REVISED EDITION. A VERY GOOD COPY IN EVER SO SLIGHTLY WORN DUSTWRAP. SOME FOXING ROUND PAGE EDGES. ILLUSTRATIONS BY JOHN P. O`NEILL. PORTRAITS BY DON R. ECKELBERRY. PUBLICATION NUMBER ONE OF THE ASA WRIGHT NATURE CENTRE. OVER 300 BIRDS ILLUSTRATED IN COLOUR.
1ST EDITION. VERY GOOD SOFTBACK COPY WITH 53 COLOUR AND BLACK AND WHITE PLATES WITH FACING-PAGE NOTES BY GUY TUDOR AND H. WAYNE TRIMM JOHN GWYNNE AND KATHLEEN D. PHELPS. LINE DRAWINGS BY MICHEL KLEINBAUM.
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MEYER DE SCHAUENSEE RODOLPHE AND PHELPS WILLIAM H. JR.
1ST EDITION. VERY GOOD COPY IN VERY GOOD DUSTWRAP BUT SOME FOXING TO TOP OF PAGE EDGES SLIGHT CRINKLE TO PRELIMS. WITH 53 COLOUR AND BLACK AND WHITE PLATES WITH FACING-PAGE NOTES BY GUY TUDOR AND H.
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MEYER DE SCHAUENSEE RODOLPHE AND PHELPS WILLIAM H. JR.
NEW SOFTBACK BOOK – MINT. ILLUSTRATIONS BY DAVID D. BEADLE. 2ND PRINTING. THIS BEAUTIFUL AND AUTHORIATIVE BOOK WILL BE A MUST FOR THE LIBRARY OF ALL KEEN BIRDERS LIVING IN AND VISITING THE UNITED STATES AND CANADA
NEAR FINE SOFTBACK COPY. ILLUSTRATIONS BY DAVID D. BEADLE. 2ND PRINTING. THIS BEAUTIFUL AND AUTHORIATIVE BOOK WILL BE A MUST FOR THE LIBRARY OF ALL KEEN BIRDERS LIVING IN AND VISITING THE UNITED STATES AND CANADA.
FIRST EDITION. TWO VOLUMES IN ONE. HANDSOMELY RE-BOUND IN QUARTER LEATHER (NOTE THAT THE TITLE ON THE SPINE IS INCORRECT ‘A HANDBOOK TO THE GAME BIRDS’). NEW ENDPAPERS COLOUR PLATES FRESH TIGHT AND CLEAN.
REPRINT FINE HARDBACK IN DUSTWRAP. THIS BOOK PROVIDES A DETAILED AND UP-TO-DATE ACCOUNT OF THEIR BIOLOGY AND THEIR IDENTIFICATION. IN THE PLATE SECTION EACH SPECIES IS DEPICTED IN EXQUISITE DETAIL BY CHRIS ROSE AND COLOUR MAPS SHOWING DISTRIBUTION AND BREEDING RANGES ALONGSIDE THE PLATES MAKE FOR EASY REFERENCE. THE BULK OF THE BOOK COMPRISES CHAPTERS ON THE FAMILY`S CHARACTERISTICS CLASSIFICATION DISTRIBUTION ECOLOGY BEHAVIOUR BREEDING BIOLOGY AND POPULATION STATUS AS WELL AS A SHORT ACCOUNT OF EACH SPECIES. EACH ACCOUNT DESCRIBES THE FIELD CHARACTERISTICS HABITAT DISTRIBUTION MOVEMENTS BEHAVIOUR BREEDING BIOLOGY VOICE PLUMAGE RACES AND MEASUREMENTS OF THE SPECIES. THIS STUNNING AND AUTHORITATIVE BOOK PROVIDES AN IMPORTANT SOURCE OF IDENTIFICATION AS WELL AS REFERENCE TO THE BIOLOGY AND ECOLOGY OF 74 SPECIES OF SWALLOWS AND MARTINS THROUGHOUT THE WORLD.
THIRD EDITION TWO VOLUMES LAND BIRDS AND WATER BIRDS VERY NICELY BOUND IN HALF LEATHER OVER MARBLED BOARDS NEW ENDPAPERS RAISED BANDS GILT TITLES EXCEPTIONALLY CLEAN AND TIDY.
FOURTH EDITION. THE COMPLETE 4 VOLUMES BOUND IN 3 BOOKS. THE FIRST BOOK CONTAINS VOL. 1 AND PART OF VOLUME 2. THE SECOND BOOK CONTAINS THE REST OF VOL. 2 AND VOL. 3. THE THIRD BOOK CONTAINS VOL. 4 AND THE CONTENTS PAGES. REVISED BY ALFRED NEWTON AND HOWARD SAUNDERS. ILLUSTRATED BY MANY WOOD ENGRAVINGS SOME BY KEULEMANS AND NEALE. THE FIRST BOOK IS BOUND IN HALF LEATHER OVER MARBLED BOARDS (WEAR TO THE LEATHER BUT TIGHTLY BOUND AND VERY CLEAN) THE SECOND AND THIRD BOOKS ARE BOUND IN FULL RED LEATHER (FINE). HENCE A COMPLETE SET IN DIFFERENT BINDINGS..
VOL. 2 IS THE HISTORY OF WATER BIRDS. REBOUND IN FULL LEATHER MARBLED ENDPAPERS RAISED BANDS AEG GILT TITLE. pp (xxii) 400. SOME RUBBING TO THE BOARDS EDGES. A VERY NICE CLEAN COPY. NUMEROUS WOODCUTS BY BEWICK.
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