THE MANX SHEARWATER
£75.00FIRST EDITION FINE COPY IN NEAR FINE DUSTWRAP. ILLUSTRATED BY DAFILA SCOTT.
| Author: | BROOKE MICHAEL |
| Place, Publisher, Date: | LONDON, T. AND A.D. POYSER, 1990 |
| Binding: | HARDBACK |
| Condition: | NEAR FINE |
THE MEGAPODES
£30.00FINE/FINE COPY. BIRD FAMILIES OF THE WORLD SERIES. ILLUSTRATED BY BER VAN PERLO. SIX TO NINE CHAPTERS ON THE BIOLOGY FEEDING ECOLOGY BREEDING BEHAVIOUR EVOLUTIONARY RELATIONSHIPS AND CONSERVATION OF THE BIRDS IN THE FAMILY. SPECIALLY COMMISSIONED COLOUR PLATES BY A LEADING ARTIST SHOWING ADULTS OF ALL SPECIES AND MANY JUVENILES IMMATURES AND SUBSPECIES. BLACK AND WHITE DRAWINGS ILLUSTRATING SPECIAL FEATURES AND BEHAVIOUR. DESCRIPTIONS OF EACH SPECIES INDIVIDUALLY INCLUDING APPEARANCE WEIGHTS AND MEASUREMENTS; FIELD CHARACTERS; VOICE; HABITAT AND FOOD; BREEDING BEHAVIOUR; LIFE CYCLE; AND RANGE AND STATUS (WITH DISTRIBUTION MAP). THESE WILL PROVIDE THE MOST COMPREHENSIVE AND UP-TO-DATE SPECIES-LEVEL INFORMATION AVAILABLE. FULL BIBLIOGRAPHY AND INDEX.
| Author: | JONES DARRYL N. RENE W.R.J. DEKKER, CEES S. ROSELAAR |
| ISBN: | 0198546513 |
| Place, Publisher, Date: | 1995 OXFORD UNIVERSITY PRESS |
| Binding: | HARDBACK |
| Condition: | FINE |
THE MERLINS OF THE WELSH MARCHES
£20.00FIRST EDITION NEAR FINE CONDITION IN LIKE DUSTWRAP. PHOTOGRAPHIC ILLUSTRATIONS.
| Author: | ORTON D.A. |
| ISBN: | 0715379925 |
| Place, Publisher, Date: | NEWTON ABBOT, DAVID & CHARLES, 1980 |
| Binding: | HARDBACK |
| Condition: | NEAR FINE |
THE MIGRATION ATLAS: MOVEMENTS OF THE BIRDS OF BRITAIN AND IRELAND
£80.001ST EDITION. FINE IN FINE PROTECTED DUSTWRAPPER. LARGE QUARTO 884 PAGES.. PUBLISHED FOR THE BRITISH TRUST FOR ORNITHOLOGY. EXTRA POSTAGE WILL BE REQUIRED FOR OVERSEAS.
| Author: | WERNHAM CHRIS, MIKE TOMS, JOHN MARCHANT, JACQUIE CLARK, GAVIN SIRIWARDENA & STEPHEN BAILLIE (EDITORS). |
| ISBN: | POYSER |
| Place, Publisher, Date: | LONDON,T. & A.D. POYSER, 2002 |
| Binding: | FINE |
THE MIGRATION OF BIRDS
£14.00FIRST EDITION VERY GOOD COPY WITH DUSTWRAP. THE EXCELLENT CHARTS AND DIAGRAMS AND A FULL BIBLIOGRAPHY WILL MAKE THIS AN ESSENTIAL WORK OF REFERENCE FOR EXPERTS AND LAYMEN ALIKE.
| Author: | DORST J. |
| Place, Publisher, Date: | LONDON, WILLIAM HEINEMANN, 1962 |
| Binding: | VERY GOOD |
THE MIGRATION OF BIRDS: A CONSIDERATION OF HERR GATKE`S VIEWS
£104.00VERY GOOD COPY IN GREEN BOARDS – PREVIOUS OWNER`S NAME NEATLY ON F.E.P. THE AUTHOR WROTE THE BIRDS OF DERBYSHIRE”.”
