A Birdkeeper's guide to cockatiels. Practical advice on the care and accommodation of these popular birds, plus a survey of colour forms.
London: Salamander Books, 1989. Octavo, colour illustrations, laminated boards. More
Cage Birds
A Birdkeeper's guide to cockatoos: A comprehensive survey of these distinctive birds with practical advice on their care and breeding.
London: Salamander Books, 1990. Octavo, colour illustrations, laminated boards. More
A birdkeeper's guide to softbills.
London: Salamander, 1987. Octavo, colour photographs, laminated boards. More
Parrots and related birds.
Neptune City: TFH, 1969. Octavo, ccolour photographs, fine copy in laminated boards. More
Pheasants: their lives and homes.
Garden City: New York Zoological Society, (1931. first edition). Quarto, colour plates by Lodge and others, a fine set in publisher's cloth. The reduced format version of Beebe's monumental 'A monograph of the pheasants', 1914-1918. More
Pheasants: their lives and homes.
New York: New York Zoological Society, 1926. Quarto, colour plates. Publisher's vellum cloth, top edge gilt, all other edges uncut, limited to to 250 numbered copies, signed by the author. First published as A Monograph of the Pheasants 1918-1922, in four folio volumes. The abridged edition was subsequently published as..... More
Foreign bird keeping.
London: "The Feathered World" [1899-1990]. Small quarto, folding coloured plates and text illustrations. Publisher's green cloth, a very good set, very scarce. A handsome and scarce publication with much to interest the avicultural historian. More
Foreign birds for cage and aviary.
London: "The Feathered World" [1910]. Small quarto, coloured frontispieces, text illustrations. Publisher's green cloth, a fine set. More
Hints on cage-birds (British and foreign).
London: The Feathered World, [1907]. Octavo, photographs, text illustrations. Publisher's green cloth, slightly rubbed, very scarce. More
How to sex cage birds (British and foreign).
London: The Feathered World, [1907]. Octavo, colour plates, text illustrations. Publisher's red cloth, slightly rubbed, very scarce. More
Captive birds in health and disease: gamebirds, raptors, parrots, waterfowl, and other species.
Blaine: Hancock House, 2003. Quarto, laminated boards, colour and black and white illustrations. This book seeks to promote closer collaboration between bird-keepers and veterinarians. The emphasis is on maintaining health and preventing disease rather than treating ailments. One section is orientated specifically towards veterinary surgeons and provides information on diagnosis..... More
The magazine of The Parrot Society, volumes 1-16.
Bedford: The Parrot Society, 1967-1982. Octavo, photographs. Binder's cloth, some extra unbound volumes, scarce. One of the better avicultural magazines with quality articles by well known aviculturists such as George Smith, the Stoodleys and Rosemary Low. PROVENANCE: The set of Stan Sindel. More
Birdroom and aviary: trials and triumphs of a Yorkshire parson.
London: F. V. White, [no date]. Octavo, photographic frontispiece, very good copy in dustwrapper. The Reverend Farrar's two little books (the other is "Through a Birdroom window") are probably the wittiest and most enjoyable books ever written on aviculture. More
Through a birdroom window.
London: F. V. White, [1920]. Octavo, coloured frontispiece, publisher's decorated cloth, slightly grubby. The Reverend Farrar's two little books, the other is "Birdroom and aviary", are perhaps the wittiest and most enjoyable books ever written on aviculture. More
Avi-index: a selected index of Australian Aviculture over 43 years.
Melbourne: Avicultural Society of Australia, 1990. Octavo, paperback, More
Records of birds bred in captivity.
London: H. F. & G. Witherby, 1926. Octavo, bookplate. Publisher's handsome blue cloth in very good printed dustwrapper, very scarce in this condition. More
Adventures with talking birds.
Neptune: TFH, 1981. Octavo, colour photographs, black and white illustrations, laminated boards. More
Perroquets et perruches.
Paris: Editions Boubee, 1962. Tall octavo, eight colour plates by Paul Barruel, a very good copy. More
Diets for birds in captivity.
Poole: Blandford Press, 1981. Octavo, fine copy in dustwrapper. More
Proceedings of the Second International Symposium on Grouse.
Exning: World Pheasant Association, 1982. Octavo, paperback, text illustrations. More
Beginner's guide to birdkeeping.
London: Pelham Books, 1976. Octavo, photographs, signed by the author, very good copy in dustwrapper. More
A century of parrots.
Mansfield: Insignis Publications, 2007. Large octavo, photographs, laminated boards. This new book from well known parrot expert, Rosemary Low, is a personal history of all things parrot during the twentieth century. The author looks at the history of parrot keeping and parrot trade, the large public and private collections, the..... More
Endangered parrots.
Poole: Blandford Press, (1984. first edition). Quarto, illustrations, very good copy in dustwrapper. More
A guide to Grey parrots as pet and aviary birds.
Tweed Heads: Australian Bird Keeper, 2006. Octavo, paperback, colour photographs. Comprehensive information on African grey parrots in the wild and in captivity as an aviary and companion bird. Covers topics of history, in the wild, worldwide trade, subspecies, physical characteristics, colour mutations and abnormal colouration. In captivity - accomodation for..... More
Lories and lorikeets: the brush-tongued parrots.
Melbourne: Inkata Press, 1978. Octavo, colour photographs, very good copy in dustwrapper, signed by the author. More