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
Hartford: The Stinehour Press, 1983. Octavo, , fine copy in dustwrapper. Numbered limited edition. Includes the 1991 supplement. 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
Washington, DC: Raptor Information Center, 1983. Quarto, softcover. More
Washington, DC: Raptor Information Center, 1979. Quarto, paperback, More
Canberra: Verity Hewitt Bookshop, 1942. Octavo, photographs. Publisher's wrappers, inscription, limited to 200 copies, numbered and signed by the author. 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
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
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
Mansfield: Maurizio Martino, 1998-2003. Octavo, a fine set in publisher's cloth, tipped in some some scholarly notes in pencil. Volume one: through 1838. Limited to 400 copies. Volume two: 1839 through 1841. Limited to 400 copies. Volume three: 1842 through 1845. Limited to 400 copies. Volume four: 1846 through 1851..... More
Kansas City: Author, 1977. Octavo, photographs, softcover. 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