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[London], Octopus Books, [1972], First Edition. . original cloth, dj, fine. . 4to [29 x 22 cm]; unpaginated, over 100 color illustrations from photos, some full page. . A picture of this book is available on request by email.
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All Colour Book of Birds
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The Art of Bird Illustration
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[New Jersey], Wellfleet Press, [1990], First American Edition. . original cloth, gilt spine title lettering, dj (short closed tear at edge), fine, quite clean and unmarked. . sm folio [33.5 x 24 cm]; 192 pp, color frontis, profusion of plates and illus, mainly color, bibliog, index. . Excellent survey of bird art with numerous color illustrations from all of the classic illustrators, from the earliest to those of the twentieth century, and the author's assessments of the contributions of each artist, the development of techniques, new scientific insights, a chapter on the 20th century and an appendix on print collecting. A picture of this book is available on request by email.
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Atlas of Breeding Birds of the London Area
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London, B. T. Batsford, 1977, First Edition. . original cloth, dj, fine. . cr 4to; 288pp, tables, maps (one for each species). . A picture of this book is available on request by email.
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Bird Books and Bird Art. An Outline of the Literary History and Iconography of Descriptive Ornithology Bird Books and Bird Art; An Outline of the Literary History and Iconography of Descriptive Ornithology
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Copenhagen [New York], Levin & Munksgaard [Maurice Martino], 1938 [1990], reprint of the 1938 first edition, limited to 300 copies. . original red cloth, gilt spine title lettering, 2 pages with barely visible foxing in margin, else a fine, clean and unmarked copy. . 4to [29 x 22 cm]; xviii, 251 pp, 14 plates including frontis, index of names and geographical index. . Based mainly on the collection of books containing plates with figures of birds and their eggs now in the University Library at Copenhagen and including a catalogue of these works, the book includes an important and detailed 87 page description of the literary history of bird books and their illustrations, woodcuts, art of printing, engraving, early illustrated works from the beginning of printing to the 20th century. The catalogue of over 900 of the most important illustrated bird books gives complete description, collations, description of the importance of each book, etc, making this work and important reference on the subject.…
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Bird Island in Antarctic Waters
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Minneapolis, University of Minnesota Press, [1980], First Edition. . original cloth, dj, fine. . 4to [28.5 x 22 cm]; x, 140 pp, bw & color illustrations and plates from photos and paintings, index. . Bird Island is in South Georgia, where the plentiful bird life provided material for this beautifully illustrated book, with paintings and photos by the author. A picture of this book is available on request by email.
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Bird Magic
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Englewood, Florida, Blake Johnson, Publisher, [1985], First Edition. . original cloth, gilt lettering, dj (short tear), else fine. . 4to [29 x 23 cm]; 128 pp, colorfrontis, over 100 illus, 44 in color many full page, with the original loose prospectus. . The author pioneered in close-up studies of flying birds using strobe lamps. He photographed birds from New England to Florida. A picture of this book is available on request by email.
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Bird Migration
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Cambridge, Nuttall Ornithological Club, 1886, First edition. . cloth covers with gilt lettering, original printed paper wraps bound in, light foxing on few leaves, near fine copy. . 4to [28 x 22 cm]; 22 pp. . Memoirs of the Nuttall Ornithological Club, No. 1. Batchelder wrote that "the edition appears to have been three hundred copies" and is now very scarce. Casey Wood p. 256. Not in Zimmer, Ripley or British Museum Natural History Catalogue. The work is in two parts, part I is 'Observations on Nocturnal Bird Flights at the Light-House at Point Lepreaux, Bay of Fundy, New Brunswick' and part II is 'Facts and Theories Respecting the General Subject of Bird Migration'. A picture of this book is available on request by email.
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Birds of the Air
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, Cassell, 1979, First Edition. . original cloth, dj, fine. Excellent book with photos by Swiss photographer of renown, taken in many parts of the world.. . 4to; 192 pp, color illustrations & plates on about every page. . A picture of this book is available on request by email.
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The Birds of New England
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Boston, Noyes, Holmes and Company, 1870, . . original pictorial gilt cloth, faded, re-backed with most of original spine, corner and edge-wear, top edge gilted, good sound copy. . 8vo; vii, 591 pp, 8 color lithographic plates, each illustrating several species, engraved illustrations in text. . Wood p 550, Zimmer p 544. The original edition of 1867, entitled "Ornithology and Oology of New England" did not have the colored plates of birds, which seem to be after Audubon, nor did it have the expanded appendix which includes new species. There were many later editions under the title, "Our Northern and Eastern Birds", which had only minor revisions. A picture of this book is available on request by email.
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Birds of Ontario
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Toronto, Natural Heritage/Natural History Inc., [1985], First edition. . original cloth with gilt spine title lettering, dj's, fine clean set with an obituary of the author laid in loose. . 8vo [24.5 x 18 cm]; 2 volumes, xiv, 538; xx, 986 pp, hundreds of color illus, distribution maps of each species, map endpapers, index, bibliog, map endpapers. . The most comprehensive work on the subject, the result of many years of study. Volume I lists and describes all the birds of Ontario, over 400 species, each illustrated in color. Volume II gives the status of each species using maps to show the average population over a two year period, with documented observations at localities in all seasons and results of bird banding. A picture of this book is available on request by email.
