Pp. viii+448, chromolithographic frontispiece and 55 plates with tissue guards, black & white text illustrations and decorations, index; thick post 4to; later qr. green morocco, spine lettered in gilt between gilt decorated raised bands, dark green cloth boards, faintly scuffed; all edges sprinkled red; later endpapers and binder's blanks, bookseller's..... More
A Guide to Keeping, Breeding and Showing. Pp. 144, illustrated in colour and black & white, glossary, index; dust wrapper; Blandford, London, 1988. First edition. More
Pp. viii+96, 14 plates (2 coloured, including the frontispiece), 2 text illustrations, index; fore-corners of boards a trifle bruised; dust wrapper, lightly faded and rubbed, edges chipped and split; outer leaves slightly offset, a little light foxing; Cage Birds, London, 1959. First edition. More
Foreword by E. R. W. Lincoln. Pp. 120+[4](advertisements) frontispiece, text illustrations; printed stiff paper wrappers, slightly soiled and worn, edges lightly rubbed, the backstrip a trifle chipped at extremities; bookseller's stamp at foot of half-title and title pages, edges of leaves slightly foxed; Cage Birds, London, n.d.[195-?]. New edition. *First..... More
Editor: Carol Robertson. Pp. 120, 8 coloured plates, black & white text illustrations, bibliography, index; top fore-corner of upper board slightly bruised; dust wrapper, edges a trifle creased; a little light foxing; K. R. Books Ltd, Leicester, 1978. The Bird Keeper's Library series. *With loosely inserted related ephemera. More
Pp. x+166, 6 coloured plates, black & white text illustrations (several full page), index; med. 8vo; price-clipped dust wrapper; edges of leaves faintly foxed; Spur Publications/Saiga Published Co. Ltd, Hindhead, Surrey, 1980. First edition. Cage and Aviary Series. More
Its breeding, rearing and management. Sixth edition of the original book written by James Patterson, completely revised by James Houston. Pp. vi+88(last advertisement), frontispiece, full page diagram; pale green stiff paper wrappers printed on both sides, slightly foxed, edges a trifle faded and rubbed; text block faintly browned, scattered light..... More
With 26 coloured plates by A. F. Lydon and E. F. Bailey and other illustrations. Pp. xii+424, mostly printed double column, 26 coloured plates (frontispiece with tissue guard), numerous black & white illustrations (some full page), index; demy 4to; half red/brown morocco, spine lettered and ruled in gilt, brown cloth..... More
A Complete Guide. Photographs and Drawings by Dennis Avon. Pp. 368(including the upper free endpaper), 32 coloured plates, numerous black & white illustrations (some full page), glossary, bibliography, index; tiny bruise to bottom edge of upper board; dust wrapper; edges of leaves faintly foxed; Blandford Press, Poole, Dorset, 1987. First..... More