Bird books and bird art. An outline of the literary history and iconography of descriptive ornithology [facsimile].
Amsterdam: Junk, 1973. Quarto, uncoloured illustrations. More
Amsterdam: Junk, 1973. Quarto, uncoloured illustrations. More
New York: Maurice Martino, 1990. Quarto, illustrations. This edition is limited to 300 copies. More
London: Christopher Helm, 2003. Octavo, paperback, black and white photographs, text illustrations. 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
Sydney: 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
Washington: National Wildlife Federation, 1978. Quarto, paperback, More
New York: Bulletin of the AMNH, Volume 164, 1979. Octavo, wrappers, More
London: Longmans, Green and Co., (1901. first edition). Octavo, bookplate, a fine copy. More
Washington, DC: Raptor Information Center, 1979. Quarto, paperback, More
Sandy Bay: Author, 1994. Octavo, publisher's printed wrappers. More
London: H. F. & G. Witherby, 1925. Quarto, binder's blue cloth, a fine copy, scarce. 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..... More
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
[Melbourne]: Melbourne Council of the National Museum of Victor, 1975. Octavo, wrappers, plus folding chart. More
London: Academic Press, 1988. Octavo, photographs, text illustrations, a very good copy in dustwrapper. More
London: Academic Press, 1992. Octavo, illustrations, softcover, corner creased. More
Lawrence: 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
Lawrence: 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
Hitchin: Wheldon and Wesley, 1986. Octavo, publisher's cloth. More
Wellington: Department of Internal Affairs, 1968. Octavo, publisher's printed boards. More
Staten Island: Martino Fine Books & Publishing, 1996. Octavo, fine copy in publisher's cloth. More
London: H F & G Witherby, (1990. second edition). Quarto, colour plates, fine copy in slightly sunned dustwrapper. First published 1953 in folio and one of the best bird book bibliographies. This smaller format second edition has an additional appendix by Handasyde Buchanan on printing techniques and is a lot..... More
London: The Ibis, 1962. Octavo, folding map, photographs. Handsome binder's quarter cloth and marbled boards, a fine copy. The Ibis volume 103b, number two. Also the subject of a popular book published 1960. More
London: Hutchinson, 1960. Octavo, photographs, text illustrations, lacks dustwrapper. More
London: John Van Voorst, 1855. Octavo, Publisher's cloth, some wear, the signature and book plate of H. M. Whittell, scarce. More
London: Witherby, 1979. Octavo, photographs, text illustrations, fine copy in dustwrapper. More