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Hardcover. Condition: Original red cloth. Dust Jacket Condition: Not Clipped (12s. 6d. net). Barlee, John (photos) (illustrator). First Printing of the First Edition. London: Collins / Fontana Books, 1947. 7.5" wide by 10" tall. Near Fine condition in Good Dust Jacket (a few small chips, tape reinforced on blank side). Not a book club edition. No remainder mark. No owner's name or bookplate. Clean, tight, and unmarked. Pages are fresh and crisp. A fascinating, richly illustrated, photo essay of birds in flight. Author was awarded the medal of the Royal Photographic Society. Has delightful photos, many at close range, of puffins on the upstroke; downstroke; coming in for a landing; geese; common gull; black-backed and herring gulls; the kittiwake; auks; cormorant and shag; the gannet; the fulmar petrel; terns; curlew and oyster-catcher; raven; chough; peregrine; heron; swift; swallow; mute swans; the coot; wild geese; etc. Includes a wealth of sea-birds photos taken on remote islands, estuaries and mud-flats. Also has diagrams of the mechanical forces involved in flight. From the Dust Jacket: "These pictures are the fruits of many days spent in the open with camera, binoculars and telescope, photographing and watching birds. Each one brings back to me a flood of memories - of long days with friends roaming the wilds of Ireland, of sunshine and wet weather, triumph and failure." From the Dust Jacket: "This unique collection of photographs, a tribute to the author's patience and perseverance in conquering the difficulties. In the text John Barlee tells of some of his personal experiences, and gives many of his own observations on bird flight." . First Printing of the First Edition. Hardcover. Original red cloth/Not Clipped (12s. 6d. net). Illus. by Barlee, John (photos). 128pp.

Seller Inventory # 001804

Hardcover. Condition: Fine condition. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine dust jacket. First Edition. Toronto, Canada: Stoddart Publishing Co. Limited, 1992. Fine condition in a Fine Dust Jacket. NOT price clipped ($39.95). NO chips. NO tears. NO creases. Oversize hardcover. 8.75" wide by 11.25" tall. A bright, clean, square, tight copy. Sharp corners. NO owner's name or bookplate. Tiny remainder dot on one edge. Otherwise all pages are fresh, crisp, and unmarked. Illustrated with over 100 beautiful color photos. From the Dust Jacket: "Virtually everyone has been enchanted by the sight and sound of a V-shaped formation of geese passing overhead, the geese honking joyfully as they take to the skies for migratory flights of up to 3,000 miles. How do they survive such an incredible journey? Where do they spend the winters? How do geese defend themselves. WILD GOOSE COUNTRY takes the reader to the marshes and uplands that are the home to our geese. It's a volume devoted exclusively to the daily lives and fascinating behaviors of these adaptable birds, and it covers all North American species. Over 100 full-color photographs illustrate the wild goose saga, and Michael Furtman's text is thorough, up-to-date, and well researched, but never stuffy. As you read Furtman's dramatic firsthand descriptions and page through the splendid photographs, you're likely to share the author's conclusion: 'Geese,' he writes, 'are magic.'" Shipping for this large book is most economical by MEDIA MAIL. Priority and International shipment are also available, but ONLY by special arrangement, and at significantly greater cost. Keywords: Canada. Canadian Geese. Nature. Birds. Birdwatching. Migration. First Edition. Oversize Hardcover. Fine condition/Fine dust jacket. 159pp. Great Packaging, Fast Shipping.

Seller Inventory # 015071

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine condition. Tilford, Tony (photography by) (illustrator). First Printing of the First Edition. Neptune, New Jersey : T. F. H. Publications, Inc., 1986. Near Fine condition. Bright, clean, square, tight, and unmarked. No owner's name or bookplate. Not a remainder. Illustrations throughout. A handy reference to over 400 breeds and species, with over 230 beautiful full-color photos. Also has sections on choosing a pet bird, training techniques, exercise and toys, wing-clipping, teaching speech, housing, feeding, avian ailments, breeding and color, etc. Glossary. Index. . First Printing of the First Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine condition. Illus. by Tilford, Tony (photography by). 4to. 160pp .