| Author: | WHITLOCK F.B. |
| Place, Publisher, Date: | 1897 R.H. PORTER, LONDON |
| Binding: | HARDBACK |
| Condition: | VERY GOOD |
THE MIGRATION OF BRITISH BIRDS
£15.00INCLUDING THEIR POST-GLACIAL EMIGRATIONS AS TRACED BY THE APPLICATION OF A NEW LAW OF DISPERSAL BEING A CONTRIBUTION TO THE STUDY OF MIGRATION GEOGRAPHICAL DISTRIBUTION AND INSULAR FAUNAS. WITH 6 MAPS. VERY GOOD CONDITION. SOME FOXING. VERY SLIGHT WEAR TO THE SPINE. 1ST EDITION.
| Author: | DIXON C. |
| Place, Publisher, Date: | 1895 CHAPMAN & HALL LTD., LONDON |
| Binding: | HARDBACK |
| Condition: | VERY GOOD |
THE MITCHELL BEAZLEY WORLD ATLAS OF BIRDS
£15.00VERY GOOD COPY IN VERY GOOD SLIPCASE. INCLUDES:- THE WORLD OF BIRDS NORTH AMERICA: THE NEARCTIC REALM SOUTH AMERICA: THE NEOTROPICAL REALM EURASIA: THE PALAEARCTIC REALM AFRICA: THE ETHIOPIAN REALM SOUTHERN ASIA: THE ORIIENTAL REALM AUSTRALIA AND NEW ZEALAND: THE AUSTRALASIAN REALM. THE OCEANIC REALM THE WORLD-WIDE BIRDS THE POLAR REALM CLASSIFICATION OF BIRDS. VERY HEAVY SO WILL REQUIRE EXTRA POSTAGE.
| Author: | SCOTT SIR PETER (EDITOR) |
| ISBN: | 0855330422 |
| Place, Publisher, Date: | 1974 MITCHELL BEAZLEY, LONDON |
| Binding: | HARDBACK |
| Condition: | VERY GOOD |
THE NATURAL HISTORY OF BRITISH SURFACE-FEEDING DUCKS
£690.00FIRST EDITION – LIMITED TO 600 COPIES OF WHICH THIS IS NUMBER 18. SMALL FOLIO BEAUTIFULLY REBOUND IN HALF GREEN MOROCCO MARBLED ENDPAPERS TEG WITH 6 PHOTOGRAVURES. 41 TISSUE-GUARDED COLOURED PLATES (SOME BY THORBURN) AND 25 OTHER ILLUSTRATIONS. SOME FOXING TO THE EDGES OF A FEW PLATES BUT A VERY NICE CLEAN AND FIRM COPY IN A LOVELY BINDING. A VERY HEAVY BOOK – EXTRA POSTAGE WILL BE REQUIRED FOR OVERSEAS.
| Author: | MILLAIS J. G. |
| Place, Publisher, Date: | LONDON. LONGMANS, GREEN AND CO., 1902 |
| Binding: | HARDBACK |
| Condition: | VERY GOOD |
THE NATURAL HISTORY OF CAPE CLEAR ISLAND
£95.00FIRST EDITION VERY GOOD IN VERY GOOD DUSTWRAPPER. ILLUS. BY R GILLMOR DIAGRAMS MAPS CHARTS. A SCARCE POYSER.
| Author: | SHARROCK J. T. R. (EDITOR) |
| ISBN: | 085661002X |
| Place, Publisher, Date: | BERKHAMPSTED, POYSER, 1973 |
| Binding: | HARDBACK |
| Condition: | VERY GOOD |
THE NATURAL HISTORY OF CAPE CLEAR ISLAND
£65.00SOFTBACK EDITION WITH ‘SPECIAL PAPERBACK EDITION NOT FOR SALE’ PRINTED ON THE FRONT COVER. SLIGHT WEAR TO COVERS BUT VERY GOOD. ILLUS. BY R. GILLMOR DIAGRAMS MAPS AND CHARTS. A SCARCE POYSER.
