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Societe ornithologique de France, 1991. Book. Fine. Hardcover. First Edition. 8vo. 575 pages; colour plates and line drawings. Original dust jacket very good, a little faded on the spine, not price-clipped. Hard back binding fine. Contents clean and tight, no inscriptions. A near fine copy..

Brussel: Koninklijk Belgisch Instituut voor Natuurwetenschappen, 1988. Book. Near Fine. Paperback. First Edition. 8vo. 395 pages; colour and b/w charts. Covers very good, fading to the spine. Contents clean and tight, no inscriptions. A very good copy..

Melbourne: Merehurst Press Reprinted By Lansdowne Press, 1985. Book. Illus. by William T. Cooper. Fine. Hardcover. Second Revised. Folio. 312 pages, coloured plates by William T. Cooper; numerous b/w. illustrations and maps. Original dust jacket fine. Hardback binding fine. Contents clean and tight, no inscriptions. A fine copy. This revised edition contains detailed descriptions of every species and subspecies. "The first edition was illustrated with colour photographs and five plates of illustrations. This edition comprises 55 plates of illustrations by W.T. Cooper plus b/w. photographs and vignettes".

Pershore: The Hong Kong Bird Watching Society, 2001. Book. Near Fine. Hardcover. First Edition. 4to. 563 pages, numerous colour maps and photographic plates. Original laminated boards, near fine with a very small scuff to the top of the spine. Contents clean and tight, unmarked, no inscriptions. A fine tight copy..

Paris: Delachaux Et Niestlé, 2015. Book. Near Fine. Hardcover. First Edition. 4to. Slip case containing volumes one and two. Hard back bindings fine, slip case a little marked. Contents clean and tight, unmarked, no inscriptions. A fine copy in a very good slip case. Very heavy so may require and extra postage charge..

London: T & A. D. Poyser, 1976. Book. Illus. by Robert Gillmor, Leslie Baker, Hilary Burn, D. J. F. Coombs, Crispin Fisher, P. J. Grant, R. A. Richardson, D. A. Thelwell, Donald Watson and Ian Willis. Near Fine. Hardcover. First Edition. 4to. Loosely inserted in their printed folder are the "Transparent Overlays of Environmental Factors." 374 pages. Colour frontispeice & b/w illustrations throughout. Original dust jacket near fine, yellowed, not price-clipped. Hard back binding fine. Contents clean and tight, no inscriptions, no foxing. A near fine bright copy..

London: Collins, 1975. Book. Near Fine. Hardcover. First Edition. 8vo. 284 pages. colour plates throughout. Original dust jacket near fine, a hint of toning and fading to spine, not price-clipped. Hard back binding near fine. Contents clean and tight, no inscriptions, no foxing. A fine bright copy..

London: Chapman & Hall, 1954. Book. Illus. by Arthur Christiansen. Very Good. Hardcover. First Edition. 8vo. Signed by Robert Gillmor to the half title. 208 pages. Original dust jacket good, with some general wear and rubbing to edges, not price-clipped, now attractively presented in a loose-fitting clear archival sleeve. Hard-back binding, very good. Contents clean and tight, no foxing. A very good copy with a good dust jacket. [ Robert Allen Fitzwilliam Gillmor MBE (6 July 1936 - 8 May 2022) was a British ornithologist, artist, illustrator, author, and editor. He was a co-founder of the Society of Wildlife Artists (SWLA) and was its secretary, chairman and president. He contributed to over 100 books, and received numerous awards].

London: Oliver and Boyd, 1958. Book. Fine. Hardcover. First Edition. Large 8vo. Dust jacket very good, with slight rubbing to edges only, spine somewhat faded. Hardback binding fine. Contents clean and tight, no inscriptions. A fine copy in a very good dust jacket..

fifth edition: American Birding Association, 2007. Book. Illus. by 187878823X. Fine. Paperback. 432 pges, maps, b/w illustrations. A fine copy with slight wear only. Contents clean and tight, no inscriptions..

