Ornithology
THE FLIGHT OF THE SNOW GEESE.
Foreword by Sir Peter Scott. Pp. 190(last blank), 8 coloured and 29 black & white plates (3 double page), 2 full page maps; med. 8vo; upper board faintly marked, dust wrapper, edges rubbed and split, with a couple of tiny chips, the back panel slightly scratched; edges of leaves a...... More
BIRDS IN AN AFRICAN NATIONAL PARK.
Pp. 144, frontispiece sketch map, 16 plates, endpaper maps, list of principal birds, books for reference and further reading, index; f'cap 4to; edges of boards a trifle faded; price-clipped dust wrapper, lightly soiled and damp stained; free endpapers a trifle offset, bookseller's ink stamp on upper free endpaper; Andre Deutsch..... More
PARROTS & PIGEONS OF AUSTRALIA.
Pp. x+318, illustrated in colour throughout, distribution maps, bibliography, index; tall demy 4to; top fore-corners of boards faintly bruised; dust wrapper, a trifle scuffed; recto of lower free endpaper slightly soiled; Angus & Robertson, Sydney, 1992. First edition. National Photographic Index of Australian Birds 7. More
BIRDS OF THE SOUTH WESTERN CAPE.
Pp. xviii+230, illustrated in colour throughout, upper free endpaper map, bibliography, index; med. 8vo; olive green art. leather, spine lettered in gilt, small indentation to upper board; med. 8vo; dust wrapper, front panel slightly scratched; endpapers lightly tape marked, tiny surface graze to bottom edge of upper free endpaper, edges..... More
BIRDS OF HEATH AND WOODLAND.
Pp. viii+264, illustrated in colour throughout, distribution maps, further reading list, index; med. 4to; green art. leather, lettered and decorated in gilt, boards a trifle marked; dust wrapper, back panel slightly scratched; title page lightly soiled; Orbis Publishing, London, 1979. First edition thus. The Orbis Encyclopedia of Birds of Britain..... More
BIRDS OF HEDGEROW AND GARDEN.
Pp. viii+264, illustrated in colour throughout, distribution maps, further reading list, index; med. 4to; green art. leather, lettered and decorated in gilt, boards a trifle marked; dust wrapper, edges slightly rubbed and split, the back panel a trifle scratched; edges of leaves faintly soiled; Orbis Publishing, London, 1979. First edition..... More
BIRDS OF MOUNTAIN AND MOORLAND.
Pp. viii+264, illustrated throughout in colour and occasional black & white, distribution maps, further reading list, index; med. 4to; green art. leather, lettered and decorated in gilt, boards a trifle marked, bottom edge of lower board slightly bruised; dust wrapper, edges a trifle chipped and split, the back panel lightly..... More
BIRDS OF OCEAN AND ESTUARY.
Pp. viii+264, illustrated throughout in colour and occasional black & white, distribution maps, further reading list, index; med. 4to; green art. leather, lettered and decorated in gilt, boards a trifle marked; dust wrapper, edges slightly rubbed, 2 tiny closed tears within back panel; a couple of spots of foxing; Orbis..... More
MONOGRAPH OF THE PITTIDAE.
Parts One and Two. [Facsimile edition]. Pp. [ii](facsimile wrapper)+10 coloured plates each with opposing text leaf+[ii](facsimile wrapper)+[20](printed on rectos only)+[2](colophon, blank), patterned endpapers; impl. folio; blue cloth, lettered and decorated in gilt; Hill House, Melbourne, 1989. *Facsimile of Gould's last monograph, originally self published from 1880 to 1881 in two..... More
THE JOHN GOULD COLLECTION FROM HIS PERSONAL LIBRARY.
[Auction catalogue]. Pp. [ii]+182, profusely illustrated (all but 2 in colour); tall post 4to; pictorial glazed paper wrappers, edges a trifle rubbed; Sotheby's, Melbourne, 1987. *With the 16 page booklet of estimates (stapled and slightly soiled) loosely inserted. More
JOHN GOULD'S CONTRIBUTION TO BRITISH ART.
A note on its authenticity. With a Foreword by Professor J. T. Burke. Pp. x+30(last blank), 16 plates; small cr. 4to; pictorial glazed paper wrappers, lightly foxed, corners a trifle rubbed; text block faintly browned, scattered light foxing; Sydney University Press, Sydney, 1973. First edition. Australian Academy of the Humanities..... More
GULLS.
A social history. Photographs by Christopher Ayers. Pp. vi+179(including lower free endpaper), pictorial double title page, text illustrations (several full page), pictorial endpapers, bibliographical notes, index; wide f'cap. 4to; qr. blue cloth, spine lettered in gilt, blue papered boards, the upper board decorated in gilt, edges faded; price-clipped dust wrapper..... More
THE GIANT CANADA GOOSE.
