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The White Cardinal
by Bancroft, Griffing. Fracé, Charles (illus.)
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- Used - Fine in fine (-) price-clipped jacket in archival mylar.
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- Presumed first
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- 1973
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- Hardcover
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A$34.93
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New York: Coward, McCann & Geoghegan, 1973. Presumed first. Hardcover. Fine in fine (-) price-clipped jacket in archival mylar.. 124 pages: illustrations; 22 cm; bibliographical references (pages 121-124). "Traces the first year in the life of a cardinal as he struggles to accept the fact that his rare albino coloring has destined him to be a loner."
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Annotated Checklist of the Birds of Kentucky
by Monroe, Burt L; Stamm, Anne L; Palmer-Ball, Brainard L.
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- Used
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- Fine
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- 1988
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- Paperback
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Louisville? Ky: Kentucky Ornithological Society, 1988. Fine. Paperback. xi, 84 pages: illustrations; 24 cm; bibliographical references (page v) and index. Errata slip. Oiseaux -- Kentucky. Birds.: Kentucky. Monroe, Burt L. 1930- (Burt Leavelle), Stamm, Anne L. Palmer-Ball, Brainard L.
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Birds in Town & Village; With pictures in color by E. J. Detmold
by Hudson, W. H. (William Henry); Detmold, E. J. (illus.)
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- Used - A very good(+) copy with a tight binding and clean text block, with minor weathering to exterior. Please see photos.
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- First US edition. Date of 1920 stated on copyright page
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- 1920
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- Hardcover
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A$48.60
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New York: E.P. Dutton & Co, 1920. First US edition. Date of 1920 stated on copyright page. Hardcover. A very good(+) copy with a tight binding and clean text block, with minor weathering to exterior. Please see photos.. Quarto in blue cloth with gilt titles and ornament; ix, 323 pages; 8 color plates, incl. frontis.; 23 cm. Nice… Read more about this item Item Price
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A Guide to the Birds of Venezuela
by Meyer de Schauensee, Rodolph; Phelps, William Henry
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- Used - Very good(+) with minor external wear; tight and clean within. Please see photos.
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- 8th printing
- Published
- 1978
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- Paperback
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- 9780691082059
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A$41.00
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Princeton, N.J.: Princeton University Press, 1978. 8th printing. Paperback. Very good(+) with minor external wear; tight and clean within. Please see photos.. Small quarto in white color illus wraps; xvii, 424 pages, 110 unnumbered leaves of plates: color illustrations; 24 cm; index; bibliographical references (pages 381-382). Birds -- Venezuela. Birds. Vögel Aves (Sistematica) Aves (Biologia) Oiseaux -- Venezuela.… Read more about this item Item Price
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The Art of Wing Shooting
by Leffingwell, William Bruce
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- Fine in near fine jacket housed in archival mylar sleeve.
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- Reprint of the 1889 ed
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- 1967
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- Hardcover
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New York: Arno Press, 1967. Reprint of the 1889 ed. Hardcover. Fine in near fine jacket housed in archival mylar sleeve.. Octavo in green and white cloth; 192 pages; illustrations, portraits 20 cm. The Abercrombie & Fitch Library / Hunting, Birds, Ducks, Fowl. Shooting. .
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The Book of the American Woodcock
by Sheldon, William G.
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- Personal memorial bookplate to front paste-down; else a fine copy in an about near fine price-clipped jacket now housed in archi
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- First edition (presumed; no earlier dates stated)
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- 1967
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- Hardcover
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A$116.94
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Amherst: University of Massachusetts Press, 1967. First edition (presumed; no earlier dates stated). Hardcover. Personal memorial bookplate to front paste-down; else a fine copy in an about near fine price-clipped jacket now housed in archival mylar. See photos.. Quarto in pale blue color illus jacket; xvii, 227 pages: illustrations; 26 cmbibliographical references (pages 207-215). Signed and inscribed by… Read more about this item Item Price
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Alaska Bird Trails: Adventures of an Expedition by Dog Sled to the Delta of the Yukon River At Hooper Bay; by Herbert Brandt; illustrated with paintings by Major Allan Brooks and Edward R. Kalmbach; with photographs by Frank Dufresne, Olaus J. Murie, and the author, and with pen sketches by C.G. Mitchell, J.R. Moodey, and L.B. Towle
by Brandt, Herbert; Brooks, Allan ( illus.); Kalmbach, Edward R. (illus.); Bird Research Foundation
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- Near fine with slight bump to front board corner & very minor wear in good(+) partly tape-repaired jacket now housed in archival
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- 1943
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- Hardcover
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A$478.39
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Cleveland, Ohio: Bird Research Foundation, 1943. Hardcover. Near fine with slight bump to front board corner & very minor wear in good(+) partly tape-repaired jacket now housed in archival mylar. Please refer to photos. Memorial bookplate to front free endpaper.. Large quarto in stamped and gilt ornamental borow cloth & illus dust jacket; 2 preliminary leaves, xviii, 464… Read more about this item Item Price
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The Birds of Rhode Island [Together With] a Supplement to the Birds of Rhode Island; by Reginald Heber Howe, Jr. and Edward Sturtevant
by Howe, Reginald Heber; Sturtevant, E. Lewis
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- Used - Both remarkably fine.
