The first Eden: the Mediterranean world and man.
Collins and BBC, 1987. Small quarto, signed by the author, a very good copy in dustwrapper. More
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Birds of Iceland.
Reykjavik: Hjalmar R. Bardarson, 1986. Octavo, colour photographs, blemished dustwrapper. More
The call of the birds.
London: Collins, (1945. second edition), Octavo, text illustrations by C. F. Tunnicliffe, very good copy in slightly worn dustwrapper. More
Novi commentarii Academiae Scientiarum Instituti Bononiensis, tomus tertius.
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
Tracks and signs of the birds of Britain and Europe: an identification guide.
London: Christopher Helm, 1999. Octavo, paperback, colour plates, text illustrations. More
Autobiography of a bird-lover.
New York: D. Appleton-Century, 1935. Octavo, four colour plates by Fuertes, other illustrations, publisher's cloth. More
The Arctic guide.
San Mateo: Wandering Albatross, 1996. Octavo, 152 pp., ills., maps, spirally bound. More
The crows: a study of the corvids of Europe.
London: Batsford, 1978. Octavo, colour plates, text illustrations, fine copy in dustwrapper. More
The swift trout: a tale of trout in two rivers.
London: Collins, 1946. Octavo, photographs, bookplate, a very good copy in unclipped dustwrapper. More
Handbook of the birds of Europe, the Middle East and North Africa. The birds of the Western Palearctic [BWP], volume one: Ostrich to ducks.
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
Handbook of the birds of Europe, the Middle East and North Africa. The birds of the Western Palearctic [BWP], volume two: Hawks to bustards.
Oxford: Oxford University Press, (1987. reprint). Quarto, colour plates, maps, very good copy in dustwrapper. More
Handbook of the birds of Europe, the Middle East and North Africa. The birds of the Western Palearctic [BWP], volume one: Ostrich to ducks.
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
Handbook of the birds of Europe, the Middle East and North Africa. The birds of the Western Palearctic [BWP], volume four: Terns to woodpeckers.
Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1985. Quarto, colour plates, maps, other illustrations, fine copy in dustwrapper. More
Handbook of the birds of Europe, the Middle East and North Africa. The birds of the Western Palearctic [BWP], volume three: Waders to gulls.
Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1983. Quarto, colour plates, maps, other illustrations, torn dustwrapper at top of spine. More
Handbook of the birds of Europe, the Middle East and North Africa. The birds of the Western Palearctic [BWP], volume two: Hawks to bustards.
Oxford: Oxford University Press, (1980. first edition). Quarto, colour plates, maps, text illustrations, fine copy in dustwrapper. More
Handbook of the birds of Europe, the Middle East and North Africa. The birds of the Western Palearctic [BWP], volume one: Ostrich to ducks.
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
Handbook of the birds of Europe, the Middle East and North Africa. The birds of the Western Palearctic [BWP], volume one: Ostrich to ducks.
Oxford: Oxford University Press, (1977. Quarto, colour plates, maps, other illustrations, bookplate, 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..... More
Handbook of the birds of Europe, the Middle East and North Africa. The birds of the Western Palearctic [BWP], volume two: Hawks to bustards.
Oxford: Oxford University Press, (1980. first edition). Quarto, colour plates, stamps, bookplate, fine copy in dustwrapper. More
Handbook of the birds of Europe, the Middle East and North Africa. The birds of the Western Palearctic [BWP], volume three: Waders to gulls.
Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1983. Quarto, colour plates, maps, other illustrations, fine copy in dustwrapper. The wader volume. More
Handbook of the birds of Europe, the Middle East and North Africa. The birds of the Western Palearctic [BWP], volume three: Waders to gulls.
Oxford: Royal Society for the Protection of Birds, 1983. Quarto, colour plates, maps, other illustrations, ex library, dustwrapper.9118 The RSPB printing with different dustwrapper. More
A birdwatching guide to France North of the Loire including Corsica.
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
A treatise on the Common Sole (Solea vulgaris), considered both as an organism and a commodity.
Plymouth: Published by the Association, 1890. Quarto, 23 chromolithographs. Publisher's burgundy cloth, a few flecks, otherwise a fine copy. More
Photographic guide to birds of Britain and Europe.
London: Hamlyn, 1988. Quarto, 1,300 colour photographs, 465 maps, text illustrations, fine copy in dustwrapper. More
Birds of the Strait of Gibraltar.
London: Poyser, 1992. Octavo, illustrations, fine copy in dustwrapper. The Strait of Gilbraltar is famous as a major point of passage for Palaearctic birds migrating between their European breeding grounds and their winter quarters in Africa. Includes a number of chapters on migration, and other chapters on terrestrial bird communities..... More
Europe: a natural history.
Melbourne: Text Publishing, 2018. Octavo, colour photographs, bookplate, softcover. More