Lewes: Ivy Press, 2014. Octavo, colour photographs, maps, bookplate, laminated boards. This book presents every species, arranged taxonomically, with over 300 birds shown in dazzling, life-size, cut-out photography. Concise descriptions, written by two of the worlds leading experts, are complimented by details of habitat, distribution, size and status. Presented in..... More
Garden City: American Museum of Natural History, 1960. Quarto, 68 tipped-in colour photographs by the author, text illustrations, bookplate, owner's stamp, lacks dustwrapper. One of the modern classic bird books and a pioneering work on bird photography. More
Garden City: American Museum of Natural History, 1960. Quarto, 68 tipped-in colour photographs by the author, text illustrations, signature, a very good copy in chipped dustwrapper. One of the modern classic bird books and a pioneering work on bird photography. More
Mechanicsburg: Stackpole Books, 2009. Octavo, colour photographs, softcover. Engaging natural history information for a general audience on one of the most beloved groups of birds, including tips on attracting and watching hummingbirds. This book contains stunning photographs of common North American and exotic world species. It explains the details of..... More
Washington: Smithsonian, (1997. second edition). Quarto, 24 colour plates, text illustrations, maps. More
Washington DC: Smithsonian Institution Press, (1984. second edition). Octavo, 24 colour plates, maps, bookplate, very good copy in dustwrapper. First published in 1983, this work has been expanded and revised to include 25 Mexican species (47 species in all). More
London: H. G. Bohn, 1861. Small octavo, 16 hand-coloured plates. Publisher's green gilt-decorated cloth, cracked and grubby, otherwise a sound copy, scarce. Based on the cabinets of Hummingbirds formed by John Gould. More
London: British Museum (Natural History), 1892. Octavo, 14 chromolithograph plates by Keulemans. Publisher's cloth, two small library stamps of the Royal Society of Victoria, the ownership signature of J. A. Kershaw (ornithologist of the Horn Expedition), a fine copy. Volume 16 from Richard Bowdler Sharpe's 27 volume Catalogue of Birds..... More
Albuquerque: University of New Mexico Press, 1993. Octavo, colour illustrations, maps, fine copy in dustwrapper. More