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Birds of the Early Explorers in the Northern Pacific
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Comox, BC, Theed Pearce, [1968], First Edition. . original cloth, dj, fine. . 8vo; 275 pp, illus, endpaper maps. . This book brings together in one volume, the remarks on bird life of the explorers from earliest times to 1830, which was the end of serious exploration in the north Pacific, and includes the Russian, Spanish, English, French and US explorers. A picture of this book is available on request by email.
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Birds of the Great Plains; Breeding Species and Their Distribution
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Lincoln and London, University of Nebraska Press, [1979], First Edition. . original cloth, dj, fine. . 8vo; xlviii, 539 pp, color illustrations from photos, illustrations in text, numerous distribution maps, bibliog. . The first book to describe all of the species known to have bred or to breed in the Great Plains of North America. About 320 species have been described in detail. A picture of this book is available on request by email.
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The Birds of British Columbia; Chickadees, Thrushes, Kinglets, Pipits, Waxwings and Shrikes
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[Victoria], British Columbia Provincial Museum, 1964, First Edition. . original pictorial printed wraps, cover lightly soiled, clean internally, very good. . 12mo [18 x 13.5 cm]; 68 pp, illustrations from drawings, bibliog. . A picture of this book is available on request by email.
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The Birds of North America; The Descriptions of Species Based Chiefly on the Collections in the Museum of the Smithsonian Institution
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Philadelphia; Salem; Washington, J. B. Lippincott; Naturalist's Book Agency; A. O. P. Nicholson, 1858-60, First edition of plate volume, original edition of text volume. . plate volume in contemporary half calf, spine gilt, front internal hinge re-enforced, spine foot with large chip, marbled edges; text volume in newer black cloth and light staining and foxing, plates clean and bright. . 4to [29 x 23 cm]; 2 volumes, lvi, 1,005; vii pp, 100 fine hand-colored lithographed plates, index and tables in text volume. . The text volume is from the Reports of Explorations and Surveys to Ascertain the Most Practicable and Economical Route for a Railroad from the Mississippi River to the Pacific Ocean, Volume IX, and was later reprinted verbatim as the text volume in Baird and Cassin's The Birds of North America, and is identical in all respects except for the title page. The text volume in this set is an actual Volume IX from the Pacific railroad set. Many of the plates were also first printed in…
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The Birdwatcher's Companion
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Toronto, B. Mitchel, 1991, . . original cloth, dj, very fine. . 4to [30 x 23 cm]; 176pp; numerous color illustrations from photos, bw drwgs, maps. . Good introduction with classification of bird families, techniques and excellent illustrations. Good sections on bird watching equipment, finding birds, bird evolution, bird life, etc. A picture of this book is available on request by email.
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Catalogue of the Edward E. Ayer Ornithological Library
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Chicago, Field Museum of Natural History, 1926, reprint of the scarce 1926 edition and limited to 300 copies. . original cloth, fine clean copy, unmarked. . 8vo [21 x 13 cm]; 2 volumes bound in one, x, 706 pp, frontis of Ayers, full page illustrations. . This has become a standard reference in ornithology, with collations, numbers of plates, etc, as well as useful descriptions and importance of the thousands of books described. Wilfred H. Osgood provides a historical preface. The catalogue "includes the splendid collection of books dealing wholly or in part with birds which has been presented to Field Museum by Edward A. Ayer, and all other works in the library of the museum which are entirely ornithological." A picture of this book is available on request by email.
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Collins Guide to Bird Watching
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London, Collins, [1970], . . original cloth, dj, very good. . sm 8vo [19 x 13 cm]; 254 pp, numerous photos, line drwgs. . A picture of this book is available on request by email.
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The Complete Book of Photographing Birds
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New York, American Photographic Book Publishing, [1981], First Edition. . original cloth, dj (worn, tears), else v good. . 4to (28 x 22 cm); 159 pp, numerous illustrations and plates in color and bw. . The techniques of noted wildlife photographer, with many useful ideas. A picture of this book is available on request by email.
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DIE ILLUSTRIERTEN VOGELBUCHER. Ihre Geschichte und Bibliographie [The Illustrated Bird Book, their history and bibliography]
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Stuttgart, Hiersemann Verlag, [1976, Second and best edition. . original blue pictorial cloth, gilt title lettering on spine and cover, gilt designs, fine, clean and as new condition. . 4to [30 x 21.5 cm]; 222 pp, frontis from drawing by Murr, 16 plates, index. . The best bibliography of bird books, citing 1031 books, with a detailed history (in German). A standard reference. Besterman 4367. The later reprint is quite inferior. A picture of this book is available on request by email.
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Fine Bird Books 1700 - 1900
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New York, The Atlantic Monthly Press, 1990, . . original cloth, gilt spine title lettering, clean, fine and unmarked in dj (spine faded but lettering clear, not price clipped, very good+). . 4to [31 x 24 cm]; xi, 180 pp, numerous color plates, index. . Originally published in 1953 in a limited edition and very expensive, this new edition has additional introductory material including a forward by S. Dillon Ripley. Its the most comprehensive illustrated guide and bibliography to collectible color plate bird books ever published. A picture of this book is available on request by email.
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