Bird books and bird art. An outline of the literary history and iconography of descriptive ornithology [facsimile].
Amsterdam: Junk, 1973. Quarto, uncoloured illustrations. More
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Birds of the Atlantic islands.
London: Oliver & Boyd, 1963. Quarto, colour plates and text illustrations by D. M. Reid Henry. Bookplate in each volume, very good set in lightly worn dustwrappers. Volume four is titled History of the birds of Cape Verde Islands. Freight will be extra. More
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Acta [Twentieth] Congressus Internationalis Ornithologici: Christchurch, New Zealand, 2-9 December 1990.
Christchurch: Ornithological Congress Trust Board, 1990-1991. Octavo, softcover. More
Avian invasions: the ecology and evolution of exotic birds.
Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2009. Octavo, laminated boards, tables, graphs. Biological invaders represent one of the primary threats to the maintenance of global biodiversity, human health, and the success of human economic enterprises. The continuing globalization of our society ensures that the need to understand the process of biological invasion..... More
Catalogue of Sudan birds, based on the Collection in the Sudan Government Museum (Natural History).
Sydney: Sudan Government Museum (Natural History), 1926-1931. Octavo, publisher's wrappers, a very good set. Part one: Struthionidae to Picidae. Part two: Alaudidae to Fringillidae. More
The birds of Africa, volume five: Thrushes to puffback flycatchers.
London: Academic Press, 1997. Quarto, colour plates, illustrations, fine copy in dustwrapper. WAS $250. More
The birds of Africa, volume one: Ostrich to falcons.
London: Academic Press, (1982. first edition). Quarto, colour plates, text illustrations, fine copy in dustwrapper. More
The birds of Africa, volume three: Parrots to woodpeckers.
London: Academic Press, 1988. Quarto, colour plates, other illustrations, fine copy in dustwrapper. More
The birds of Africa, volume two: Guinea fowl to doves.
London: Academic Press, 1986. Quarto, colour plates, illustrations, fine copy in dustwrapper. 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
The Birds of Papua New Guinea, including the Bismarck Archipelago and Bougainville, volume one: non passerines.
Sydney: Dove, 1985. Quarto, colour photographs, maps, bookplate, very good copy in dustwrapper. With an introductory chapter followed by chapters covering the non-passerine orders and a bibliography. More
Handbook of the birds of Europe, the Middle East and North Africa. The birds of the Western Palearctic[BWP], volume nine: Buntings and New World warblers.
Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1994. Quarto, colour plates, maps, other illustrations, fine copy dustwrapper. More
Handbook of the birds of Europe, the Middle East and North Africa. The birds of the Western Palearctic [BWP], volume five: Tyrant flycatchers to thrushes.
Oxford: Oxford University Press, (1988. first edition). Quarto, colour plates, maps, fine copy in dustwrapper. More
Handbook of the birds of Europe, the Middle East and North Africa. The birds of the Western Palearctic [BWP], volume seven: Flycatchers to shrikes.
Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1993. Quarto, colour plates, maps, other illustrations, fine copy in dustwrapper. More
Handbook of the birds of Europe, the Middle East and North Africa. The birds of the Western Palearctic [BWP], volume four: Terns to woodpeckers.
Oxford: Oxford University Press, (1985. first edition). Quarto, colour plates, maps, other illustrations, fine copy in dustwrapper. More
An atlas of wader populations in Africa and western Eurasia.
Wageningen: Wetlands International, 2009. Quarto, laminated boards, colour photographs, maps. Offers information on the numbers, distribution and movements of one of the most remarkable groups of birds in the region covered by the African-Eurasian Migratory Waterbird Agreement (AEWA). This work is suitable for those involved in the conservation or study..... More
George Edward Lodge: the unpublished New Zealand bird paintings.
Wellington: Nova Pacifica, 1982. Small folio, colour plates, fine copy in dustwrapper. More
The birds of Dumfriesshire: a contribution to the fauna of the Solway area.
London: Witherby & Co, 1910. Octavo, publisher's cloth, gilt top edge, photographs, folding map at rear. Limited to 350 copies (277 of 350), library stamps of the RAOU, shadow on spine from call number sticker, rear pocket present, otherwise a very good crisp copy of a scarce title. More
Bird hybrids: a check-list with bibliography.
Sydney: Farnham Royal Commonwealth Agricultural Bureaux, 1958. Quarto, fine copy in dustwrapper.. An important taxonimic reference. More
The gannet: a bird with a history.
London: Witherby & Co, 1913. Octavo, frontispiece map, plates, two coloured, and illustrations. Publisher's gilt-decorated cloth (back hinge weakened), gilt edges, prospectus enclosed, near fine copy. More
Wild life in China: chats on Chinese birds and beasts.
Peking: "The National Review" Office, 1911. Octavo, publisher's cloth, slight cracking, a very good copy, scarce. More
Naturalized birds of the world.
London: Longman Scientific and Technical, 1987. Large octavo, text illustrations, a fine copy in a fine dustwrapper. More
Review of the genus Cisticola.
London: The Ibis, 1930. Octavo, 20 folding colour plates. Binder's tan leather half-morocco and cloth boards, original wrappers retained. The plates are produced in folding chart form and are highly attractive examples of measured drawings. Published as a Supplement to The Ibis, Twelfth Series, Volume 6. More
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African handbook of birds [series one, two and three].
London: Longman, (1980-1981. reprint). Octavo, colour plates, maps. Publisher's cloth, the bookplates of P. A. Bourke, a very good set. The set consists of the following: Birds of eastern and north eastern Africa, two volumes, series one. Birds of the southern third of Africa, two volumes, series two. Birds of..... More