Parrots and related birds.
Neptune City: TFH, 1969. Octavo, ccolour photographs, fine copy in laminated boards. More
Neptune City: TFH, 1969. Octavo, ccolour photographs, fine copy in laminated boards. More
Bedford: The Parrot Society, 1967-1982. Octavo, photographs. Binder's cloth, some extra unbound volumes, scarce. One of the better avicultural magazines with quality articles by well known aviculturists such as George Smith, the Stoodleys and Rosemary Low. PROVENANCE: The set of Stan Sindel. More
Paris: Editions Boubee, 1962. Tall octavo, eight colour plates by Paul Barruel, a very good copy. More
London: Blandford, 1993. Octavo, colour photographs, fine copy in dustwrapper. More
Poole: Blandford Press, (1984. first edition). Quarto, illustrations, very good copy in dustwrapper. More
Tweed Heads: Australian Bird Keeper, 2006. Octavo, paperback, colour photographs. Comprehensive information on African grey parrots in the wild and in captivity as an aviary and companion bird. Covers topics of history, in the wild, worldwide trade, subspecies, physical characteristics, colour mutations and abnormal colouration. In captivity - accomodation for..... More
Melbourne: Inkata Press, 1978. Octavo, colour photographs, bookplate, fine copy in dustwrapper. More
London: Merehurst, 1988. Quarto, colour photographs, text illustrations, softcover. More
London: Cage Birds, [1952]. Small octavo, coloured frontispiece, photographs, very good copy in dustwrapper. More
South Tweed Heads: Australian Birdkeeper, (2007. revised edition). Octavo, paperback, colour photographs. Chapters include: wild Cockatiels; aviary birds—housing, feeding, breeding, artificial incubation, handrearing; companion birds—housing9780734403780 9780734403780, environment, enrichment, feeding, behaviour; colour mutations—basic genetics, worldwide mutations—European, North American and Australian, combination colours; and health and disease. Also available in hardcover [stock..... More
London: J M Dent & Sons, 1980. Small octavo, text illustrations, dustwrapper. More
Fond du Lac, All-Pets Books, 1967. Octavo, photographs, softcover. More
Edenbridge: Author, 1970. Octavo, publisher's printed wrappers, scarce. More
Edenbridge: Author, 1969. Octavo, publisher's printed wrappers, fine copy. Based on the author's 1958 "I name this parrot" More
London: Author, (1958. first edition). Octavo, publisher's printed wrappers, a fine copy, tipped in a review slip signed by the author. Arthur Prestwich was president of the Avicultural Society and wrote a number of scholarly texts on parrot nomenclature. More
Edenbridge: Author, (1963. second edition). Octavo, publisher's printed wrappers, a fine copy. A very useful biographical desciptions of the people who have parrots named after them and a substantial upgrade on the first edition. More
London: Author, 1949. Octavo, text printed recto only. Publisher's blue cloth, the bookplate of Jack Vincent, tipped in a signed note from the author to the editor of 'The Ostrich', a fine copy. More
Tweed Heads South: Australian Bird Keeper, (2009. revised edition). Octavo, laminated boards, colour photographs. Covers general management, feeding, breeding, health and diseases, and extensive genetic details on primary and combination mutations bred worldwide. More
London: Gerald Duckworth & Co, 1949. Octavo, colour plates, fine in dustwrapper. More
Austral: Singil Press, 1989. Octavo, colour photographs, fine copy in dustwrapper. More
Neptune City: T.F.H., 1978. Octavo, photographs, very good copy in laminated boards. Do not be fooled by the low quality publisher. This is a very good book written by (the late) George Smith who was a great aviculturist and writer on parrots. More
Portsmouth: Bezels Publications, 1984. Quarto, photographs, signed by the author, very good copy in dustwrapper. More
London: F. V. White & Co., [1928]. Large octavo, eight plates in colour by E. J. Boosey, including frontispiece. Publisher's green cloth, the signatures of Ron Hastings and Lou Radimacher, a very good copy. The signatures belong to two early stalwarts of the Avicuture Society of Australia. Ron Hastings, a...... More
London: Cage Birds, (1967. reprint). Octavo, colour plates. More
London: Cage Birds, (1958. first edition). Octavo, colour plates. More