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A Natural History of the Ducks

by Phillips, John C

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Houghton Mifflin Co. (The Riverside Press, Cambridge), 1922. First edition. Hardcover. Fine/Fair. Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1922-1926. First edition published in four volumes. Illustrated with color plates and black and white drawings by Benson, Brooks, Fuertes, and Gronvold. Bibliography. A fine set having been protected by chipped dust jackets and card slipcases. Slipcase of Volume IV lacking backstrip and split. Paper labels on buckram spines. Handwritten note to previous owner laid in along with slip stating With the Compliments of the Author. Tape marks on FEP where author’s note had been affixed. ‘This rare work stands in the front rank of modern illustrated monographs. It is an exhaustive account of the ducks of the world, with synonymy, description, distribution and characteristic habits, etc. of each species. A useful and lengthy bibliography...’ -Wood. A classic monograph with fine illustrations.

Handbook of Australian, New Zealand & Antarctic Birds. Volume 7, Parts A & B: Boatbill to Starlings [HANZAB]

by P.J. Higgins, J.M. Peter and S.J. Cowling, Senior Editors

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Oxford University Press, 2006. First edition. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. As new hardcover in dust jacket of Volume 7: Parts A and B. Front of Part B dust jacket and FEP lightly creased. Completes coverage of the passerines and provides detailed descriptions of 168 species, including the flycatchers, currawongs, riflebirds, ravens, bowerbirds, grass finches, swallows and white-eyes. 54 color plates. Many professional and amateur ornithologists around the world have contributed to HANZAB. Acclaimed internationally as the key reference book to the birds of the region, it remains an indispensable guide for anyone with a serious interest in the world's birds.

A Monograph of Macaws and Conures

by SILVA, Tony

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Silvio Mattacchione & Company, 1993. Leather Bound. Fine. signed by author and illustrator. London: Silvio Mattacchione & Company, 1993. Color plates of each species from paintings by Eric PEAKE. Remarqué edition limited to 50 numbered copies signed by author, artist, and publisher, of which this No. 48. Full leather binding with gilt lettering and designs along with a velvet lined Solander box. One corner of Solander box bumped. An original and unique pencil sketch by the artist bound in.

The Great Auk, or Garefowl: Its History, Archeology, and Remains

by Grieve, Symington

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Edinburgh: Thomsas C. Jack, 1885. Hardcover. Good. A good plus hardcover of the First Edition in burgundy cloth with spine label. Nine illustrations including two color plates of eggs and folding map. 55 page appendix of skin and egg locations.

The North American Sylva

by MICHAUX, F. Andrew and Thomas NUTTALL

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Philadelphia: Robert P. Smith, 1854. Leather bound. Near Fine. First combined edition, later printing, 1854. With 236 fine hand-colored plates (both engravings and lithographs) each with a tissue guard. Bound in half dark green morocco, spine with five raised bands, lettered in gilt in two compartments, covers have a large gilt-stamped botany illustration in gold on both the front and rear covers, antique marbled endpapers, top edge gilt, lg 8vo (10 1/2 x 6 3/4 inches). The first volume of Michaux covers pines and firs, walnut and hickories, the second volume presents 20 different oaks, with maples, birches, beeches, chestnuts, and nyssas among other groups, and the third volume documents the magnolias along with ribinias, the tulip tree, the catalpa and others. The Volumes II and III of the Nuttall volumes (this set lacks Volume I) cover trees left out of Michaux as well adding descriptions of trees from Oregon, California and the Rocky Mountains where Michaux did not explore and collect. The first combine…Read more

Catalogue of Birds of the Americas and Adjacent Islands, Parts I - XI, Complete Set

by Cory, Charles B., Charles E. Hellmayr, & Boardman Conover

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Field Museum of Natural History, 1942. First edition. Good. A rare complete set in mixed bindings. Field Museum Zoological Series Volume XIII. Part I - XI published in 15 separate installments, 1918 - 1949. Part I, Nos. 1-4; Part II, Nos. 1-2; and Parts III-XI in individual volumes. Part I, Nos. 1-4 and Parts VI - XI in worn original wrappers. Part II, Nos. 1-2 and Parts III-V bound in red buckram. Hellmayr the first author on most volumes but Cory on Part II, No. 1, the first volume published in 1918. 'An indispensable work treating in all (according to Peters) 1,311 genera, 4,227 species, and 8,896 subspecies.' Mengel

The Condor: Journal of the Cooper Ornithological Society. Volumes 1-74

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Cooper Ornithological Society. Hardcover. Very Good. A complete run of 'The Condor' from Volume 1, 1899 - Volume 74, 1972. The first 58 volumes bound in tan buckram with spine labels. Volumes 2-8 bound bound in three volumes. Text block of volume 1 loose in binding. Volumes 59-74 bound in burgundy cloth, two years per bound volume. In 1968, In 'The Condor' switched from six numbers per year to four. The last three volumes in burgundy cloth not shown in photograph, bur present. A rare opportunity to acquire the the first 74 years of the pre-eminent journal of Western ornithology. Most numbers of the Condor in original wrappers may be obtained from Buteo Book.