| Author: | SHARROCK J. T. R. (EDITOR) |
| ISBN: | 085661002X |
| Place, Publisher, Date: | BERKHAMPSTED, POYSER, 1973 |
| Binding: | HARDBACK |
| Condition: | VERY GOOD |
THE NATURAL HISTORY OF GAME BIRDS
£150.00FIRST EDITION VOLUME 4 PART 2 OF JARDINE’S NATURAL HISTORY. WITH A TOTAL OF 30 HAND-COLOURED PLATES NUMEROUS WOODCUTS. FRONTIS. OF THOMAS RAFFLES WITH A MEMOIR. NICELY BOUND IN HALF RED LEATHER OVER MARBLED BOARDS MARBLED ENDPAPERS T.E.G. MINOR WEAR TO TOP AND BOTTOM OF SPINES. FIRMLY BOUND AND VERY CLEAN. A HANDSOME COPY. UNCOMMON.
| Author: | JARDINE SIR WILLIAM |
| Place, Publisher, Date: | EDINBURGH, LIZARS, 1834 |
| Binding: | HALF LEATHER |
| Condition: | VERY GOOD |
THE NATURAL HISTORY OF HUMMING-BIRDS (2 VOLUMES)
£400.00FIRST EDITION COMPLETE IN TWO VOLUMES. VOLUMES 1 AND 2 OF JARDINE’S NATURAL HISTORY. WITH A TOTAL OF 64 HAND-COLOURED PLATES NUMEROUS WOODCUTS. FRONTIS. OF LINNAEUS TO VOLUME 1 WITH A PORTRAIT. FRONTIS. OF PENNANT TO VOLUME 2 WITH A MEMOIR. NICELY BOUND IN HALF RED LEATHER OVER MARBLED BOARDS MARBLED ENDPAPERS T.E.G. MINOR WEAR TO TOP AND BOTTOM OF SPINES. FIRMLY BOUND AND VERY CLEAN. A HANDSOME SET. UNCOMMON.
| Author: | JARDINE SIR WILLIAM |
| Place, Publisher, Date: | EDINBURGH, LIZARS, 1834-36 |
| Binding: | HALF LEATHER |
| Condition: | VERY GOOD |
THE NATURAL HISTORY OF IRELAND VOLUME 2 (BIRDS)
£120.00FIRST EDITION. THIS IS VOLUME 2 DEALING WITH RASORES AND GRALLATORES. ORIGINAL BLIND-STAMPED GREEN CLOTH WITH SPINE FADED TO BROWN NICE AND CLEAN AND TIGHT. 350 PAGES.
| Author: | THOMPSON WILLIAM |
| Place, Publisher, Date: | LONDON, REEVE, BENTHAM, 1850 |
| Binding: | HARDBACK |
| Condition: | VERY GOOD |
THE NATURAL HISTORY OF PARROTS
£300.00FIRST EDITION VOLUME 6 OF JARDINE’S NATURAL HISTORY. WITH A TOTAL OF 30 HAND-COLOURED PLATES BY LEAR NUMEROUS WOODCUTS. FRONTIS. OF BEWICK WITH A MEMOIR. NICELY BOUND IN HALF RED LEATHER OVER MARBLED BOARDS MARBLED ENDPAPERS T.E.G. MINOR WEAR TO TOP AND BOTTOM OF SPINES. FIRMLY BOUND AND VERY CLEAN. A HANDSOME COPY. UNCOMMON.
| Author: | PRIDEAUX JOHN SELBY |
| Place, Publisher, Date: | EDINBURGH, LIZARS, 1836 |
| Binding: | HALF LEATHER |
| Condition: | VERY GOOD |
THE NATURAL HISTORY OF PIGEONS
£150.00FIRST EDITION VOLUME 4 PART 3 OF JARDINE’S NATURAL HISTORY. WITH A TOTAL OF 30 HAND-COLOURED PLATES NUMEROUS WOODCUTS. FRONTIS. OF PLINY WITH A MEMOIR. NICELY BOUND IN HALF RED LEATHER OVER MARBLED BOARDS MARBLED ENDPAPERS T.E.G. MINOR WEAR TO TOP AND BOTTOM OF SPINES. FIRMLY BOUND AND VERY CLEAN. A HANDSOME COPY. UNCOMMON.
| Author: | PRIDEAUX JOHN SELBY |
| Place, Publisher, Date: | EDINBURGH, LIZARS, 1835 |
| Binding: | HALF LEATHER |
| Condition: | VERY GOOD |