Search Results: Titles starting with E from Buteo Books

Reaktion Books, 2015. Paperback. New. Truly one of the most symbolic birds in the human imagination, eagles have been used for millennia to represent power, divinity, war, justice and freedom. Eagle explores the rich history of this majestic bird, an emblematic creature of vast importance to many cultures throughout the world. Often associated with the cycle of life and death, eagles embody the paradoxes of our existence: the beauty and horror we, as humans, face every day.We associate the eagle with light and learning and also death and corruption. Eagles adorn flags, sports team uniforms, and the logos of fashion brands and feature in many other emblems and crests. But these birds have also been relentlessly persecuted perceived as predatory threats to livestock and even to us humans. It is clear, however, that we are much more dangerous to them than they are to us. Eagles have suffered the devastating effects of human activities for years, from pesticide use to habitat destruction and global… Read More

World Working Group on Birds of Prey and Owls, 1996. Paperback. New. Papers from meetings with additional contributions, 1992-1996. Papers in English and German.

Whittet Books, 1989. Hardcover. As new. As new hardcover. Covers the basics of these magnificent birds of prey. Black and white illustrations by the author.

McGraw-Hill, 1968. First American Edition. Hardcover. Fine two-volume set in slipcase. First American Edition. Inscribed to ornithologist Ralph Schreiber by Dean Amadon on title page of Volume I. Errata sheets laid in. The classic work on diurnal birds of prey. Illustrated with 125 color paintings by Roger Tory Peterson, J.C. Harrison, Don R. Eckelberry, David Reid-Henry, Albert Earl Gilbert, C.E. Talbot Kelly, Guy Coheleach, Lloyd Sandford, Malcolm Ellis, Cornelius J. Ward, and J.G. Williams. Section of 94 pages of range maps. A scarce inscribed association copy.

The Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia and the American Ornithologists' Union, 1999. Paperback. New. Species account number 433 in the Birds of North America Life Histories for the 21st Century series. In 1992 the American Ornithologists' Union in partnership with the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia undertook the publication of species accounts for each of the more than 700 species which breed in the United States and Canada. These illustrated reviews provide comprehensive summaries of the current knowledge of the species, with range maps and an extensive list of references. The series is finally complete, in 716 parts. Accounts are 8 ½ x 11 booklets.

Philadelphia: Journal of the Academy of Natural Sciences, 1912. Disbound. Very Good. pp. 113-118 plus three b&w plates. Small, unopened folio, disbound.

New York: American Museum of Natural History, 1955. Paperback. Very Good. American Museum Novitates Number 1842. 32 pp. Self-wrappers with spots on page 1.

New York: American Museum of Natural History, 1937. Very Good. American Museum Novitates Number 942. 10 pp. Self-wrappers.

New York: American Museum of Natural History, 1935. Paperback. Fine. American Museum Novitates Number 775. 29 pp. Untrimmed self-wrappers.

University of Texas Press, 1999. Paperback. New. The author describes some of his fascinating encounters with birds in several popularly written essays.

University of Chicago Press, 1989. Paperback. Fine. Paperback in fine condition of the sixth volume in the series, 'An Atlas of Evolution in Africa,' and the first volume dealing with bovids. Light shelf wear. Illus with b&w drawings and maps. Reprint, originally published by Academic Press in 1982.

University of Chicago Press, 1984. Paperback. Near Fine. Near fine paperback of the third volume in the series, 'An Atlas of Evolution in Africa.' Illus with b&w drawings and maps. Reprint, originally published by Academic Press in 1974.

University of Chicago Press, 1982. Paperback. Fine. Paperback in fine condition of the final volume in the series, 'An Atlas of Evolution in Africa,' and the second volume dealing with bovids. Light shelf wear. Illustrated with b&w drawings and maps. University of Chicago Press reprint of a work originally published by Academic Press in 1982.

Chicago, 1984. Paperback. Near Fine. Near fine paperback of the first volume in the series, 'An Atlas of Evolution in Africa.' Illus with b&w drawings and maps. Reprint, originally published by Academic Press in 1974.

The Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia and the American Ornithologists' Union, 1996. Paperback. New. Species account number 253 in the Birds of North America Life Histories for the 21st Century series. In 1992 the American Ornithologists' Union in partnership with the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia undertook the publication of species accounts for each of the more than 700 species which breed in the United States and Canada. These illustrated reviews provide comprehensive summaries of the current knowledge of the species, with range maps and an extensive list of references. The series is finally complete, in 716 parts. Accounts are 8 ½ x 11 booklets.

The Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia and the American Ornithologists' Union, 1996. Paperback. New. Species account number 262 in the Birds of North America Life Histories for the 21st Century series. In 1992 the American Ornithologists' Union in partnership with the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia undertook the publication of species accounts for each of the more than 700 species which breed in the United States and Canada. These illustrated reviews provide comprehensive summaries of the current knowledge of the species, with range maps and an extensive list of references. The series is finally complete, in 716 parts. Accounts are 8 ½ x 11 booklets.

The Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia and the American Ornithologists' Union, 1998. Paperback. New. Species account number 381 in the Birds of North America Life Histories for the 21st Century series. In 1992 the American Ornithologists' Union in partnership with the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia undertook the publication of species accounts for each of the more than 700 species which breed in the United States and Canada. These illustrated reviews provide comprehensive summaries of the current knowledge of the species, with range maps and an extensive list of references. The series is finally complete, in 716 parts. Accounts are 8 ½ x 11 booklets.

The Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia and the American Ornithologists' Union, 1995. Paperback. New. Species account number 160 in the Birds of North America Life Histories for the 21st Century series. In 1992 the American Ornithologists' Union in partnership with the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia undertook the publication of species accounts for each of the more than 700 species which breed in the United States and Canada. These illustrated reviews provide comprehensive summaries of the current knowledge of the species, with range maps and an extensive list of references. The series is finally complete, in 716 parts. Accounts are 8 ½ x 11 booklets.

The Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia and the American Ornithologists' Union, 1996. Paperback. New. Species account number 245 in the Birds of North America Life Histories for the 21st Century series. In 1992 the American Ornithologists' Union in partnership with the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia undertook the publication of species accounts for each of the more than 700 species which breed in the United States and Canada. These illustrated reviews provide comprehensive summaries of the current knowledge of the species, with range maps and an extensive list of references. The series is finally complete, in 716 parts. Accounts are 8 ½ x 11 booklets.

The Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia and the American Ornithologists' Union, 1994. Paperback. New. Species account number 94 in the Birds of North America Life Histories for the 21st Century series. In 1992 the American Ornithologists' Union in partnership with the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia undertook the publication of species accounts for each of the more than 700 species which breed in the United States and Canada. These illustrated reviews provide comprehensive summaries of the current knowledge of the species, with range maps and an extensive list of references. The series is finally complete, in 716 parts. Accounts are 8 ½ x 11 booklets.