Bird books and bird art. An outline of the literary history and iconography of descriptive ornithology [facsimile].
Amsterdam: Junk, 1973. Quarto, uncoloured illustrations. More
BIRDS - Bibliography and Reference
The life and lore of the bird: in nature, art, myth, and literature
Sydney: Crown, 1975. Quarto, photographs, fine copy in dustwrapper. More
Whose bird? Common bird names and the people they commemorate.
New Haven: Yale University Press, 2003. Octavo, photographs, text illustrations, bookplate, softcover. Birders often wonder about the people commemorated in the names of many of our familiar birds. In this book biographies detail the life and work of the individual involved, often revealing fascinating insights about the nature of bird..... More
Ornithology books in the library of Trinity College, Hartford.
New York: The Stinehour Press, 1983. Octavo, , fine copy in dustwrapper. Numbered limited edition. Includes the 1991 supplement. More
Birds: the Macmillan visual guide.
London: Pan Macmillan, 2006. Quarto, colour photographs, maps, dustwrapper. This comprehensive guide to the world of birds traces their evolution and explains avian biology and behaviour. More
The world of birds.
Melbourne: CSIRO Publishing/Natural History Museum, 2014. Quarto, colour photographs, fine copy in dustwrapper. A beautifully illustrated guide to every aspect of bird life and a complete survey of the world’s orders and families of birds. Highly respected ornithologist and wildlife expert, Jonathan Elphick, begins by defining the distinguishing features of..... More
Ornithological literature of the Papuan subregion 1915 to 1975: an annotated bibliography.
Sydney: Bulletin of the AMNH, Volume 164, 1979. Octavo, wrappers, More
Birds: their Latin names explained.
London: Blandford Press, 1981. Octavo, very good copy in dustwrapper. More
Working bibliography of the Golden Eagle and the genus Aquila.
Sydney: Raptor Information Center, 1983. Quarto, softcover. More
Working bibliography of the Bald Eagle.
Sydney: Raptor Information Center, 1979. Quarto, paperback, More
Bibliography of the birds of Australia.
London: H. F. & G. Witherby, 1925. Quarto, fine copy in publisher's blue cloth, A very useful bibliography originally published as Supplement Numbers four and five from Gregory Mathews monumental Birds from Australia 1910-1927. Copies in blue cloth of either the Bibliography or Checklist Supplements were bound by Mathews and..... More
Birds and books: the story of the Mathews Ornithological Library.
Sydney: Verity Hewitt Bookshop, 1942. Octavo, photographs. Publisher's wrappers, limited to numbered 200 copies, signed by the author. More
Checklist to the Mathews Ornithological Collection.
Canberra: National Library of Australia, 1966. Quarto, publisher's wrappers. Gregory Mathews was one of the great bird book collectors of his time. He donated his library to the Australian National Library in 1939. More
Bibliography to accompany Victorian ornithology: a chronology showing characteristics of the periods and bibliography.
Melbourne: Melbourne Council of the National Museum of Victor, 1975. Octavo, wrappers, plus folding chart. More
Biographies for birdwatchers: the lives of those commemorated in Western Palearctic bird names.
London: Academic Press, 1988. Octavo, photographs, text illustrations, bookplate, a very good copy in dustwrapper. Awonderful reference, like the authors' other books. More
The bird collectors.
London: Academic Press, 1998. Octavo, illustrations, fine copy in dustwrapper. This book examines the history and uses of bird skins and is a very useful for anyone interested in the history of ornithology. There are 160 period photographs showing famous collectors and ornithological expeditions. More
Audubon to Xantus: the lives of those commemorated in North American bird names.
New York: Academic Press, 1992. Octavo, illustrations, bookplate, fine copy in dustwrapper. More
A catalogue of the Ellis Collection of Ornithological Books in the University of Kansas Libraries, volume one: A-B.
Lawrence, Kansas: University of Kansas Libraries, 1972. Octavo, publisher's printed wrappers. A superb bibliography that was never finished. No wonder, Robert Mengel set the bar very high. Volume two (C-D) was published 1983. More
A catalogue of the Ellis Collection of Ornithological Books in the University of Kansas Libraries, volume two: C-D.
Lawrence, Kansas: University of Kansas Libraries, 1983. Octavo, publisher's printed wrappers. A superb bibliography that was never finished. No wonder, Robert Mengel set the bar very high. Volume one (A-B) was published 1873. More
A bibliography of British ornithology.
Codicote: Wheldon and Wesley, (1986. facsimile). Octavo, publisher's cloth. More
Annotated index to some early New Zealand bird literature.
Wellington: Department of Internal Affairs, 1968. Octavo, publisher's printed boards. More
Ornithological books in the Yale University Library.
Staten Island: Maurizio Martino, [1995]. Octavo, uncoloured frontispiece, publisher's boards. First published Yale University Press, 1961. More
Bibliographie ornithologique francaise.
Paris: Paul Lechevalier, 1948. Octavo, binder's cloth, contents fine and crisp. Standard bibliography of ornithological books and periodicals published in French or Latin, covering France and French colonies. More
John Gould the bird man: a chronology and bibliography.
Melbourne: Lansdowne Editions, 1982. Quarto, colour plates, text illustrations, signature, fine copy in dustwrapper. The Standard and best bibliography on John Gould. Gordon Chenoweth Sauer M. D. (1921-2003) became the world's the pre-eminent authority on John Gould throughout his life, with many publications to his name. He actively corresponded with..... More
John Gould the bird man: a chronology and bibliography.
Melbourne: Lansdowne Editions, 1982. Quarto, colour plates, text illustrations. Publisher's half green morocco, limited to 250 numbered copies, signed by the author. More