Parrots and related birds.
Neptune City: TFH, 1969. Octavo, ccolour photographs, fine copy in laminated boards. More
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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
Australian parrots: a field and aviary study.
Melbourne: Avicultural Society of Australia, 1985. Octavo, text illustrations, softcover. More
Perroquets et perruches.
Paris: Editions Boubee, 1962. Tall octavo, eight colour plates by Paul Barruel, a very good copy. More
Australian parrots in field and aviary.
Sydney: Angus and Robertson, 1973. Octavo, 13 colour plates by Neville Cayley, maps, bookplate, chipped dustwrapper. A heavily revised re-issue of Neville Cayley's 1938 classic. Alan Lendon was a prominent Adelaide medico and aviculturist who held one of the finest collections of Australian parrots post World War Two. More
Cockatoos in aviculture.
London: Blandford, 1993. Octavo, colour photographs, fine copy in dustwrapper. More
Endangered parrots.
Poole: Blandford Press, (1984. first edition). Quarto, illustrations, very good 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
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
Lovebirds and related parrots.
Melbourne: Inkata Press, 1979. Octavo, colour photographs, fine copy in dustwrapper. One of the best aviculture books ever written, do not be fooled by the title. George Smith (1932-2006), eccentric and talented, was an English vet who made good scientific use of aviculture. He published a landmark paper in 'The..... More
Pionus production.
Portsmouth: Bezels Publications, 1984. Quarto, photographs, signed by the author, very good copy in dustwrapper. More
Guide to lovebirds and parrotlets.
London: Cage Birds, (1967. reprint). Octavo, colour plates. More
Guide to lovebirds and parrotlets.
London: Cage Birds, (1958. first edition). Octavo, colour plates. More
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