Seller Inventory # 009532

Hardcover. Condition: Good condition. King, B. W. & J. F. W. McKay (illustrator). Cleveland, Ohio: King Publications, Inc. , 1926. Good condition. Moderate edge-wear to covers. Very Good condition internally. No printing or edition statement [1926]. Interior illustrations by B. W. King. Cover art by J. F. W. McKay. Beautiful full-color paintings of a Kingfisher, Robin, Meadowlark, Bluebird, Scarlet Tanager, Crow, Catbird, Owl, Goldfinch, Song Sparrow, Redheaded Woodpecker, Barn Swallow, Brown Thrush, and Blue Jay. Includes 14 poems. Also has brief notes on each bird's nesting and migration habits, coloration, song, length, diet, etc. A volume in the King Nature Series. Bound in the original brown boards with picture of a cardinal on the front. This Cleveland, Ohio edition appears to be much scarcer than the New York edition. 1st ed? (No additional printings listed). Hardcover. Good condition. Illus. by King, B. W. & J. F. W. McKay. 4to. 16pp . 1st ed? (No additional printings listed).

Seller Inventory # 009813

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine condition. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine dust jacket. First Printing of the First US Edition. New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1975. Bright, clean, square, tight, unmarked copy. Sharp corners. No owner's name or bookplate. No remainder mark. Not a book club edition. Not price clipped (9.95). No chips or tears. Illustrated with drawings and maps. Includes 25 chapters; 22 maps and 36 pages of tables showing the status in each country of 432 species, keyed to Roger Peterson 's Field Guide to the Birds of Britain and Europe (1974). From the Dust Jacket: "Use of 12 specially devised symbols enable[s] one to see at a glance whether any particular one of the 432 species can be seen in any particular European country, whether it is a resident, visitor or migrant there, and whether it is common or rare. Any bird-lover travelling in Europe on holiday or business will find the book indispensable." . First Printing of the First US Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine condition/Near Fine dust jacket. 8vo. 298pp + 37 page appendix. Great Packaging, Fast Shipping.

Seller Inventory # 011299

Paperback. Condition: Very Good+ condition. Silverstein, Grant (illustrator). Philadelphia: Paul Dry Books, 2003. Uncorrected Proof. 5" wide by 8.5" tall. Bright, clean, tight, square, unmarked copy. Flat spine. No spine crease. No store stamp, owner's name or bookplate. No underlining. No highlighting. No margin notes. From the rear cover: "Part memoir, part natural history, part apology, The Verb 'To Bird' will enlighten and entertain anyone who's ever wondered why so many people find standing under a dripping pine in the pre-dawn fog so appealing." Original pictorial wrappers. 1st printing of First Paul Dry Books ed. Softcover. Very Good+ condition. Illus. by Silverstein, Grant. x, 273pp . 1st printing of First Paul Dry Books ed.

Seller Inventory # 011101

Paperback. Condition: Near Fine condition. Loates, Martin Glen (cover art) (illustrator). First Edition. Ithaca, New York: The Laboratory of Ornithology at Cornell University, 1974. Appears unread. Near Fine condition. SEE PHOTO. Bright, tight and unmarked. No owner's name or bookplate. The spine is square and flat with NO creases. NOT a library discard. Pages are clean and crisp. NO loose pages. NO underlining. NO highlighting. NO margin notes. Softcover. 6.5" wide by 10" tall. Illustrated with photos and paintings throughout, including a number in beautiful full-color. Full-color cover painting by Martin Glen Loates of a Ring-necked Pheasant. First Edition. Softcover. Near Fine condition. Illus. by Loates, Martin Glen (cover art). 326pp.

Seller Inventory # 016824

Paperback. Condition: Near Fine condition. Polseno, Jo (cover art) (illustrator). First Edition. Ithaca, New York: The Laboratory of Ornithology at Cornell University, 1973. Appears unread. Near Fine condition. SEE PHOTO. Bright, tight and unmarked. No owner's name or bookplate. The spine is square and flat with NO creases. NOT a library discard. Pages are clean and crisp. NO loose pages. NO underlining. NO highlighting. NO margin notes. Softcover. 6.5" wide by 10" tall. Illustrated with photos and paintings throughout, including a number in beautiful full-color. Full color cover painting by Jo Polseno of Hooded Mergansers. First Edition. Softcover. Near Fine condition. Illus. by Polseno, Jo (cover art). 307pp.

