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
Ornithology books in the library of Trinity College, Hartford.
Hartford: The Stinehour Press, 1983. Octavo, , fine copy in dustwrapper. Numbered limited edition. Includes the 1991 supplement. More
Birds: the Macmillan visual guide.
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
Working bibliography of owls of the world: with summaries of current taxonomy and distributional status.
Washington: National Wildlife Federation, 1978. Quarto, paperback, More
Ornithological literature of the Papuan subregion 1915 to 1975: an annotated bibliography.
New York: Bulletin of the AMNH, Volume 164, 1979. Octavo, wrappers, More
Working bibliography of the Golden Eagle and the genus Aquila.
Washington, DC: Raptor Information Center, 1983. Quarto, softcover. More
Working bibliography of the Bald Eagle.
Washington, DC: Raptor Information Center, 1979. Quarto, paperback, More
Birds and books: the story of the Mathews Ornithological Library.
Canberra: Verity Hewitt Bookshop, 1942. Octavo, photographs. Publisher's wrappers, inscription, limited to 200 copies, numbered and 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, a very good copy in dustwrapper. More
A catalogue of the Ellis Collection of Ornithological Books in the University of Kansas Libraries, volume one: A-B.
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
A catalogue of the Ellis Collection of Ornithological Books in the University of Kansas Libraries, volume two: C-D.
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
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A bibliography of British ornithology [facsimile].
Hitchin: Wheldon and Wesley, 1986. 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
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 bird print reproductions.
Kansas City: Author, 1977. Octavo, photographs, softcover. More
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John Gould, the bird man: bibliography [volume two].
Staten Island: Martino Fine Books & Publishing, 1996. Octavo, fine copy in publisher's cloth. More
Fine bird books 1700-1900.
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
Ascension Island and the British Ornithologists' Union Centenary Expedition 1957-1959.
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
Wideawake Island: the story of the B.O.U. Centenary Expedition to Ascension.
London: Hutchinson, 1960. Octavo, photographs, text illustrations, lacks dustwrapper. More
Ornithological synonyms, volume one: Accipitres.
London: John Van Voorst, 1855. Octavo, Publisher's cloth, some wear, the signature and book plate of H. M. Whittell, scarce. More
A concise history of ornithology.
London: Christopher Helm, 2003. Octavo, colour illustrations, dustwrapper. The first modern history of ornithology, tracing its development from the seventeenth century. Includes reference to the lives and works of such people as Linnaeus, Darwin and Wallace, as well as many other lesser-known figures. More
The literature of Australian birds: a history and bibliography of Australian ornithology.
Perth: Paterson Brokensha, 1954. Small quarto, illustrations. Binder's cloth, a fine copy. The standard bibliography of Australian ornithology with an elegant and useful introductory essay. More