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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Bird books and bird art: an outline of the literary history and iconography of descriptive ornithology.
New York: Maurice Martino, 1990. Quarto, illustrations. This edition is limited to 300 copies. 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
Birds and man.
London: Longmans, Green and Co., (1901. first edition). Octavo, bookplate, a fine copy. More
Working bibliography of the Bald Eagle.
Washington, DC: Raptor Information Center, 1979. Quarto, paperback, More
A bibliography of ornithology in Tasmania, 1950-1993.
Sandy Bay: Author, 1994. Octavo, publisher's printed wrappers. More
Bibliography of the birds of Australia.
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
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
Audubon to Xantus: the lives of those commemorated in North American bird names.
London: Academic Press, 1992. Octavo, illustrations, softcover, corner creased. 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
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 century of bird books.
London: Witherby, 1979. Octavo, photographs, text illustrations, fine copy in dustwrapper. 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
The literature of Australian birds: a history and bibliography of Australian ornithology.
Perth: Paterson Brokensha, 1954. Small quarto, illustrations. Publisher's brown cloth, an excellent copy, scarce in this condition. The standard bibliography of Australian ornithology. The introductory essay is a valuable summary of the history of Australian ornithology. More