Seller Inventory # 016823

Hardcover. Condition: Fine condition. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine dust jacket. NOT a library discard (illustrator). First Edition, Number 326 of Limited ed. Dayton, Ohio: Mead Papers, 1966. NOT a library discard. Fine condition in a Fine dust jacket. NO chips. NO tears. NO creases. NOT a remainder. NO owner's name or bookplate. Pages are crisp, clean and unmarked. 1966. First Edition. Number 738 of a Limited Edition. Illustrated with a full color frontispiece - an Audubon bird painting reproduction. This is an account of John James Audubon's long struggle to get published his double elephant folio edition of THE BIRDS OF AMERICA - today, one of the most prized books in the world. Volume 2 in the Minds of Men series. Bound in the original two tone (green and tan) cloth, stamped in bright gold. Complete with dust jacket. First Edition, Number 326 of Limited ed. Hardcover. Fine condition/Fine dust jacket. Illus. by NOT a library discard. 54pp. Great Packaging, Fast Shipping.

Seller Inventory # 024040

Paperback. Condition: Near Fine condition. First Edition. Berkeley, California: Ariel Vamp Press, 1994. Signed by the author on the title page: "On Alcatraz, 6/30/95, [signed] Jolene Babyak." NOT personalized to anyone. Near Fine condition. Bright, shiny, clean, square, tight, and unmarked. Flat spine. NO store stamp, owner's name or bookplate. Softcover. 5.5" wide by 8.5" tall. List of source notes. Bibliography. Index. Bound in the original pictorial wraps. From the rear cover: "Meticulously researched, with never-before-published prison reports and Stroud's own writings, with quotes from prisoners, officers, psychologists, and avian pathologists. Babyak lived on Alcatraz while her father, Arthur M. Dollison, was an administrator and associate warden.". Signed by Author while on Alcatraz island. First Edition. Softcover. Near Fine condition. (vii), 328pp. + 16 pages of illustrations. Great Packaging, Fast Shipping.

Seller Inventory # 003088

Hardcover. Condition: Fine condition. Dust Jacket Condition: No jacket, as issued. First Edition. Atglen, Pennsylvania: Schiffer Publishing Ltd., 1994. Fine condition. Bright, shiny, clean, square, and tight. Sharp corners. NO owner's name or bookplate. NOT a remainder. Pages are fresh and crisp. NO underlining. NO highlighting. NO margin notes. Illustrated with about two hundred full-color photographs. Bibliography. Two appendices. Stangl Index. Pennsbury Index. Bound in the original full-color glossy laminated boards. From the publisher: "Brightly colored Stangl Pottery earthenware bird figurines were made in New Jersey from the 1940s into the 1970s. The very similar Pennsbury birds were hatched in Pennsylvania during the 1950s by former Stangl employees. Today both companies' wares are eagerly sought by collectors in all parts of the country. In this first book of its kind, Mike Schneider shows the entire Stangle Birds of America series plus 60 examples of Pennsbury birds in beautiful individual color photos. There is also a chapter on the little known but highly desirable Stangl animal figures. This user-friendly book, in which the Stangl birds are listed by the model number, also includes an alphabetically arranged name index for complete and easy cross referencing and close up photos of marks. A price guide based on the current market makes this beautiful volume an invaluable tool for collectors and dealers.". First Edition. Hardcover. Fine condition/No jacket, as issued. 8vo. 160pp.

Seller Inventory # 016177

Paperback. Condition: Very Good condition. First Edition. Lancaster, Pennsylvania:: The American Ornithologists' Union, 1933. 6.25" wide by 9.5" tall. Light dust soil to cover. A square, tight copy. No owner's name or bookplate. Pages are clean and unmarked. No underlining. No highlighting. No margin notes. Illustrated with a few photographic plates. Bound in the original pictorial wraps. First Edition. Trade Paperback. Very Good condition./No Dust Jacket, as issued. pp. 265-384. Great Packaging, Fast Shipping.

Seller Inventory # 004306

Paperback. Condition: Very Good condition. NOT a library discard (illustrator). First Edition. New York: Sotheby's, 1985. Very Good condition. Sharp corners. NO owner's name or bookplate. Pages are clean and unmarked. 434 lots. 471 illus, 37 in high quality color. This catalogue offers the last set sold in Audubon's lifetime. It was first acquired from Victor Audubon by the city of New York in 1850. With historical introduction (8 page essay on the publication of the Birds of America), estimated values, and notes on each plate. Bound in the original full color pictorial wraps. Oversize Softcover. 8.25" wide by 10.5" tall. This large, heavy book will require extra postage for Priority and International shipments, but only the standard charge for media mail. First Edition. Oversize Softcover. Very Good condition. Illus. by NOT a library discard. Great Packaging, Fast Shipping.

