Search Results: Ornithology from The Owl at the Bridge

N. Y., C. M. Saxton [c. 1850]. Hard Cover. 107, 10, [2] p.; illus. This copy lacks frontispiece but has 12 pages of publisher's advertisements at end. Ripley & Scribner, Ornithological Books at Yale, p. 44. From the Lunenburg, Mass. Town Library with bookplate and withdrawal stamps. The binding is stamped maroon cloth with gold vignette cover which is in excellent condition. Stock#OB050.

NY, Doubleday & McClure, 1901. 'Tenth Edition.'. Hard Cover. with One Hundred and Fifty Birds Commonly Found in the Gardens, Meadows, and Woods about our Homes. With Introduction by John Burroughs and Fifty-Two Colored Plates. [Thirty-Eighth Thousand] [xii], 234 p., index. Contents include Bird Families; Habitats of Birds; Seasons of Birds; Birds Grouped According to Size; Descriptions of Birds Grouped According to Color. Green cloth covers stamped in silver, top edge green; no dj, spine faded; VG. Stock# 28549

Macmillan, NY, 1942. Hard Cover. x p., 435 color lithograph plates, xiii-xxvi p., index, portrait front.; 32 cm. First published November 1937. "The 435 plates in this volume were originally published by Audubon, in London, during the years 1827-1838. A superb set of these original ‘Elephant Folio’ plates— a set believed to be the finest in uncut state in America— has, through the courtesy of the owner, been followed in making the present reproductions. The bird names accompanying the present reproductions are those adapted in the 'Check-List' of the American Ornithologists’ Union. Further information about the original plates is to be found in the 'Transcript of Legends on the Original Plates' in the back of the present volume." Maroon… Read More

Boston, Massachusetts Department of Agriculture [Norwood, Mass., Printed by Berwick and Smith Company] 1929. Land birds from sparrows to thrushes. At head of title: Massachusetts Department of Agriculture, Dr. Arthur W. Gilbert, Commissioner. Hard Cover. Volume 3 of three: xlviii, 466 pages, portrait frontispiece, illus., plates (part color); 25.5 cm. Vg / no dj. Stock#42788.

Lathrop C. Harper, Inc., NY [ca. 1960?; Anthoensen Press, Portland]. Soft Cover. 98 p., illus., XVI plates, index; 23 cm. Title continues: and related subjects. Manuscripts and Printed Books from the 15th to the 20th Century. Bookseller's sale catalog with prices. Subjects include acoustics, anatomy, astronomy, chemistry, contagious diseases, electricity, gastronomy, geology, gynaecology, horology, inoculation, Jewish med. & science, mathematics, microscopy, navigation, optics & ophthalmology, ornithology, physics, physiology, scientific instruments, snake poison, surveying. Cream paper covers stamped in red; minor wear, spine slightly darkened; VG. Stock# 44,204

Washington, Library of Congress, 1952. Mrs. Coolidge recalls her patronage of chamber music and the establishmernt of the Berkshire Music Festival in Pittsfield, MA. This copy is inscribed "To dear Mrs. Koussevitski Lenox July 26th 1952." This would have been Serge Koussevitsky's third wife (his first one, married during his student days and discarded when wealthy Natalia appeared, is conveniently forgotten in most biographies), Olga Naumoff K. (1901-1978). The monied wife, Natalia Ushkova K. (b. 1880), had helped Serge Koussevitzky established HIS Berkshire Music Festival at Tanglewood in Lenox. She died in 1942, Serge married Olga in 1947, and died in June 1951, so he could have heard this talk. A great association copy for Berkshire music. Soft Cover. 14 pages; 23 cm. Vg/ wrappers. Stock#NS0068.

N.Y., Lyons & Burford, c1992. A collection of essays on birds and nature. The catchy, and misleading, title is taken from the second essay, which is more about human psychology than ornithology. Hard Cover. x, 179 pages, 23.5 cm. Vg/dj vg. Stock#101751.

Written and illustrated by David Lank. "This little book is intended for that Gawk of Birders who love ornithological trivia." Bibliography, pages 158-160. Softcover. 160 pages, illustrations throughout, index; 15 x 22 cm. Bound in heavy tan paper; near Fine. stock#27876x/h.

Paris, Bibliothèque de l'Image, 2000. The great English ornithologist John Gould published his Birds of Europe in five volumes from 1832 to 1837. This edition selects many of his best paintings in faithful reproductions. Commentary in English, French, German. Hard Cover. 240 pages, mostly color illustrations; 30 cm. Fine/ new in shrinkwrap. Stock#101625/h.

