The dictionary of birds in colour.
London: Michael Joseph Ltd., 1974. Quarto, colour photographs, dustwrapper. More
Birds
The birds of British Columbia.
Victoria: Royal British Columbia Museum, 1990. Quarto, photographs, text illustrations, maps, dustwrappers, signed by one author. Volume one: Non-passerines (Introduction, loons through waterfowl). Volume two: Non-passerines (Diurnal birds of prey through woodpeckers). First two volumes of a four volume set. More
Lakeland ornithology.
Arbroath: Transactions of the Carlisle Natural History Society, 1954. Octavo, photographs, signature, bookplate. More
Nocturnal birds of Southern Africa.
Pietermaritzburg: Author, 2011. Octavo, dustwrapper, colour photographs, maps. Brings the largely unseen world of night birds to the reader in the pages of this photographic guide, the first to cover the full spectrum of the owls, nightjars, night herons, thick-knees, coursers, the bat hawk and many other species in detail..... More
Bird song: biological themes and variations.
Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1995. Octavo, illustrations, very good copy in dustwrapper. Explores the study of bird song from the biological viewpoint and reviews the extensive literature on the subject. More
Birds of the Sudan: their identification and distribution.
Edinburgh: Oliver and Boyd, 1955. Octavo, colour plates and other illustrations by D. M. Reid Henry, folding map, signature, slightly chipped dustwrapper. More
Annotated checklist of the birds of Hong Kong.
Hong Kong: Hong Kong Birdwatching Society, 1986. Octavo, illustrations, map, charts, paperback. More
Fifty years' progress of American ornithology 1883-1933.
Lancaster: American Ornithologists Union, 1933. Octavo, publisher's printed wrappers. More
The warblers of North America.
New York: Dover, 1968. Octavo, 24 plates, some wear to publisher's wrappers otherwise a good copy. More
What bird is that? A pocket museum of the land birds of the eastern United States arranged according to season.
New York: D. Appleton-Century, 1920. Octavo, eaight colour plates, bookplate, a very good copy. More
Common Australian birds of towns and gardens.
Melbourne: Lansdowne, 1970. Octavo, colour photographs, dustwrapper. More
The birds of Togo: an annotated checklist.
Tring: British Ornithologists' Union, 1996. Octavo, laminated boards, colour photographs. BOU Checklist 14. Introductory chapters cover the geology and topography, geography, climate and vegetation, plus breeding, migration, conservation and zoogeography. The bulk of the book comprises the systematic list covering all 624 species reliably recorded in this West Afriacn country..... More
A birdlover's garden.
Kenthurst: Kangaroo Press, 1987. Octavo, photographs and illustrations, laminated boards. More
Penguins: birds of distinction.
Ringwood: Penguin Books, 1996. Oblong format, colour photographs, bookplste, softcover. More
The curse of the Labrador Duck: my obsessive quest to the edge of extinction.
New York: Simon and Schuster, 2009. Octavo, photographs, fine copy in dustwrapper. More
The American Bird Conservancy guide to the 500 most important bird areas in the United States: key sites for birds and birding in all 50 states.
New York: Random House, 2003. Octavo, paperback, colour illustrations, maps. The American Bird Conservancy Guide to the 500 Most Important Bird Areas in the United States offers both bird enthusiasts and conservationists specialized information never before compiled in a single comprehensive volume. This expert resource organizes the United States into..... More
Nature fantasy in Australia.
London: J. M. Dent & Sons, 1932. first edition), Octavo, coloured frontispiece by Neville Cayley, photographs, a few spots otherwise a fine copy in publisher's cloth. More
Down the long wind: a study of bird migration.
London: Newnes, 1961. Octavo, photographs, signature, bookplate, dustwrapper. More
The taxonomy and species of birds of Australia and its territories.
Melbourne: Royal Australasian Ornithologists Union, 1994. Octavo, paperback. Royal Ornithologists Union Monograph 2. More
Systematics and taxonomy of Australian birds.
Collingwood: CSIRO Publishing, 2008. Octavo, fine copy in laminated boards. Includes the standard Australian bird checklist and covers the systematics and taxonomy of the Australian avifauna. An essential reference for all seriously interested in the subject. A major revision of the previous checklist published in 1994. Lists those species of..... More
Songbird journeys: four seasons in the lives of migratory birds.
New York: Walker & co., 2007. Octavo, colour illustrations, paperback. WAS $25. Songbird journeys pays homage to the wonder and beauty of songbirds while revealing the remarkable lives of migratory birds and the scientific quest to answer age-old questions about where songbirds go, how they get there, and what they..... More
Economic animals of China (birds).
Beijing: Scientific Book Publisher, 1966. Octavo, 64 (some coloured) plates. Publisher's quarter cloth and boards, a fine copy. Text completely in Chinese. More
The birds of Natal and Zululand.
Edinburgh: Oliver and Boyd, 1964. Octavo, 41 colour plates, photographs, folding map, very good copy in dustwrapper. More
Kingfishers of sub-Saharan Africa.
Johannesburg: Jonathon Ball, 1992. Small folio, colour plates, fine copy in dustwrapper. More
Marine birds of the southeastern United States and Gulf of Mexico, part one: Gaviformes through Pelecaniformes.
Washington, DC: U.S. Department of the Interior, Bureau of Land Management, Fish and Wildlife Service, 1982. Quarto, slightly worn wrappers, occasional text illustrations. Inscribed to John Warham from Roger Clapp. More