Seller Inventory # 024714

Hardcover. Condition: New condition. Dust Jacket Condition: New dust jacket. First Printing of the First Edition. Atglen, Pennsylvania: Schiffer Publishing, 2020. NEW in a NEW dust jacket that shows just a tiny bit of very mild shelfwear (like you sometimes find in any new book store). NO fading, creases, chips, or tears. Bright, shiny, clean, square and tight. Fresh, crisp, clean and unmarked -- obviously never read. Well illustrated with maps, photos, and numerous full color reproductions of Ian Fleming's James Bond book covers and dust jackets - also of the real James Bond's birds and bird books. One photo shows a book's inscription: "To the real James Bond from the thief of his identity, Ian Fleming, Feb. 5, 1964." Bound in the original pictorial boards. Complete with dust jacket. First Printing of the First Edition. Hardcover. New condition/New dust jacket. 8vo. 144pp. Great Packaging, Fast Shipping.

Seller Inventory # 026843

Paperback. Condition: New in shrinkwrap. Butler, Edward Murrell (illustrator). Third Edition Revised. Austin: University of Texas Press, 1998. Brand New in PERFECT condition. Still SEALED in the publisher's clear plastic SHRINKWRAP. A beautiful, pristine copy -- bright, shiny, clean, square, tight. Fresh and crisp. Obviously never read. Sharp corners. 5.5" wide by 8" tall. Handsomely illustrated with 50 full-color plates. Maps. From the rear cover: "This practical field guide contains detailed annotations for easy identification of all of Mexico's regular species. The descriptions include the English, Spanish, and Latin names; a general statement for each bird, along with its specific occurrences in the region; its typical habitat(s) and abundance; and its physical characteristics, including size and plumage. Excellent color plates with drawings of over 850 species make this the most fully illustrated guide to the region. Published by the author in 1972 and 1989, this convenient take-along guide is now totally revised, updated, and re-designed to provide handy assistance and enjoyment to professional ornithologists and amateurs alike." The striking color plates illustrate nearly 500 Mexican bird species not found in the United States. Also covers birds found in Guatemala, Belize, and El Salvador. Bound in the original stiff, red pictorial wraps. "First University of Texas Press Edition" is so stated. Keywords: Birdwatching. Ornithology. Third Edition Revised. Softcover. New in shrinkwrap. 8vo. (xxiv), 288pp. Great Packaging, Fast Shipping.

Seller Inventory # 012530

Paperback. Condition: Good condition. Hashime Murayama (illustrator). First Edition. Washington, D.C.: National Geographic Society, 1926. Good condition overall. Internally Very Good. Moderate soil/wear to cover. Rear cover has a crease. NO owner's name or bookplate. Pages are clean and unmarked. This is the special issue on Pigeons, number 28 of Edwin Buxbaum's One Hundred Best Special Numbers [in COLLECTOR'S GUIDE TO THE NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC MAGAZINE, 1971]. This special pigeon issue contains: PIGEONS OF RESPLENDENT PLUMAGE with 12 full color plate paintings from Life by Hashime Murayama; ON THE TRAIL OF THE AIR MAIL by Lieutenant J. Parker Van Zandt (with 68 illustrations); and MAN'S FEATHERED FRIENDS OF LONGEST STANDING by Elisha Hanson (with 35 illustrations). Bound in the original yellow and white wraps, stamped in black. "This is a small treatise on pigeons [including] their history in time of war as messangers. training of racing pigeons in great detail." -- Buxbaum p. 195. First Edition. Softcover, 7" by 10 ". Good condition. Illus. by Hashime Murayama. Great Packaging, Fast Shipping.

