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
Pigeons: the fascinating saga of the world's most revered and reviled bird.
New York: Grove Press, 2006. Octavo, dustwrapper. Pigeons are athletes of the highest caliber. While racehorses receive all the glory with their 35 mph sprints around a one-mile racetrack, homing pigeons--a mere pound of flesh and feathers--routinely fly more than five hundred miles in a single day at speeds exceeding..... More
Australian parrots: their habits in the field and aviary.
Sydney: Angus and Robertson, 1938. Octavo, eleven coloured plates. Publisher's cloth, signature, a fine copy in a lightly chipped dustwrapper, scarce in this condition. Arguably Neville Cayley's best book and no collection of parrot books is anywhere near complete without a decent copy. More
Keeping aviary birds in Australia.
Melbourne: Lansdowne Press, (1978. reprint). Octavo, colour photographs, lacks dustwrapper. 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
Australian Aviculture Special Edition: a selection of original articles published in Australian Aviculture over forty-two years.
Melbourne: The Avicultural Society of Australia, (1984. reprint). Octavo, paperback. More
Parrot incubation procedures.
Prahran: Black Cockatoo Press, 1989. Octavo, colour photographs, laminated boards. More
Perroquets et perruches.
Paris: Editions Boubee, 1962. Tall octavo, eight colour plates by Paul Barruel, a very good copy. More
Australian parrots in captivity.
London: The Avicultural Society, 1951. Octavo, coloured frontispiece, photographs. Half morocco, wrappers retained, owner's signatures, some foxing. A minor classic of aviculture literature. Alan Lendon was prominent medical practioner in Adelaide pre and post World War Two. He contributed extensively to the Aviculture Magazine and this pamphlet is a compilation..... More
Australian parrots in captivity.
London: The Avicultural Society, 1951. Octavo, coloured frontispiece, photographs. Binder's cloth, owner's signature, a fine copy. A minor classic of aviculture literature. Alan Lendon was prominent medical practioner in Adelaide pre and post World War Two. He contributed extensively to the Aviculture Magazine and this pamphlet is a compilation of..... More
Diets for birds in captivity.
Poole: Blandford Press, 1981. Octavo, fine copy in dustwrapper, scarce. 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
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, laminated boards, 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..... 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
Hancock House encyclopedia of lories.
Blaine: Hancock House, 1998. Quarto, colour photographs, maps, laminated boards. The first part is an encyclopedia covering nearly 100 different subjects from aviaries to conservation and folklore to nest sites. In the second part, the biology of every species is described under standard headings which provide detailed descriptions of plumage..... More