Bird books and bird art. An outline of the literary history and iconography of descriptive ornithology [facsimile].
Amsterdam: Junk, 1973. Quarto, uncoloured illustrations. More
Amsterdam: Junk, 1973. Quarto, uncoloured illustrations. More
Cambridge MA: Nuttall Ornithological Club, 1951. Quarto, fine copy in publisher's cloth. More
New Haven: Yale University Press, 2003. Octavo, black and white photographs, text illustrations, bookplate, softcover. Birders often wonder about the people commemorated in the names of many of our familiar birds. In this book biographies detail the life and work of the individual involved, often revealing fascinating insights about the..... More
Hartford: The Stinehour Press, 1983. Octavo, , fine copy in dustwrapper. Numbered limited edition. Includes the 1991 supplement. More
Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1979. Octavo, illustrations, fine copy in dustwrapper. More
Sydney: Pan Macmillan, 2006. Quarto, colour photographs, maps, dustwrapper. This comprehensive guide to the world of birds traces their evolution and explains avian biology and behaviour. More
Vermillion: Buteo Books, 1985. Quarto, illustrations, fine copy in dustwrapper. Contributions from over 280 ornithologists covering the field of modern ornithology and related subjects. Includes articles on all the bird families, almost all of which are illustrated by a representative species. There are also short entries defining special terms, application..... More
London: Michael Joseph Ltd., 1974. Quarto, colour photographs, dustwrapper. More
London: Bloomsbury Publishing, 2016. Octavo, colour photographs and illustrations, laminated boards. Why are owls regarded either as wise or as harbingers of doom? What gave rise to the fanciful belief that storks bring babies? Why is the eagle associated with victory or the hummingbird with paradise? The answers are here..... More
London: New Holland, 2009. Octavo, colour illustrations, bookplate, laminated boards. More
Washington: National Wildlife Federation, 1978. Quarto, paperback, More
New York: 1964. Octavo, illustrations, very good copy in dustwrapper. More
Collingwood: CSIRO Publishing/Natural History Museum, 2014. Quarto, colour photographs, fine copy in dustwrapper. A beautifully illustrated guide to every aspect of bird life and a complete survey of the world’s orders and families of birds. Highly respected ornithologist and wildlife expert, Jonathan Elphick, begins by defining the distinguishing features of..... More
London: Croom Helm, 1984. Octavo, photographs and other illustrations, very good copy in dustwrapper. More
New York: Bulletin of the AMNH, Volume 164, 1979. Octavo, wrappers, More
Poole: Blandford Press, 1981. Octavo, very good copy in dustwrapper. More
Farnham Royal: Farnham Royal Commonwealth Agricultural Bureaux, 1958. Quarto, fine copy in dustwrapper, bookplate of Roy Cooper. More
Washington, DC: Fisheries and Wild Life Department, 1981. Quarto, paperback, cover lightly sunned. More
Blaine: Hancock House, 2004. Octavo, black and white illustrations, laminated boards. Through falconry imagery the author takes the reader through a wide range of many poets and dramatists of the Late Mediaeval and Renaissance areas. The symbolism and many references on this sport in literature gives the reader a good..... More
Washington, DC: Raptor Information Center, 1983. Quarto, softcover. More
Washington, DC: Raptor Information Center, 1979. Quarto, paperback, More
New York: Sotheby's, 1989. Octavo, colour illustrations. Publisher's cloth, a fine set. An invaluable reference of the finest collection of ornithology ever assembled. More
Canberra: Verity Hewitt Bookshop, 1942. Octavo, photographs. Publisher's wrappers, limited to 200 copies, numbered and signed by the author. More
Canberra: National Library of Australia, 1966. Quarto, publisher's wrappers. Gregory Mathews was one of the great bird book collectors of his time. He donated his library to the Australian National Library in 1939. More
[Melbourne]: Melbourne Council of the National Museum of Victor, 1975. Octavo, wrappers, plus folding chart. More