Seller Inventory # 022093

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good+ condition. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good dust jacket. Hosking, Eric (photographs) (illustrator). First Edition. London: Faber and Faber Limited, 1955. Very Good+ condition in a Very Good dust jacket. A square, tight copy. Sharp corners. Bound in the original red cloth which under the jacket is faded as usual, but only mildly so. Blue lettering on the spine remains bright. The jacket has light rubbing at the extremities, but is still quite shiny. NOT price clipped (18s net). Pages are clean. No underlining. No highlighting. No margin notes. Illustrated with over 60 photographs by Eric Hosking. Based on a 5-year study. Contains 13 chapters describing the aggressive behavior and aerial combat of the Willow-Warbler, Nightingale, Robin, Chat, Pipit, Cuckoo, Ringer Plover, Oystercatcher, Sandpiper, Snipe, Stone-Curlew, Redshank, Wheatear, Avocet, Stuffed Jay, etc. Bibliography. Index. First printing, with "First published in mcmlv" so stated on the copyright page. Appendix. Bibliography. Index. . First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good+ condition/Very Good dust jacket. Illus. by Hosking, Eric (photographs). 8vo. 128pp.

Seller Inventory # 007857

Hardcover. Condition: New. Dust Jacket Condition: New. First Printing of the New Edition. New York: The Atlantic Monthly Press, 1990. Still sealed in the publisher's clear plastic shrinkwrap. A gorgeous, pristine copy in PERFECT condition. Brand New in a Brand New dust jacket. NOT price clipped ($65.00). Bright, shiny, clean, square and tight. Sharp corners. NO owner's name or bookplate. NOT a remainder. "First printing" is so stated on the copyright page. However this is really a revision of the 1953 first edition which sells for up to $1000 or more. This new 1990 edition adds an appendix detailing the various printmaking processes. The reference bibliography has also been enlarged and updated. This book features 52 exquisite full color plates, each minutely catalogued. The illuminating text is filled with charm and erudition. Included is a detailed bibliography of colorplate bird books that occupies more than half of the volume. This is a beautiful and essential tool for collectors and dealers, available in this updated edition at a tiny fraction of the cost of the original. Introduction by Handasyde Buchanan. Foreword by S. Dillon Ripley. Bound in the original black cloth, stamped in shiny gold. From the pristine dust jacket: "This lavishly illustrated, impeccably researched volume is a tribute to the world's greatest natural history monographs. And it is the most comprehensive illustrated guide to collectible color plate books ever published. Here are the works of John James Audubon, John Gould, and Edward Lear. Also represented and distinguished for the superb craftsmanship and refinement of their printmaking are works by the German master Joseph Wolf; French artists Jacques Barraband, Edouard Travi�s, and Jean Audebert; and the great Dutch ornithologist Coenraad Temminck. No less impressive are the works of Mark Catesby, Alexander Wilson, and Daniel Elliot More than a stunning visual record, FINE BIRD BOOKS is a collector's guide to fine prints and colorplate books. The ultimate tool for the collector, its comprehensive, scholarly bibliography rates the value of hundreds of the most sought-after prints" Oversize Hardcover. 9.25" wide by 12" tall. This large, heavy book will require extra postage for Priority and International shipments, but only the standard charge for media mail. First Printing of the New Edition. Oversize Hardcover. New/New. xii, 180pp. Great Packaging, Fast Shipping.

Seller Inventory # 017260

Paperback. Condition: Good-Very Good condition. First Edition. Washington, D.C.: National Geographic Society, 1917. Good+ condition overall. Light soil/wear to the cover. Tiny chip to heel of spine. Internally Very Good. NO owner's name or bookplate. Pages are clean and unmarked. NO stains. Among the articles in this issue: DO YOUR BIT FOR AMERICA by Woodrow Wilson; A TRIBUTE TO AMERICA by Herbert Henry Asquith; FRIENDS OF OUR FORESTS (birds) with painted color illustrations; THE BURDEN FRANCE HAS BORNE; THE CALL TO THE COLORS; THE OUTSPEAKING OF A GREAT DEMOCRACY; THE OLDEST OF THE FREE ASSEMBLIES; THE RUSSIAN SITUATION AND ITS SIGNIFICANCE TO AMERICA by Stanley Washburne. Bound in the original yellow and white wraps, stamped in black. First Edition. Softcover, 7" by 10 ". Good-Very Good condition. Great Packaging, Fast Shipping.