Philadelphia [Pa.] Published by the Franklin Institute, at their Hall, 1841. First Edition. Contains much on steam railroads and steamships; the 1839 Paris Fair is mentioned; Lt. W.H. Emory's translation of Francoeur on Geodesy is continued; Remarks relating to the Tornado which visited New Brunswick... New Jersey, June 19, 1835 (with diagram); notes on Belgium; Removal of Obstructions in the Mississippi; New York canals; anthracite coal; preservation of timber; assaying copper ores; Eastern Penitentiary; the New Brunswick Tornado (19 June 1835). Hard Cover. 430 pages, illus., 2 folding plates, 6 folding tables (meteorological reports for the State of Pennsylvania); index, pages 423-430; 22.5 cm. Bound in ¾ leather with marbled paper over boards, edges & corners rubbed; internally VG except for the missing plate. Stock#NS0510.

128 p., color illus.; 29 cm. Depicts 59 birds divided into four categories: 1) Gulls, Terns, Skuas; 2) Cliff Breeding Birds; 3) Ducks and Geese; 4) Birds of Estuaries. "Terence Lambert has rapidly become one of this country's foremost bird painters. In addition to accuracy and delicacy of touch, he portrays subtle differences of pose and character: his birds live." Stock#LL032.

Perth, 1954; reprint Martino 1994. Hard Cover. This painstaking work, of tremendous importance to ornithologists and bibliographers, includes biographies of authors and collectors. 8vo; xi, 116, 788 p., illus.; 23 cm.; Fine, new from publisher/ no dj. 28664x.

Two Bow Windows Book Shop catalogues: (67) 636 items; (77) 562 items, library date stamp on front cover; stapled in pictorial paper covers; Good. Three Dawsons of Pall Mall catalogues: (224) 316 items, pencil & orange marker buyer notes on rear cover & page margins; (275) 60 items, color pictorial paper covers; (253) 325 items, pencil & orange marker notes, pictoial paper covers; all Good. Sold as a lot. Stock#ofc0281.

Compiled by S. Dillon Ripley & Lynette L. Scribner. New Haven, Yale UP, 1961; reprint Martino [1993]. Hard Cover. 4 leaves, 338 pages, portrait frontispiece; 23.5 cm. "Falconry", pages 321-333. Contains thousands of titles with collations. Fine, new from publisher. Stock#34883x/h.

Washinton, G.P.O., 1878-1879; reprint Martino 1995. Hard Cover. Wood 302-303; Zimmer 144-147; BMNH I: 394. "The most ambitious attempt at a universal bibliography of ornithology ever undertaken, and perhaps the most scholarly effort of its kind in the literature of zoology"(Mengel, 'A Catalogue of the Ellis Collection' 2: 82). Approximately five thousand books and articles on American ornithology, many entries with annotations. 8vo; three parts bound in one, 859 pages; new from publisher in shrinkwrap. Stock#28665x/h.

Boston, Nichols & Noyes, 1869. First published in 1867. This is the edition in S. Dillon Ripley's Ornithological Works in the Yale University Library (page 251), which misnumbers the pages. "Arranged by a long-approved classification and nomenclature; together with a complete history of their habits, times of arrival and departure, their distribution, food, song, time of breeding, and a careful and accurate description of their nests and eggs." Spine title: Birds of New England and Adjacent States. Hard Cover. vii, 587 pages, illus. (part color), 24 cm. Spine sun-faded, waterstain on lower front cover; withal VG. Stock#101438.

NY, Parke-Bernet Galleries, 1969. Periodical. [vi], 38 p., illus.; 23.5 cm.; 237 lots. Title continues: "and other Rare Ornithological Works, with Natural History and Books on the Dance from the Distinguished Collection of Edward L. Chalif, Short Hills, New Jersey, and Fine Books, including Press Books, Rackham illustrations, Jeweled and other Fine Bindings, from the Estate of the late Dr. Lynval E. Davidson..." Stock#45319. Paper; pencil notations on front cover; good.

The New Yorker, 1967. Periodical. in The New Yorker, 27 May (pp. 40-102) & 3 June (pp. 42-105), 1967. Stock#40,152. Vg/ paper.Natural science; ornithology; shorebirds.

Boston, Mass. State Board of Agriculture, 1908. Hard Cover. xx, 437 p., index, 171 text figures, 56 plates incl. color front.; 24 cm. Containing brief descriptions of the more common and useful species of Massachusetts, with accounts of their food habits, and a chapter on the means of attracting and protecting birds. Illustrated by the author, C. Allan Lyford, Chester A. Reed, and others. Third Edition. Contents include The Value of Birds to Man; The Utility of Birds in Woodlands; Birds as Destroyers of Hairy Caterpillars & Plant Lice; The Economic Service of Birds in the Orchard; Song Birds of Orchard & Woodland; Songless Birds of Orchard & Woodland; Birds of Field and Garden; Birds of the Air; Birds of Marsh and Waterside; Checks upon the Increase of Useful Birds; The Protection of Birds; Papers on Ornithology, published by the Massachusetts State Board of Agriculture. Green cloth sunned, spine ends worn; ex library, with more damage done by librarians than readers; good+. Stock#21317.