Proceedings of the [twelfth] International Ornithological Congress: Helsinki, 5-12 June 1958.
Helsinki: Publisher unknown, 1960. Large octavo, two volumes, text illustrations, publisher's wrappers, a very good set. More
Helsinki: Publisher unknown, 1960. Large octavo, two volumes, text illustrations, publisher's wrappers, a very good set. More
(1949. Octavo, black and white photographs, graphs, line drawings. Bookplate of Roy Cooper, some foxing throughout otherwise a 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
London: Transactions of the Zoological Society of London, volume sixteen, part eight, 1903. Large quarto, text illustrations. Binder's cloth, small library stamp on front end paper, otherwise a good copy. More
Poole: Blandford Press, 1982. Octavo, illustrations, signature, fine copy in dustwrapper. More
New York: W. H. Freeman, (1995. second edition). Small quarto, black and white illustrations, good copy in dustwrapper. Covers evolution; development of anatomical features (feathers, bills, wings), social and reproductive behaviour, survival methods, communication, and conservation. More
London: Ivy Press, 2011. Octavo, colour illustrations, fine copy in dustwrapper. This is a life-size guide to six hundred species from around the world. The Little Grebe incubates its clutch aboard an anchored floating platform; the Social Weaver establishes high-rise apartments by filling whole trees with immense structures containing dozens... More
Farnham Royal: Farnham Royal Commonwealth Agricultural Bureaux, 1958. Quarto, fine copy in dustwrapper, bookplate of Roy Cooper. More
Washington: Smithsonian, 1968. Quarto, sonograms, two records of bird song enclosed in a back pocket, lengthy and soppy inscription on flyleaf which devalues the book. More
Washington: Smithsonian, 1968. Quarto, text illustrations, chipped dustwrapper. More
London: Macmillan, 1895. Octavo, text illustrations, publisher's grren and gilt cloth, some wear, a good copy. More
Cambridge MA: Harvard University Press, 2006. Octavo, colour photographs, text illustrations, dustwrapper. This well illustrated volume synthesises more than 1,500 technical papers in this field. The focus is on the three primary mechanisms of colour production - melanin pigmentation, carotenoid pigmentation and structural coloration - but less common as well... More
St Peter Port, Guernsey: La Société Guernesiaise, 1991. Octavo, wrappers, maps, tables. More
Cambridge: [Cambridge] University Press, 1935. Octavo, Publisher's cloth, partly unopened. More
Moscow: Academy of Sciences of the USSR, 1985. Octavo, text illustrations, a very good copy. More
New York: Oxford University Press, 1997. Octavo, illustrations, laminated boards. Discusses all of the world's nearly 100 species of obligatory brood parasites - those birds that reproduce only by laying their eggs in the nests of other species - and the ecological and evolutionary aspects of this remarkable behavioural adaptation. More
Berkeley: University of California Press, 1976. Octavo, text illustrations, maps, signature and inscription. A very good copy in sunned dustwrapper. More
New York: Academic Press, 1960-1961. Octavo, text illustrations, very good set in stained dustwrappers. More
New York: Academic Press, 1960-1961. Octavo, text illustrations, very good set without dustwrappers. A classic work and still useful. More
Cambridge: [Cambridge] University Press, (1955. first edition). Octavo, bookplate, dustwrapper. A classic work on migration. More
Cambridge: [Cambridge] University Press, (1968. second edition). Octavo, dustwrapper. More
Cambridge: [Cambridge] University Press, (1955. first edition). Octavo, text illustrations, ex library, dustwrapper. More
Melbourne: S. John Bacon, 1953. Octavo, wrappers, More
London: Institute of Biology, 1968. Octavo, text illustrations, a good copy in sunned and slightly chipped dustwrapper. More
Berlin: Verlag der Deutschen Ornithologen-Gesellschaft, 1980. Octavo, text illustrations. Most of the articles are in English. More