The Birds of South America: A List of the Birds of South America

by BRABOURNE, Lord and Charles CHUBB

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Loindon: R.H. Porter, 1912. Half-Leather. Fine. Two volumes. Volume I: Text volume: colored map, 504 pp. The only volume published of a planned multi-volume work abandoned as a result of the death of the senior author at Neuve-Chapelle in 1915. Volume II: Plate volume published in 1917 contains 38 hand-colored lithographs by H. Gronvold with descriptive notes by H. Kirke Swan. The plates were intended to accompany the projected 16-volume work. Half-leather, beautifully bound in matching burgundy Morocco over red cloth. Original wrappers for first set of 19 plates bound in rear of plate volume.

The Birds of Haiti and San Domingo

by Cory, Charles B

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Estes & Lauriat: Boston, 1885. Hardcover. Very Good. signed by author. Boston: Estes & Lauriat, 1884-1885. Twenty-two hand-colored lithographs on heavy stock. Map of Haiti (Hispaniola). Dark cloth binding, worn at corners and head and tail of spine. Sewn signatures loosening. Plates bright, protected by tissue guards. Authorial inscription on ffep.

Handbook of the Birds of the World, Volume 2: New World Vultures to Guineafowl [Phoebe Snetsinger Copy]

by Del Hoyo, Josep; Elliott, Andrew; Sargatal, Jordi

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Lynx Edicions, 1994. Hardcover. Very Good/Fine. A very good plus hardcover in dust jacket. Slightly cocked.This unique copy was Phoebe Snetsinger's personal copy with check marks by each species and subspecies seen and an H by those heard. She missed very few species. New World Vultures, Osprey, Hawks and Eagles, Secretarybird, Falcons and Caracaras, Megapodes, Chachalacas, Guans and Curassows, Turkeys, Grouse, New World Quails, Pheasants and Partridges, Guineafowl. 60 color plates, 302 photos.

Handbook of Australian, New Zealand & Antarctic Birds. Volume 2: Raptors to Lapwings [HANZAB]

by Marchant, S.; Higgins, P. J.; Davies, S.J.J.F.;

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Oxford University Press, 1993. First edition. Hardcover. Good/Good. Davies, J. N. Good hardcover in dust jacket, Volume 2: Raptors to Lapwings. Slightly worn and a bit shaken. Color plates by J.N. DAVIES and others. 'HANZAB' provides a comprehensive synthesis of knowledge of all the birds that occur in the region which includes Australia, New Zealand and Antarctica, the Antarctic and sub-antarctic islands, and the external territories of Cocos-Keeling, Christmas, Lord Howe, Norfolk, Kermadec, and Chatham Islands. Volume 2 covers 118 species of vultures, hawks, eagles and Osprey, falcons, megapodes, turkeys, pheasants and allies, button-quail, cranes, rails, crakes and gallinules, bustards, Plains-wanderer, painted snipes, jacanas, sheathbills, thick-knees, oystercatchers, stilts and avocets, plovers, lapwings and dotterels.

Birds of East Africa

by van Someren, V.G.L

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0913492027
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A.C. Allyn, 1973. Limited Edition. Hardcover. As new. 1973, Limited Edition. Stated as Volume 1 but this single volume is all that was ever published. Hardcover bound in black buckram in fine condition. A collection of lithographs prepared from the originals drawn from nature by V.G. L. van Someren between the years 1909 and 1937. Laid in errata sheet. 93 tissue protected color plates with descriptive text.

Birds of the West Indies [First Edition]

by Bond, James

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Philadelphia: The Acadeny if Natural Sciences of Philadelphia, 1936. First edition. Hardcover. Near Fine. Earl L. Poole. A near fine hardcover of the scarce first book written by James Bond on the birds of the West Indies. Very lightly bumped corners. Clean and bright, inside and out. Original cloth with gilt lettering on spine and front cover. An account with full descriptions of all the birds know to occur or to have occurred on the West Indian islands.' Map on front endpapers, ruler on rear endpaper. Color frontispiece of the Cuban Tody and line drawings by Earl Poole. The real James Bond was awarded the Musgrave Medal of the Institute of Jamaica (1952), the William Brewster Medal from the American Ornithologists' Union (1954).

