The birdlife of Britain: a dramatic new way of identifying and understanding the birds of Britain and Europe.
London: Mitchell Beazley, (1976. reprint). Quarto, dustwrapper, sunned spine, colour illustrations by Peter Hayman. More
London: Mitchell Beazley, (1976. reprint). Quarto, dustwrapper, sunned spine, colour illustrations by Peter Hayman. More
Sydney: Mallard Press, 1989. Quarto, coloured illustrations, inscription, dustwrapper. More
London: William Collins, 1987. Octavo, photographs, fine copy in dustwrapper. More
Canberra: Australian Biological Resources Study, 1977. Octavo, maps, signature, stamps, softcover. More
London: Victor Gollancz, 1982. Quarto, illustrations, fine copy in dustwrapper. More
London: Brumby & Clarke, [1896-1899]. Quarto, 342 lithographed plates (24 coloured) by Frohawk. Handsome publisher's gilt decorated yellow cloth, all edges gilt, bookplate, some minor wear otherwise a very good set. Anker 88; Nissen IVB 167; Zimmer, p. 119. More
Auckland: Oxford University Press, 1992. Octavo, colour photographs, bookplate, softcover. An inspirational book and essential reading for any committed conservationist. The population of Black Robins Petroica traversi on New Zealand's Chatham Islands was taken from less than a dozen up to several hundreds, by innovative and dedicated wildlife managers... More
London: Collins, 1950. Octavo, text illustrations, near fine copy in dustwrapper. New Naturalist Monograph number two. More
Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1995. Octavo, colour plates, maps, signature, dustwrapper. More
Glasgow: Harper Collins Publishers, 2009. Octavo, colour photographs, line drawings, fine copy in dustwrapper. New Naturalist 110. David Cabot has been obsessed with wildfowl for nearly sixty years. In this seminal new work, he discusses the 56 species of wildfowl that have been recorded either in a natural state, or..... More
Boise: Peregrine Fund, 1988. Octavo, photographs, signature, very good copy in dustwrapper. More
Washington: Stone Wall Press, (1980. reprint). Octavo, photographs, fine copy in dustwrapper. More
Melbourne: Author, 1883. Octavo, Publisher's printed pink wrappers, a few minor blemishes otherwise a very good copy, boxed, very scarce. Originally published as a series of papers in The Southern Science Record. The first separate publication on Australian oology and the forerunner to the author's major work on Nests and..... More
1890. Octavo, colour plates, modern cloth binding, wrappers retained. More
Melbourne: Wren, 1974. Octavo, colour plates, other illustrations, very good set set in dustwrappers. Limited to 500 copies, which makes it scarcer than the original. More
Vermillion: Buteo Books, 1985. Quarto, illustrations, fine copy in dustwrapper. Contributions from over 280 ornithologists covering the field of modern ornithology and related subjects. Includes articles on all the bird families, almost all of which are illustrated by a representative species. There are also short entries defining special terms, application..... More
London: Michael Joseph Ltd., 1974. Quarto, colour photographs, dustwrapper. More
London: Oxford University Press, (1980. reprint). Octavo, illustrations by Donald Watson, very good copy in dustwrapper. More
Arbroath: Transactions of the Carlisle Natural History Society, 1954. Octavo, photographs, signature, bookplate. More
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
London: B T Batsford, 1976. Octavo, illustrations, very good copy in dustwrapper. More
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
Sydney: Angus and Robertson, (1984. first edition). Quarto, slipcase, numerous colour plates by Neville Cayley, fine good copy in dustwrapper. The large format edition completely revised and updated by Terry Lindsay, with 400 previously unpublished plates and two excellent essays by Arnold McGill and Allan McEvey. More
London: Bloomsbury Publishing, 2016. Octavo, colour photographs and illustrations, laminated boards. Why are owls regarded either as wise or as harbingers of doom? What gave rise to the fanciful belief that storks bring babies? Why is the eagle associated with victory or the hummingbird with paradise? The answers are here..... More
Adelaide: Rigby, 1984. Quarto, colour photographs, very good copy in dustwrapper. Norman Chaffer was an excellent amateur ornithologist and photographer. More