Parrots and related birds.
Neptune City: TFH, 1969. Octavo, ccolour photographs, fine copy in laminated boards. More
Cage Birds
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
A guide to pigeons, doves and quail: their management, care and breeding.
South Tweed Heads: Australian Birdkeeper, (1995. first edition). Octavo, paperback, colour photographs. Chapters include housing, feeding, handling, breeding, diseases, and individual species. 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
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
Cockatoos in aviculture.
London: Blandford, 1993. Octavo, colour photographs, fine 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, 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, bookplate, fine copy in dustwrapper. More
Mynah birds.
Edinburgh: John Bartholomew & Son, 1976. Octavo, colour illustrations, paperback. More
Parrots: a complete guide.
London: Merehurst, 1988. Quarto, colour photographs, text illustrations, softcover. More
Lovebirds and parrotlets.
London: Cage Birds, [1952]. Small octavo, coloured frontispiece, photographs, very good copy in dustwrapper. More
A guide to Cockatiels and their mutations: their management, care and breeding.
South Tweed Heads: Australian Birdkeeper, (2007. revised edition). Octavo, paperback, colour photographs. Chapters include: wild Cockatiels; aviary birds—housing, feeding, breeding, artificial incubation, handrearing; companion birds—housing9780734403780 9780734403780, environment, enrichment, feeding, behaviour; colour mutations—basic genetics, worldwide mutations—European, North American and Australian, combination colours; and health and disease. Also available in hardcover [stock..... More
Soft-billed birds.
Fond du Lac, All-Pets Books, 1955. Octavo, illustrations, fine copy in dustwrapper. More