Pp. xxiv+226, 48 photographic plates, title page vignette, pictorial headpieces, text maps, graphs and tables, literature cited, index; roy. 8vo; green cloth, spine lettered in gilt, upper board decorated in white, corners of boards a trifle rubbed; top edges green; dust wrapper, edges lightly rubbed and split; edges of leaves..... More
BIRDS IN A VILLAGE.
Pp. [x]+232+[8](advertisements), the half-title and title pages printed in red & black; light green cloth, spine lettered in gilt, boards lettered and decorated in brown, slightly soiled, edges lightly rubbed, the top fore-corner of lower board bumped; uncut; text block faintly browned, bookplate on upper pastedown and faint ownership stamp..... More
BIRDS OF PARADISE AND BOWER BIRDS
. With coloured illustrations of every species by Lilian Medland. Pp. [ii]+xii+240(mostly printed double column, last blank), 33 coloured plates, all accompanied by black & white explanatory diagrams, folding map of New Guinea at end, check list, bibliography; demy 4to; qr. dark green leather, spine lettered and decorated in gilt..... More
AN AUSTRALIAN BIRD BOOK.
A Complete Guide to Identification of the Australian Species. Revised and edited by Charles Barrett. Pp. 200, 47 plates (20 coloured), full page map, indices; cr. 8vo; blue cloth, lettered in black, faintly soiled, edges a trifle rubbed; dust wrapper, slightly soiled, edges lightly rubbed and split; bookplate of Benjamin..... More
A NATURAL HISTORY OF THE BIRDS OF NEW SOUTH WALES.
Collected, engraved, and faithfully painted after nature. Bohn, 1838. Introduction and bibliographical descriptions by Allan McEvey. Facsimile Edition. Pp. xxxiv+[34], 28 coloured plates (2 mounted, including frontispiece), bibliography, index; impl. 4to; full polished tan morocco, spine lettered in gilt, the boards decorated in blind; t.e.g.; within light brown cloth solander..... More
OCEAN WANDERERS.
The Migratory Sea Birds of the World. With drawings by Robert Gillmor. Pp. 168, 8 coloured plates within pagination, black & white pictorial double title page, numerous text illustrations and maps, bibliography, index; post 4to; edges of boards lightly faded; price-clipped dust wrapper, edges a trifle rubbed, the back panel..... More
EVERYBIRD
A Guide to Bird Health. Edited by Pat Macwhirter. Pp. x+190, illustrated in colour and black & white, appendices, glossary, further reading list, indices; narrow cr. 4to; boards slightly soiled and worn; dust wrapper, lightly foxed on reverse, faintly soiled and creased; inked ownership inscription at head of half-title page..... More
CHECKLIST TO THE MATHEWS ORNITHOLOGICAL COLLECTION.
Pp. [xvi]+310(last blank), processed, frontispiece; post 4to; tape backed printed stiff paper wrappers, faintly soiled, the tape a trifle frayed at head of backstrip; National Library of Australia, Canberra, 1966. More
BIRDS AT HOME.
Camera Studies of Birds of South Africa. Pp. viii+[104], frontispiece, 50 full page illustrations, index; cr. 4to; red cloth, lettered and decorated in black, boards slightly marked, the bottom fore-corners lightly bruised, spine with 3 small faded patches; dust wrapper, soiled and worn, edges and backstrip torn; occasional faint soiling;..... More
BIRDS OF THE STORM.
The story of Marjorie Ozanne and her bird hospital on the Isle of Guernsey. Pp. 120, 8 plates, pictorial head & tailpieces; printed paper wrappers, a trifle marked and slightly creased, with publishing details written in ink on upper wrapper; top fore-corners of leave slightly creased; Frederick Muller, London, 1963..... More
THE FAUNA OF SOUTH AFRICA.
Edited by W. L. Sclater. Six volumes, comprising: THE BIRDS OF SOUTH AFRICA, by Arthur C. Stark. In four volumes. Pp. xxx+322+xiv+324(last blank)+[4](advertisements)+xviii+416+xviii+546(last blank), frontispiece portrait with tissue guard Volume II, text figures, coloured folding map at end of Volume II, publisher's slip tipped-in at title page Volume I, bibliography..... More
PENGUINS OF THE WORLD: A BIBLIOGRAPHY.
Compiled on behalf of the BIOMASS Working Party on Bird Ecology. Pp. xiv+256(last blank), indices; narrow cr. 4to; pictorial glazed papered boards; The British Antarctic Survey Natural Environment Research Council, London, 1985. First edition. More