford: Oxford University Press, (1987. reprint). Quarto, colour plates, maps, very good copy in dustwrapper. More about Handbook of the birds of Europe, the Middle East and North Africa. The birds of the Western...
Oxford: Oxford University Press, (1986. reprint). Quarto, colour plates, maps, other illustrations. Birds of the Western Palearctic (commonly known as BWP) is the greatest scientific bird book ever published. Complete in nine volumes, it covers 770 species of birds, of which about 600 are breeding species. Each breeding species is... More about Handbook of the birds of Europe, the Middle East and North Africa. The birds of the Western...
Oxford: Oxford University Press, (1977. first edition). Quarto, colour plates, maps, very good copy in dustwrapper. Birds of the Western Palearctic (commonly known as BWP) is the greatest scientific bird book ever published. Complete in nine volumes, it covers 770 species of birds, of which about 600 are breeding species... More about Handbook of the birds of Europe, the Middle East and North Africa. The birds of the Western...
Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1983. Quarto, colour plates, maps, other illustrations, very good copy in dustwrapper. More about Handbook of the birds of Europe, the Middle East and North Africa. The birds of the Western...
Chelmsford: Arlequin Press, 2003. Octavo, paperback, colour photographs, maps. Divided into regions of Brittany; Normandy and the Channel Coast; Paris; North Central; South Central; and The Mountainous East with a number of birdwatching areas for each. More about A birdwatching guide to France North of the Loire including Corsica
Plymouth: Published by the Association, 1890. Quarto, 23 chromolithographs. Publisher's burgundy cloth, a few flecks, otherwise a fine copy. More about A treatise on the Common Sole (Solea vulgaris), considered both as an organism and a commodity
London: Hamlyn, 1988. Quarto, 1,300 colour photographs, 465 maps, text illustrations, fine copy in dustwrapper. More about Photographic guide to birds of Britain and Europe
Princeton: Princeton University Press, 1984. Octavo, colour plates, text illustrations, paperback. More about A field guide to birds of the USSR: including eastern Europe and Central Asia
Edinburgh: David Douglas, 1895. Octavo, frontispiece portrait, illustrations in text. Publisher's cloth, hinge cracked otherwise very good copy. A classic early study of bird migration. Casey Wood p. 352. More about Heligoland as an ornithological laboratory. The result of fifty years' experience
London: Edward Arnold, 1956. Octavo, black and white photographs, text illustraitons, maps, diagrams. Signature, good copy in publisher's cloth. More about Sea fisheries: their investigations in the United Kingdom
London: Taylor and Francis, 1927. Quarto, photographs. Publisher's blue cloth, a fine copy. More about A handbook of the birds of Iceland
Seattle: Pacific Search Press, 1984. Quarto, colour plates, distribution maps, dustwrapper. More about Seabirds of eastern North Pacific and Arctic waters
London: Collins, 1982. Octavo, maps, illustrations, fine copy in worn dustwrapper. More about An atlas of the birds of the Western Palaearctic
London: Christopher Helm, (2007. third edition). Octavo, text illustrations, maps, paperback. This is a region of contrasts: from the bleak moors of Peak District to the mellow hills of the Cotswolds; or from the wooded hill sides and streams of the Welsh border country to the lush valleys of the... More about Where to watch birds in the West Midlands, Herefordshire, Staffordshire, the Former West Midlands...
Poole: Blandford Press, (1986. second edition). Octavo, colour plates, fine copy in dustwrapper. More about Mountain flowers in colour
Tring: British Ornithologists' Union, 1989. Octavo, laminated boards, photographs. BOU Checklist 11. Provides detailed scientifically based information on the status of Sicilian avifauna. Contents include: History, History of Sicilian ornithology, Geography, Climate, Vegetation, Migration, Breeding, Conservation, and isolation and other aspects of the Sicilian avifauna. Also includes a bibliography of... More about The birds of Sicily: an annotated checklist
Stockholm: Albert Bonniers Forlag, 1930. Small folio, 165 colour plates. Contemporary green half morocco, raised bands, all edges speckled, bookplate. More about Nordens Faglar. 170 tavlor av Olof Gilling
London: Christopher Helm/A & C Black, 2000. Octavo, photographs, text illustrations, maps, fine copy in dustwrapper. Contains checklists for the Czech Republic and Slovakia. More about Birds of the Czech Republic
Kew: Bentham-Moxon Trust, 1977. Octavo, text illustrations. More about Flora of Cyprus, Volume one