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- 1899
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- Hardcover
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A$267.29
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[Place of publication not identified]: [Publisher not identified], 1899. Hardcover. Both remarkably fine.. Small quarto in dark green clot -backed, gilt-titled boards; 111 pages: frontispiece, 5 plates; 24 cm; bibliographical references (pages 91-101). Supplement has same dimensions in brown printed wraps; 24p. Presumably quite scarce thus, in such fine condion. / Birds -- Rhode Island. U.S.A. Ornithology, Natural… Read more about this item Item Price
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The Life of the White Stork; by Fr. Haverschmidt; with 4 maps and 38 photographs by the author
by Haverschmidt, Francois
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- Used - About very good with mild wear to exterior and commemorative personal donation plate to front paste-down; binding tight and leav
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- 1949
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- Hardcover
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A$68.34
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Leiden: E.J. Brill, 1949. Hardcover. About very good with mild wear to exterior and commemorative personal donation plate to front paste-down; binding tight and leaves clean.. Small quarto in white printed and illus paper-covered baords with green cloth-bakced spine; viii, 96 pages, 18 pages of plates, 4 folded leaves of plates: illustrations, 4 maps; 25 cm; bibliographical references… Read more about this item Item Price
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The Dell Encyclopedia of Birds
by Bruun, Bertel
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- Used - Exrtemely mild foxing to covers. Else pages clean and binding tight. Near fine.
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- 1974
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- Paperback
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A$21.26
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[New York]: [Dell Pub. Co.], 1974. Paperback. Exrtemely mild foxing to covers. Else pages clean and binding tight. Near fine.. Paperback white octavo. 240 pages: color illustrations, color maps; 18 cm. Abstract: "This book is intended as a precise and easy-to-use reference work for birdwatchers and bird lovers--novices and experts alike. The entries are arranged alphabetically." --Introduction. "A… Read more about this item Item Price
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H Is for Hawk
by Macdonald, Helen
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- Used - Fine in fine jacket with faintest signs of wear. in fine dust-jacket
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- First U.S. ed., first printing (full number line)
- Published
- 2014
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- Hardcover
- ISBN
- 9780802123411
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A$136.68
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New York: Grove Press, 2014. First U.S. ed., first printing (full number line). Hardcover. Fine in fine jacket with faintest signs of wear. in fine dust-jacket. Large octavo in illus black and beige jacket; 300 pages; 22 cm Includes bibliographical references. "An award-winning best-seller from the UK recounts how the author, an experienced falconer grieving the sudden death… Read more about this item Item Price
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Owls:; the silent flyers
by Lawrence, R. D.
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- Used - A fine, bright copy in a fine DJ.
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- First edition, first printing (full number line)
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- 1997
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- Hardcover
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- 9781552091463
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Buffalo, NY: Firefly Books, 1997. First edition, first printing (full number line). Hardcover. A fine, bright copy in a fine DJ.. Quarto in black DJ; 176 p, color illus; 27 cm. Birds; Animals.
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Waiting for the Macaws:; and other stories from the age of extinctions
by Glavin, Terry
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- Used - Very little wear to DJ protected in archival mylar sleeve, gently bumped fold to spine foot & head, light bump to top-front corn
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- First edition, first printing (full number line)
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- 2006
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- Hardcover
- ISBN
- 9780670044221
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Toronto: Viking Canada, 2006. First edition, first printing (full number line). Hardcover. Very little wear to DJ protected in archival mylar sleeve, gently bumped fold to spine foot & head, light bump to top-front corner, else near fine(-) in very good+ DJ.. Large octavo in black DJ; xii, 318 p; 24 cm. Endangered species, Birds; Animals.
