A Birdkeeper's guide to cockatiels. Practical advice on the care and accommodation of these popular birds, plus a survey of colour forms.
London: Salamander Books, 1989. Octavo, colour illustrations, laminated boards. More
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A Birdkeeper's guide to cockatoos: A comprehensive survey of these distinctive birds with practical advice on their care and breeding.
London: Salamander Books, 1990. Octavo, colour illustrations, laminated boards. More
Parrots and related birds.
Neptune City: TFH, 1969. Octavo, ccolour photographs, fine copy in laminated boards. More
Perroquets et perruches.
Paris: Editions Boubee, 1962. Tall octavo, eight colour plates by Paul Barruel, a very good copy. More
Australian parrots in captivity.
London: The Avicultural Society, 1951. Octavo, coloured frontispiece, photographs. Half morocco, wrappers retained, owner's signatures, some foxing. A minor classic of aviculture literature. Alan Lendon was prominent medical practioner in Adelaide pre and post World War Two. He contributed extensively to the Aviculture Magazine and this pamphlet is a compilation..... More
Endangered parrots.
Poole: Blandford Press, (1984. first edition). Quarto, illustrations, very good copy in dustwrapper. More
A guide to Grey parrots as pet and aviary birds.
Tweed Heads: Australian Bird Keeper, 2006. Octavo, laminated boards, 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..... More
A guide to Grey parrots as pet and aviary birds.
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
Hancock House encyclopedia of lories.
Blaine: Hancock House, 1998. Quarto, colour photographs, maps, laminated boards. The first part is an encyclopedia covering nearly 100 different subjects from aviaries to conservation and folklore to nest sites. In the second part, the biology of every species is described under standard headings which provide detailed descriptions of plumage..... More
Lories and lorikeets: the brush-tongued parrots.
Melbourne: Inkata Press, 1978. Octavo, colour photographs, very good copy in dustwrapper, signed by the author. More
Lories and lorikeets: the brush-tongued parrots.
Melbourne: Inkata Press, 1978. Octavo, colour photographs, bookplate, fine copy in dustwrapper. More
Parrots: a complete guide.
London: Merehurst, 1988. Quarto, colour photographs, text illustrations, softcover. More
Lovebirds and parrotlets.
London: Cage Birds, [1952]. Small octavo, coloured frontispiece, photographs, very good copy in dustwrapper. More
A guide to Cockatiels and their mutations: their management, care and breeding.
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
Parrots: their care, aviculture and conservation.
Grafton: Wildwood Press, 1994. Octavo, colour photographs, paperback. More
Dear parrot: pertaining to the care, nurture and befriending of man's oldest pet.
London: J M Dent & Sons, 1980. Small octavo, text illustrations, dustwrapper. More
Parrots exclusively.
Fond du Lac, All-Pets Books, 1967. Octavo, photographs, softcover. More
English names of the parrots.
Edenbridge: Author, 1970. Octavo, publisher's printed wrappers, scarce. More
A guide to the names of parrots.
Edenbridge: Author, 1969. Octavo, publisher's printed wrappers, fine copy. Based on the author's 1958 "I name this parrot" More
"I name this parrot .."
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
"I name this parrot: brief biographies of men and women in whose honour commemorative names have been given.
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
Records of parrot-like birds bred in the United States of America.
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
Records of parrots bred in captivity, part five: lovebirds and broadtails.
London: Author, 1952. Octavo, text printed recto only. Publisher's cloth. More
Records of parrots bred in captivity, part four: ring-necks and kings.
London: Author, 1951. Octavo, text printed recto only. Publisher's cloth, plain dustwrapper. More