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
The magazine of The Parrot Society, volumes 1-16.
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
Perroquets et perruches.
Paris: Editions Boubee, 1962. Tall octavo, eight colour plates by Paul Barruel, a very good copy. More
A century of parrots.
Mansfield: Insignis Publications, 2007. Large octavo, photographs, laminated boards. This new book from well known parrot expert, Rosemary Low, is a personal history of all things parrot during the twentieth century. The author looks at the history of parrot keeping and parrot trade, the large public and private collections, the..... 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, 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
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
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
A guide to rosellas and their mutations.
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
Edward Lear's parrots: with twelve reproductions of coloured lithographs from Lear's Psittacidae
London: Gerald Duckworth & Co, 1949. Octavo, colour plates, fine in dustwrapper. More
The encyclopedia of cockatiels.
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
Pionus production.
Portsmouth: Bezels Publications, 1984. Quarto, photographs, signed by the author, very good copy in dustwrapper. More
Parrots and parrot-like birds in aviculture.
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