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
Sussex: The Book Guild, 1992. Octavo, photographs, fine birds dustwrapper. 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
New York: D. Appleton-Century, 1935. Octavo, four colour plates by Fuertes, other illustrations, publisher's cloth. More
Washington: National Wildlife Federation, 1978. Quarto, paperback, More
New York: Jeremy P. Tarcher/Penguin, 2009. Octavo, photographs. text illustrations, sogtcover. A prizewinning poet and nature writer weaves together natural history, biology, sociology, and personal narrative to tell the story of the lives, habitats, and deaths of six extinct bird species. 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
Auckland: Random Century, 1990. Octavo, photographs, softcover. More
Poole: Blandford Press, 1981. Octavo, very good copy in dustwrapper. More
Washington, DC: Raptor Information Center, 1983. Quarto, softcover. More
Washington, DC: Raptor Information Center, 1979. Quarto, paperback, More
London: Vintage, 2014. Octavo, fine copy in dustwrapper. Winner of the Samuel Johnson Prize for Non-Fiction. In her youth, Helen Macdonald was determined to become a falconer, learning the arcane terminology and reading all the classic books. Years later, when her father died and she was struck deeply by grief..... 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
Canberra: National Library of Australia, 2014. Quarto, colour illustrations, photographs, bookplate, softcover. Lilian Medland has not received until now the recognition she deserves as a painter of birds. Due to world events and circumstances, five important books on birds containing her superb illustrations were never published. Even now, she is..... More