San Francisco: Chronicle Books, 2009. Octavo, dustwrapper, colour illustrations. WAS $35. In this lovely gift book, artist Jeffrey Fisher portrays the elegance and beauty of 46 of the world's birds. Each spread features a different bird in Fisher's signature style, paired with thoughtful musings on the species' history and lore... More about Birds
Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2001. Octavo, dustwrapper, illustrations. WAS $70. In this book Jeremy Gaskell pieces together all the important historical data and argues that the extinction of the Great Auk was inextricably bound up with the prevailing social, economic, and political conditions of the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries. More about Who killed the Great auk
Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2009. Octavo, paperback, black and white photographs, line drawings. Remainder mark. WAS $60. Birds is the first book to examine bird remains in archaeology and anthropology. Providing a thorough review of the literature on this topic, it also serves as a guide to the methods of... More about Birds