Seller Inventory # 022391

Paperback. Condition: Good condition. Hashime Murayama (29 full color paintings) (illustrator). First Edition. Washington, D.C.: National Geographic Society, 1927. Good condition overall. Internally Very Good. Light wear and moderate soil to cover. NO owner's name or bookplate. Pages are clean and unmarked. This is the special issue on Poultry/Fowl, number 30 of Edwin Buxbaum's One Hundred Best Special Numbers [in COLLECTOR'S GUIDE TO THE NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC MAGAZINE, 1971]. This special issue contains: THE RACES OF DOMESTIC FOWL by M.A. Jull (with 67 photos); FOWL OF THE OLD AND NEW WORLD with 29 full color paintings from Life by Hashime Murayama; AMERICA'S DEBT TO THE HEN by Harry R. Lewis (with 15 illustrations). Bound in the original yellow and white wraps, stamped in black. "The history of the fowl is recorded from the first prehistoric ancestor. to our modern egg-laying friends. The sport of cockfighting from ancient days is recorded. There is an interesting explanation of the color of feathers. and a study of their markings. Mating, the principles of inheritance in breeding and the importance of the shape of the comb are discussed at length." -- Buxbaum p. 195. First Edition. Softcover, 7" by 10 ". Good condition. Illus. by Hashime Murayama (29 full color paintings). Great Packaging, Fast Shipping.

Seller Inventory # 022095

Hardcover. Condition: New. Dust Jacket Condition: No jacket, as issued. 1993 reprint of the 1961 original. Mansfield, Connecticut: Maurizio Martino Publisher, 1993. BRAND NEW in perfect condition (just removed from the publisher's shrinkwrap so we could write this description). NO rubbing. NO fading. Bright, clean, square and tight. Sharp corners. NO owner's name or bookplate. NO remainder mark. Fresh and crisp -- obviously never read. Undated (but 1993, first Martino printing "Limited to 275 copies"). Facsimile reprint of the 1961 Yale University Press original. Nearly 5,000 entries, many with useful annotations. Bound in the original gilt-stamped dark green cloth. Besterman 4365. 1993 reprint of the 1961 original. Hardcover. New/No jacket, as issued. 8vo. xi, 338pp. Great Packaging, Fast Shipping.

Seller Inventory # 018882

Paperback. Condition: Very Good condition. Walker, Florence M. (drawings) (illustrator). First Edition. Portland, Oregon:: Timber Press, 1983. 6" wide by 9" tall. A clean, tight copy. The spine is square and flat. NO owner's name or bookplate. NO remainder mark. Pages are crisp. NO underlining. NO highlighting. NO margin notes. Illustrated with drawings by Florence M. Walker, plus b/w photographs, and 200 bird paintings on 8 full-color plates. SIGNED in full by both the AUTHOR & ILLUSTRATOR on the title page [signatures only]. Bibliographical references. Indexes. From the rear cover: "SCANS KEY was developed in answer to many readers who asked for an easier, surer way to know and name the birds they watched in dooryard and on country ramble. The KEY is unique, her added comments knowledgeable and easily understood, even by beginners ion the birdwatching arts." . SIGNED by both the AUTHOR & ILLUSTRATOR. First Edition. Soft Cover. Very Good condition. Illus. by Walker, Florence M. (drawings). 176pp.

Seller Inventory # 008887

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good+ condition. Dust Jacket Condition: No Dust Jacket. First Edition. New York and London: Whittlesey House, 1939. 9" wide by 11.75" tall. A few brown speckles (foxing) on the endpapers else a bright, clean, square, and tight copy. No owner's name or bookplate. No underlining. No highlighting. No margin notes. Well illustrated with a color frontispiece & 67 full-page black-and-white plates (of birds, chicks, eggs, nests, etc). Bibliography. Index. Bound in the original green cloth, lettered in yellow, and with a pretty vignette of a songbird in yellow & shades of green on the front cover. This is a heavy, oversized book. Please contact About Books for extra shipping charges if you are ordering by Priority Mail or International Mail. . First Edition. Oversize Hardcover. Very Good+ condition./No Dust Jacket. xvi, 252pp. .