Pipes and Smoking Customs of the American Aborigines

by McGuire, Joseph D

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Government Printing Office, 1899. Hardcover. Fair. signed by author. Based on Material in the U.S. National Museum. Covers damaged by liquid and rodent chewing. Text block complete with marginal rodent nibble to pp. 616-645 and Plates 1-4 ( maps). Inscribed by author on title page. See photos of covers showing staining and chewing. Hundreds of b&w illustrations. pp. 351-645. An interesting and scarce title.

Original Journals of the Lewis and Clark Expedition 1804-1806

by Lewis, Meriwether and William Clark

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Dodd, Mead & Company, 1904. Hardcover. Very Good. Fourteen of fifteen volumes. Lacking only Volume I, Part II of this large paper edition. Thirteen volumes of this set including the Atlas volume are from the Van Gelder Hand-made Paper edition limited to 200 copies. Volume VI, Part II is from the Imperial Japan Paper edition limited to 50 copies and lacks the frontispiece and 2 of the 3 additional Bodmer plates. Printed from the original manuscripts in the Library of the American Philosophical Society together with additional material from other sources. The seven volumes of the large paper edition were bound in 14 parts. The Atlas Volume Includes upwards of 50 folded maps made by Clark. Only the large paper editions cited above contain the full-page views of Indians, Indian manners, customs, curios, and views of Western scenery on the route of the Expedition by Charles Bodmer. The Thwaites edition is considered the definitive, illustrated edition of the journals and copies of the limited quarto version…Read more

The Natural History of British Surface-Feeding Ducks

by Millais, J.G

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London: Longmans, Green and Co, 1902. First edition. Hardcover. Fair. Hardcover in original green and olive cloth. Lacking most of spine, tissue guards fraying at edges. Limited edition, 557/600. TEG. With 41 color plates, 6 photogravures and 25 other illustrations. Oversize, international shipping will require additional postage.

Kingfishers and Related Birds. Complete set

by FORSHAW, Joseph M. and William T. COOPER

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Landsowne Editions, 1994. First edition. Leather Bound. Fine. signed by author and illustrator. Sydney: Lansdowne Editions, 1983-1994. Six volumes in three Solander boxes with leather labels and velvet lined interiors, Folios. Each volume is hand-bound in imported leather and fabric, and presented in a cloth-covered Solander box. Only 1,000 sets printed, this set is number 816. Signed by the author and illustrator on the limitation page of each volume. PART I: Alcedinidae (Kingfishers) 564 pp. with 52 color plates (both volumes). Volume 1: Ceryle to Cittura (includes the fish-eating and specialist kingfishers). Volume 2: Halcyon to Tanysiptera (includes woodland kingfishers and the beautiful racket-tailed or paradise kingfishers). PART II: Todidae to Phoeniculidae - Volume 3: Todidae, Momotidae and Meropidae (Todies, Motmots and Bee-eaters) 315 pp., 26 color plates. Volume 4: Leptosomatidae, Coraciidae, Upupidae and Phoeniculidae (Rollers, Hoopoes and Wood Hoopoes) 251 pp., 22 color plates. PART III: Bucero…Read more

Report of Explorations and Surveys to Ascertain the Most Practical and Economical Route for a Railroad from the Mississippi River to the Pacific Ocean. Volume X. Made under the direction of the Secretary of War, 1853-1856

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Washington, 1859. Hardcover. Very Good. Volume X. Very good hardcover, leather spine over marbled boards. Water stain to lower corner of the first several pages. The twenty-eight hand-colored bird plates are bright. A few of the black-and-white plates age darkened. Part Three - Reptiles (1859) by Spencer F. Baird with 13 b&w plates; Part IV - Fishes (1858) by Charles Girard with 21 b&w plates. Followed by Reports of Captain J.W. Gunnison (38th and 39th Parallels) and Lieut. E.G. Beckwith (41st Parallel): Nos 1-3 by S. F. Baird. Mammals with 3 b&w plates; Birds with 7 color plates; Reptiles with 4 b&w plates. No. 4 Fishes by Charles Girard with 6 b&w plates. Followed by Part VI (35th Parallel) Zoological Report: No. 2 Mammals by C.B.R. Kennnerly with 6 b&w plates; Birds by C.B.R. Kennnerly with 11 color plates; Reptiles by S.F. Baird with 3 b&w plates; Fishes by C. Girard with 14 b&w plates. Followed by Lieut. j.G. Parke (32nd Parallel): No. 1 Birds by A.L. Heermann with…Read more

Coloured Figures of the Birds of the British Islands

by Lilford, Lord

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London: R.H. Porter, 1885. Leather Bound. Fine. First edition, 1881-1897. Seven volumes originally issued in 36 parts. 421 chromolithographic color plates on heavy stock and mounted with linen stubs. Most of the plates by A. Thorburn and J.G. Keulemans, a few by G.E. Lodge and W. Foster. Bound in full leather with raised bands, gold decorations. Original wrappers bound in. TEG. Text pages numbered lightly in pencil throughout. Occasional foxing as usual in this work. Offsetting and light damage to text pages opposite Plate 16 (Swift) in Volume II and Plate 63 (Coot) in Volume IV. A fine set. Lord Lilford (Thomas Lyttleton Powys) was an early contributor and supporter of 'The Ibis,' and President of the British Ornithologists' Union.