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The Wild Parrots of Telegraph Hill:; a love story ... with wings
by Bittner, Mark
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- Used - A fine crisp clean copy in a fine DJ
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- First edition, first printing (full number line)
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- 2004
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- Hardcover
- ISBN
- 9780609610558
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New York: Harmony Books, 2004. First edition, first printing (full number line). Hardcover. A fine crisp clean copy in a fine DJ. Octavo in a sky blue DJ; 288 p: illus; 22 cm. Author signed and inscribed title page // Parrots -- California -- San Francisco -- Human -- Animal relationships -- Homeless persons.
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A Supremely Bad Idea: ; three mad birders and their quest to see it all
by Dempsey, Luke
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- Used - Fine copy; some faint rubbing to DJ edge else fine
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- First American edition
- Published
- 2008
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- Hardcover
- ISBN
- 9781596913554
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New York: Bloomsbury, 2008. First American edition. Hardcover. Fine copy; some faint rubbing to DJ edge else fine. Octavo in a yellow DJ; 257 p, [8] p of b&w plates: color illus; 22 cm. Bird watching -- United States -- Anecdotes.
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The Ruling Passion of John Gould:; a biography of the British Audubon
by Tree, Isabella, 1964-
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- Like new copy; very faint sunning to DJ spine, else fine
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- First edition, first printing (full number line)
- Published
- 1992
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- Hardcover
- ISBN
- 9780802114631
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New York: G. Weidenfeld, 1992. First edition, first printing (full number line). Hardcover. Like new copy; very faint sunning to DJ spine, else fine. Large octavo in an orange DJ; vii, 248 p, sources, index: illus (some col.); 25 cm. Ornithologists -- Great Britain -- Biography -- Birds.
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A First Guide to South African Birds
by Gill, Leonard
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- Used - Gently worn DJ protected in brodart, very light rubbing to corners, faint wear to spine head and foot, else very good+ in very g
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- Fourth Edittion
- Published
- 1950
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- Hardcover
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Cape Town: M. Miller Ltd, 1950. Fourth Edittion. Hardcover. Gently worn DJ protected in brodart, very light rubbing to corners, faint wear to spine head and foot, else very good+ in very good+ DJ.. Octavo in orange DJ; vii-xv, 223 p, b&w illus (part color); 21 cm. Birds; Africa.
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The Peregrine Sketchbook
by Tunnicliffe, C. F.
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- Used - Small tear to rear of very gently shelf-worn DJ, faintly worn spine foot, else fine in very good+ DJ.
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- First edition (stated)
- Published
- 1996
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- Hardcover
- ISBN
- 9781900318020
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London: Excellent Press, 1996. First edition (stated). Hardcover. Small tear to rear of very gently shelf-worn DJ, faintly worn spine foot, else fine in very good+ DJ.. Folio in white DJ; 79 p, color and b&w illus, map; 31 cm. Sketches, accompanied by relevant text from Tunnicliffe's book Shorelands summer diary, selected and introduced by Robert Gillmor, with… Read more about this item Item Price
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Masterpieces of Bird Art: 700 Years of Ornithological Illustration ;; [by] Roger F. Pasquier and John Farrand, Jr.; foreword by Roger Tory Peterson
by Pasquier, Roger F; Farrand, John
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- Very fine in very fine DJ. As new, in original shrinkwrap.
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- First edition
- Published
- 1991
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- Hardcover
- ISBN
- 9781558591349
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A$94.16
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New York: Abbeville Press, 1991. First edition. Hardcover. Very fine in very fine DJ. As new, in original shrinkwrap.. Folio in color illus white DJ with blue spine; 261 p.: col. ill.; 34 cm. Includes bibliographical references (p. 252) and index. A lovely copy which I was sorely tempted to open, but, alas, have refrained. Contents: Introduction: historical… Read more about this item Item Price
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A Red-Tailed Hawk Named Bucket
by Wallig, Gaird
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- Used - Faint marks to DJ, very gentle wear to spine head/foot and corners, bright pages with a tight binding. Very good+ in very good+
- Edition
- First edition, first printing (full number line)
- Published
- 1980
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- Hardcover
- ISBN
- 9780890872765
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Millbrae, CA: Celestial Arts, 1980. First edition, first printing (full number line). Hardcover. Faint marks to DJ, very gentle wear to spine head/foot and corners, bright pages with a tight binding. Very good+ in very good+ DJ.. Octavo in white Dj; 195 p: b&w illus; 24 cm. Red-tailed hawk -- Biography.
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