Seller Inventory # 003675

Hardcover. Condition: Fine condition. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine dust jacket. Pledger, Maurice; & Trevor Boyer & Robert Morton (illustrator). Limpsfield, Surrey, Great Britain: Dragon's World Ltd, 1984. Fine condition in Fine Dust Jacket. 9.5" wide by 12.25" tall. Bright, clean, tight, square, unmarked copy. Sharp corners. NOT price clipped (29.95). No chips or tears. No remainder mark. No store stamp, owner's name or bookplate. No underlining. No highlighting. No margin notes. Full-color paintings by Maurice Pledger and Trevor Boyer. Drawings by Robert Morton. Text and lavish illustrations bring to life 24 of Canada's most beautiful and interesting bird species including Canada Goose, Starling, Bald Eagle, Shoveler, Mallard, Teal, Golden Eagle, Ruffed Grouse, Willow & Rock Ptarmigan, Greater Prairie Chicken, Sage Grouse, Bobwhite, Barn Swallow, Brown Creeper, Winter Wren, Golden-Crowned Kinglet, California Quail, etc. Original blue boards. 1st ed? (No additional printings listed). Oversize Hardcover. Fine condition/Fine dust jacket. Illus. by Pledger, Maurice; & Trevor Boyer & Robert Morton. 159pp. 1st ed? (No additional printings listed).

Seller Inventory # 000085

Hardcover. Condition: New. Dust Jacket Condition: in publisher's shrinkwrap. 1993 reprint of the 1961 original. Mansfield, Connecticut: Maurizio Martino Publisher, 1993. BRAND NEW in perfect condition. STILL SEALED in the publisher's clear plastic SHRINKWRAP. NO rubbing. NO fading. Bright, clean, square and tight. Sharp corners. NO owner's name or bookplate. NO remainder mark. Fresh and crisp -- obviously never read. Undated (but 1993, first Martino printing "Limited to 275 copies"). Facsimile reprint of the 1961 Yale University Press original. Nearly 5,000 entries, many with useful annotations. Bound in the original gilt-stamped dark green cloth. Besterman 4365. 1993 reprint of the 1961 original. Hardcover. New/in publisher's shrinkwrap. 8vo. xi, 338pp. Great Packaging, Fast Shipping.

Seller Inventory # 018103

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good condition. Dust Jacket Condition: Good dust jacket. First Edition. Adelaide [Australia]: Rigby Limited, 1980. Very Good condition in a Good dust jacket. The jacket has light wear at the edges, and a few closed tears that have been neatly reinforced on the jacket's blank side with clear tape. NOT price clipped. Field Guide to the history, landforms, geology, vegetation, insects, arthropods, fishes, frogs, reptiles, birds, and mammals of Australia's Flinders Mountain Ranges. Illustrated with line drawings and numerous full color and b/w photographs. Bibliography. Glossary. Index. Bound in the original green boards, stamped in bright white on the spine. From the dust jacket: "Nine specialist authors have pooled their research findings and knowledge to produce this informative Field Guide.". First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good condition/Good dust jacket. 368pp. Great Packaging, Fast Shipping.

Seller Inventory # 019853

Paperback. Condition: New. First Paperback Edition. Ithaca and London: Cornell University Press, 1989. BRAND NEW in perfect condition. NO rubbing. NO fading. Bright, shiny, clean and tight. Sharp corners. Flat spine. NO creases. NOT a library discard. NO owner's name or bookplate. Fresh and crisp -- obviously never read. With 80 illustrations, mostly full page plates including 4 in color on special glossy paper. Documents the work of 16 notable amateur naturalists/illustrators of bird books from the mid 1600s to the mid 1800s. Includes accounts of the life and works of Francis Willughby, John Ray, Eleazar Albin, Mark Catesby, George Edwards, Thomas Pennant, William Hayes, John Latham, John Walcott, William Lewin, James Bolton, Edward Donovan, George Graves, Prideaux John Selby, Sir William Jardine, and John James LaForest Audubon. Four valuable appendices: 1) Continental Illustrated Bird Books; 2) The Use of Metal for Bird Illustrations; 3) The Main Periodicals with Engraved/Etched Bird Illustrations; 4) Editions, Impressions, and Special Issues. List of chapter notes/sources. Bibliographies. Index of Names. Index of Species. From the rear cover: "This handsome volume surveys bird-book publishing in Britain from just before 1660, when metal-plate printing was introduced, to the mid-nineteenth century, when the process was superseded by lithography. In this period, most of the bird books published in Britain were illustrated by the authors themselves, who learned to etch their drawings on metal plates, It was a time when hundreds of previously unknown species were being discovered in all parts of the world, and a flood of new specimens reached the British Isles. BIRD ETCHINGS tells the story of those who contributed so importantly to the literature of ornithology." By the author of BRITISH NAMES OF BIRDS (1968); BIRD ILLUSTRATORS: SOME ARTISTS IN EARLY LITHOGRAPHY (1975); and WOOD ENGRAVINGS OF BIRDS (1978). Bound in the original pictorial red wraps. 7" wide by 10" tall. . First Paperback Edition. Softcover. New. 293pp. Great Packaging, Fast Shipping.