Oology of New England. A Description of the Eggs, Nests, and Breeding Habits of the Birds Known to Breed in New England

by Capen, Edwin A

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Alfred Mudge & Son, 1885. Half-Leather. Very Good. A Description of the Eggs, Nests, and Breeding Habits of the Birds Known to Breed in New England. With Colored Illustrations of their Eggs. Twenty-five chromo-lithographic plates of eggs in color. Plates stubbed in and protected with tissue guards. Original quarter leather over gilt-decorated brown cloth. All edges gilt. Edges rubbed, head of spine professionally repaired. Binding tight and sturdy. Small folio.

Handbook of Australian, New Zealand & Antarctic Birds. Volume 1: Ratites to Ducks, A & B [HANZAB]

by Marchant, S.; Higgins, P. J.; Davies, S.J.J.F.;

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Oxford University Press, 1990. First edition. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. Davies, Jeff. Volume 1: Ratites to Ducks, Parts A & B. Two fine hardcover volumes in dust jackets. Contents covers Australia, New Zealand and Antarctica, the Antarctic and sub-antarctic islands, Cocos-Keeling, Christmas, Lord Howe, Norfolk, Kermadec, Chatham Islands and islands and reefs of the Coral Sea. These volumes cover 196 species, with B/W illustrations of behavioural postures and plumage features, maps of distribution showing breeding and non-breeding ranges, sonagrams of calls and songs and diagrams of cycles of breeding and moulting, and includes 96 color plates by J.N. Davies. Many professional and amateur ornithologists around the world have contributed to HANZAB. Acclaimed internationally as the key reference book to the birds of the region, it remains an indispensable guide for anyone with a serious interest in the world's birds.

American Ornithology: or The Natural History of the Birds of the United States

by Alexander Wilson & Charles Lucian Bonaparte

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Philadelphia: Porter & Coates, [1878]. Popular Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine. A near fine hardcover in the origInal binding, rebacked. All edges gilt. Popular Edition, three volumes in one. Part I, Includes section of b&w engraved plates, 76 by Wilson and 27 by Bonaparte. Most reduced in size to four per page. Vol. I, 214 pp; Vol. II, 390 pp.; Vol. III, 426 pp. Includes Spencer F. Baird's 'Catalogue of North American Birds.' One page Editor's Preface to this edition apparently lacking.

The Works of Charles Darwin. Authorized Edition

by Darwin, Charles

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D. Appleton, 1896. Half-leather. Good. Thirteen titles in fifteen volumes. New York: D. Appleton and Company, 1896. Authorized Edition. TEG. Shelf wear to bindings. Starting at inner hinges of Volumes I of ‘Origin of Species’ and ‘Life and Letters.’ Small name stamp of previous owner on title pages. Good condition, still quite a nice and scarce complete set. The structure and distribution of coral reefs.; The descent of man, and selection in relation to sex.; The origin of species by means of natural selection etc. In two volumes.; The variation of animals and plants under domestication. In two volumes.; Journal of researches into the natural history and geology of the various countries visited by H.M.S. Beagle etc.; The different forms of flowers on plants of the same species.; The expression of the emotions in man and animals.; Geology of The Voyage of The Beagle: Volcanic islands and South America.; The formation of vegetable mould, …Read more

Handbook of Australian, New Zealand & Antarctic Birds. Volume 4: Parrots to Dollarbird [HANZAB]

by P.J. Higgins, Editor

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Oxford University Press, 1999. First edition. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. Fine hardcover in dust jacket of Volume 4: Parrots to Dollarbird. Published by the Royal Australian Ornithologists' Union and Oxford University Press. Color plates by J.N. DAVIES and others. 'HANZAB' is one of the most significant projects in Australian ornithology. It provides a comprehensive and accurate synthesis of knowledge of all the birds that occur in the region which includes Australia, New Zealand and Antarctica, the Antarctic and sub-antarctic islands, and the external territories of Cocos-Keeling, Christmas, Lord Howe, Norfolk, Kermadec, and Chatham Islands. Comprehensive natural history on each species, including Parrots, Cockatoos, Lorikeets, Cockatiel, Corella, Galah, Rosella, Kakapo, Cuckoos, Owls, Frogmouth, Nightjar, Swifts and Swiftlets, Kingfishers, Bee-eaters, and Rollers (psittaciformes, cuculiformes, strigiformes, caprimulgiformes, apodiformes, and coraciiformes)
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