Singapore: Times Editions,Singapore, 1987. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. First Edition. Small 4to [23.5 x 16 cm]. 168 pages, colour illustrations throughout. Original dust jacket very good, with a little rubbing. Hard-back binding, very good. Contents clean and tight, no inscriptions. A very good copy. A splendidly illustrated guide to the island's 259 recurring species..

London: British Ornithologists' Union, 1982. Book. Very Good. Paperback. First Edition. 8vo. British Ornithologists' Union Check-list, Number 5 : 132 pages. Card covers very good, contents clean and tight, no inscriptions, attractive bookplate of Peter Conder (former director of the RSPB) to the front inside cover. A very good to fine copy..

Edinburgh & London: Oliver and Boyd, 1967. Book. Illus. by P. Barruel. Very Good. Hardcover. First Edition. Small 4to [small A4]. Translated by P. A. D. Hollom. Illustrated by P. Barruel; pp. xx, 612; 24 colour + 3 b/w plates, text figures and maps. Dust jacket very good with a little general wear and some rubbing to edges, price-clipped, now protected in a clear removable archival sleeve. Hardback binding very good, contents clean and tight, no inscriptions. A very good copy. Translated from the French edition of 1964. A guide to the birds of Morocco, Algeria, Tunisia, Libya, Egypt and the Canary Islands..

Ware: Castlemead Publications, 1986. Book. Illus. by Walton, Peter. Very Good. Hardcover. First Edition. 342 pages; b/w line drawings by Peter Walton, colour and b/w illustrations from photographs, distribution maps. Dust jacket very good, a little toned, not price clipped. Hard back binding fine. Contents clean and tight, unmarked, no inscriptions. A very good copy..

London: Collins, HarperCollins, 1998. Book. Illus. by Gustavo Carrizo, Aldo A. Chiappe, Luis Huber & Jorge R. Mata. Near Fine. Paperback. First Edition. 8vo. 304 pages, numerous colour illustrations. Paperback binding, near fine just a yellowing on the spine, corners rounded. Contents clean and tight, no inscriptions. A near fine copy..

London: Collins, HarperCollins, 1992. Book. Illus. by Talbot-Kelly, Chloe. Near Fine. Paperback. First Edition. 8vo. pp. 160. With numerous colour illustrations. Laminated hardcovers, near fine. Contents clean and tight, no inscriptions or marks. A near fine first copy with superb illustrations..

Cape Town: Struik, 1998. Book. Illus. by Norman Arlott, Hilary Burn, Peter Hayman, Ian Lewington. Fine. Paperback. 1st Edition. 184 pages, colour illustrations throughout. Card covers fine, minimal wear. Contents clean and tight, no inscriptions. Virtually as new..

Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1989. Book. Illus. by Sherif M. Baha El Din. Fine. Hardcover. First Edition. 4to. pp.551; 6 colour plates, b/w illustrations, maps and tables; map end papers. Original dust jacket near fine, no fading, minimal wear, not price clipped. Hard back binding fine. Contents clean and tight, unmarked, no inscriptions. A fine copy in a near fine jacket..

Melbourne: Hill House, 1991. Book. Fine. Hardcover. Facsimile Edition. Elephant Folio. Limited facsimile edition, this copy stamped no. 177 to the front paste-down. A fine copy in the publisher's original packing box; a little faint spotting to the title page. Original green Japanese Saifu cloth gilt; pp. [iv], plus 97 fine coloured plates with accompanying text. One of a series of remarkably exact same-size facsimile of the original in the British Library, printed by offset lithography on acid-free matt art paper and hand-bound. The Hill House series contained the only authentic full-size facsimiles of the works of John Gould - this volume is one of the original printings and now out of print. A fine copy. Publisher's blurb thus "They are not reproductions, because no camera was used in transferring the images from the B.M.(N.H.) originals. Indeed the originals are taken by Museum security courier to the repro-house in Singapore, where they are subjected to the preparation of new… Read More

Warsaw, Poland: Published for the Fish and Wildlife Service, 1976. Book. Very Good. Paperback. Signed by Author(s). 8vo. Inscribed and signed by the author to the title page. Pp. 257, folding map. Printed card covers with a little general wear, contents clean and tight, no inscriptions. Text in English and Polish, detailed species accounts. A very good signed copy..