Seller Inventory # 019489

Hardcover. Condition: Publisher's blue cloth. Dust Jacket Condition: DJ Not Price Clipped (35s net). D. F. Doward photography (illustrator). First Printing of the First Edition. London: Hutchinson, 1960. Very Good condition in frayed Dust Jacket (edgewear, chips). Previous owner's name on endpaper. No underlining. No highlighting. No margin notes. Clean and square copy. Well-illustrated with drawings and photographs. Frontispiece photo in full-color by D. F. Doward. Endpaper maps of Ascension Island. A record of the British Ornithologist Union's scientific expedition to Ascension Island, October 1957 - April 1959. A charming book with fascinating looks at the breeding cycles and behavior of Frigate Birds, Noddies, Boobies, Fairy Terns, Petrels, Terns, Green Turtles, etc. Also covers the Island's discovery, its legends, and role in 19th century history. From the Dust Jacket: "The author, a zoologist from Oxford University, with his wife and a party of young scientists, spent eighteen months on Ascension to work among the seabirds and other animals which live and breed on the island.". First Printing of the First Edition. Hardcover. Publisher's blue cloth/DJ Not Price Clipped (35s net). Illus. by D. F. Doward photography. 8vo. 224pp. .

Seller Inventory # 002349

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine condition. Dust Jacket Condition: No jackets. First Edition. London:: Croom Helm, 1981. Two oblong vols. Each is 21.5 cm wide by 20.5 cm tall. Square and tight. NO owner's name or bookplate. No remainder mark. Pages are fresh and crisp. No underlining. No highlighting. No margin notes. Illustrated with many line drawings, and over 1,300 beautiful, full-color photographs on glossy coated stock. This comprehensive reference describes over 330 species of European breeding birds with details on their habitats, food, migratory patterns, and reproductive biology. Each entry includes 4 full-color photos -- one full-page -- and 3 smaller shots, typically depicting that species' nest, eggs, and chicks. Besides a narrative description, each entry also includes a color-coded distribution map showing the breeding range for the species, plus a chart with details on usual length and weight, voice, breeding period, size of clutch, eggs color and size, incubation, and fledging period. Translated by Richard Stoneman; Edited by Iain Robertson. Uniformly bound in the original olive green boards, lettered in shiny gold on the spine and front cover. The ISBN listed is for Vol 1 only. The ISBN for vol 2 is 0709920202. . First Edition. Oversize Hardcover (heavy). Near Fine condition./No jackets. 2 vols: 334pp. + 394pp.

Seller Inventory # 007993

Hardcover. Condition: Fine condition. Dust Jacket Condition: No jacket, probably as issued. Port Perry, Ontario: Silvio Mattacchione & Co., 1993. Near Fine condition. Bright, shiny, clean, square, and tight. NO owner's name or bookplate. NO remainder mark. Pages are fresh and crisp. NO underlining. NO highlighting. NO margin notes. Illustrated with numerous beautiful full-color photographs. Contains an introduction and 9 major sections: 1) Natural and Avicultural History; 2) Keeping Eclectus Parrots; 3) Housing Eclectus Parrots; 4) Diet of the Eclectus Parrot; 5) Health Care; 6) Breeding the Eclectus Parrot; 7) Artificial Incubation; 8) Hand Rearing of Eclectus Parrots; 9) Weaning Eclectus Parrots. Glossary. Three appendices; including Identification Guides for the Different Sub-Species of Eclectus [for Female and Male]. Bibliography. Bound in the original gold boards, lettered in black on the spine and front cover. 1st ed? (No additional printings listed). Hardcover. Fine condition/No jacket, probably as issued. 8vo. vii, 144pp. 1st ed? (No additional printings listed).

Seller Inventory # 014519