The Cuckoo and other bird mysteries.
London: Eyre & Spottiswoode, (1944. first edition), Octavo, map, bookplate of Dominic L. Serventy, publisher's bright green cloth, a very good copy. More
BIRDS - Other Groups
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A monograph of the Meropidae, or family of the Bee-eaters.
Farnborough: Author, 1884-1886. Small folio, 27 handcoloured plates by Keulemans. Modern blue half morocco and blue cloth, raised bands, publisher's wrappers retained, all contained in a handsome blue solander box; a few occasional spots but otherwise a fine copy. Henry Eeles Dresser (1838-1915) was a successful and wealthy English businessman..... More
The evolutionary history of the avian genus Chrysococcyx.
Washington: Smithsonian Institution, Bulletin 265, 1968. Octavo, signature, softcover. More
The parasitic cuckoos of Africa.
Washington: Academy of Sciences, Monograph No. 1, 1948. Octavo, photographs. Publisher's green cloth, fine copy. More
The bee-eaters.
Calton: Poyser, 1984. Octavo, colour plates, fine copy in dustwrapper. More
Rails of the world: a monograph of the family Rallidae.
Boston: David R. Godine, 1977. Small folio, 41 colour plates by J. Fenwick Lansdowne, bookplate, fine copy in fine dustwrapper. More
Rails of the world: a monograph of the Family Rallidae.
Boston: David R. Godine, 1977. Small folio, colour plates by J. Fenwick Lansdowne, chipped and sunned dustwrapper. More
Catalogue of the Picariæ in the Collection of the British Museum. Coraciæ (contin.) and Halcyones ... Bucerotes and Trogones.
London: British Museum (Natural History), 1892. Octavo, 17 chromolithographs, mostly by Keulemans. Publisher's cloth, library sticker on spine and library pocket on lower paste-down, no library stamps, partly unopened, a very good copy. Volume 27 from Richard Bowdler Sharpe's 27 volume Catalogue of Birds in the British Museum, 1874-1898... More
My year with the woodpeckers.
London: Barrie and Rockliff, 1959. Octavo, text illustrations, worn dustwrapper. More
My year with the woodpeckers.
London: Readers' Union, 1961. Octavo, text illustrations, dustwrapper. More
Life of the woodpecker.
Santa Monica: Ibis, 1985. Quarto, colour illustrations. Fine copy in dustwrapper. More
The cuckoo.
London: B T Batsford, 1981. Octavo, colour photographs, illustrations, good in dustwrapper. More
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