Palm Groves and Humming Birds: An Artist's Fortnight in Brazil.
London: Ernest Benn, 1924. Numerous illustrations in black & white. Tall 8vo, lime green cloth (rubbed). London: Ernest Benn, 1924/ Very good (+). More
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Edward Lear's Birds.
New York: William Morrow, 1980. Introduction by Philip Hofer. 90 illustrations, including 40 in color. Slim folio, blue cloth, d.w. New York: William Morrow, 1980. A near fine copy. More
The Story of Scraggles
Boston: Little Brown, 1906. 6 illustrations from drawings by Sears Gallagher and from photographs. 88 pages, small slim 8vo, pictorial gray cloth (rubbed). Boaton: Little Brown, 1906. First Edition. Very Good. Presentation by the author on the half-title. More
A Wilderness of Birds
Garden City: Doubleday, 1974. 77 color photo Illus. by Sidney Bahrt. Square 4to, two-toned cloth, d.w. Garden City: Doubleday, 1974. A fine copy in a very good(+) dust wrapper. More
A Species Of Eternity.
New York: Knopf, 1977. Color and b/w Illus. 8vo, 1/2 purple cloth, d.w. New York: Knopf, 1977. Near Fine. American naturalists of the 18th and 19th centuries. More
The Bird Illustrated, 1550-1900: From the Collections of The New York Public Library
New York: Abrams, 1988. Introduction by Roger Tory Peterson, with commentaries by Miram T. Gross. 45 plates in full color, 54 duotone photographs. 128pp., 4to, cloth, d.w. New York: Harry N. Abrams, 1988. A near fine copy in a near fine dust wrapper. More
Skandinaviens Fugle, Med Saerligt Hensyn Til Danmark Og De Nordlige Bilande
Copenhage: Jorgensens, 1875. 2 volumes, 8vo, with 840 pages of text, and folio volume with over 600 fine hand-colored illustrations. Numbered I - LV + 1ste supplement 1-35, 2det supplement 1-8 + 2. A total of 106 hand-colored plates, Copenhagen: Jorgensens, 1875-1877, 1879. Near Fine. 2 previous ownership stamps on title page of the plate volume. More
A Dictionary of British Bird Painters.
Leigh-on-Sea: Lewis, 1974. 48 plates. 47 pp. of text. 4to, blue cloth (small discolorarion at tip of spine), d.w. Leigh-on-Sea: F. Lewis, (1974). First Edition. Very good. More
Birds of Eastern and North Eastern Africa
London: Longmans, 1957. Profusely illustrated in color & in black & white. 2 volumes, very thick 8vo, 845pp + 1113 pages plus index, gray cloth, d.w. (chipped). London: Longmans, Greene, (1957-1960). Second Edition. Very Good (+). Series One. African Handbook of Birds. More
Birds and the Wind.
3 plates. pp. 355-363. 8vo, pr. wrs.; (partially unopened). Washington: GPO, 1940. vg. More
L'Oiseau.
Paris: Hachette, 1867. Illustrated with 210 woodcuts by H. Giacomelli throughout the text. Rubricated title. 424 pages with text in French. Tall thick 8vo, original red cloth with beautiful pictorial gilt covers and spine, a.e.g. (extremities of spine and corners rubbed; light dampstaining at foot, worse towards rear; ownership signature written neatly on the title page). Paris: Hachette, 1867. Eigth Edition. A good copy. More
British Birds: A Selection from the Original Work
Exeter: Webb & Bower, 1981. With 82 species illustrated in color reproducing the 1895 originals. Edited and with an introduction by Tony Soper. 240 pages. 4to, two-toned cloth, d.w. Exeter: Webb & Bower, (1981). First edition thus. A fine copy in a fine dust wrapper. More
A History of British Birds.
London: Groombridge. 7 volumes of 8, lacks volume VI. Over 300 colored plates, small 8vo, 3/4 tan calf, ornately gilt spines with red and green labels, marbled boards and edges. London: Groombridge, ca. 1860. Very good (+). More
The Feathered Tribes of the British Islands
London: Bohn, 1841. 2 volumes. Frontispiece in each volume and illustrated with 28 plates depicting 53 birds; 2 vignettes on titles, all beautiful hand-colored. 8vo, original full green calf; gilt-decorated spines with burgundy labels; marbled edges and endpapers. London: Henry G. Bohn, 1841. Third edition. A very good(+) copy. More
Charakterzeichnungen der Vorzuglichsten Deutschen Singvogel.
Leipzig: Winter, 1868. Illustrated with 11 full-page b/w plates. 112pp with text in Old German. Slim 8vo, original plum cloth (spine faded to brown; neat repairs at spine ends, still a very good copy of this uncommon book). Leipzig und Heidelberg: C.F. Winter, 1868. Neue ausgabe. More
Oceanic Birds of South America; A Study of Species of the Related Coasts and Seas...Based upon the Brewster- Sandford Collection in the American Museum of Natural History.
illus., some in color. 2 vols. thick 4to, cloth; (spines lightly soiled). N.Y.: Macmillan, (1936). More
Waiting to Fly; My Escapades with the Penguins of Antarctica.
color illus. 8vo, cloth, d.w.; (d.w. lightly soiled). N.Y.: Morrow, (1999). Presentation copy. More
Report Upon Natural History Collections Made in Alaska Between the Years 1877 and 1881...
Washington: GPO, 1887. Edited by Henry W. Henshaw. 12 chromolithographic plates of birds, 9 black and white plates of fish. 337pp. 4to, cloth, spine lightly worn, mostly at ends, edges of corners bumped and very lightly worn, cloth lightly soiled. Washington, GPO, 1887. Number 3 of the Arctic series of publications issued in connection with Signal Services, U.S. Army, this is the fruit of Nelson's field work in Alaska. "His published reports on this work became classics in their respective..... More
Arctic Zoology.
London: Henry Hughs, 1784. Engraved frontispiece in first volume, both title pages with engraved vignettes, 23 full-page b/w plates, 1 folding. 2 volumes (lacking, as usual, the 3rd volume supplement published in 1787). Short 4to, contemporary speckled calf with ornate gilt spines (joints starting; pages generally clean but cropped close at fore-edge; plates are somewhat toned with offseting on facing pages). London: Printed by Henry Hughs, 1784-1785. A good usable copy of this classic book. The work praised by Cuvier..... More
The Illustrated Encyclopedia of Birds: The Definitive Reference to Birds of the World
New York: Barnes and Noble, 1990. Illustrated in color. 420 pages, 4to, blue cloth, dust wrapper. New York: Barnes and Noble, 1990. A near fine copy in a very good(+) dust wrapper. More
Birds of North America: A Personal Selection.
New York: Dutton, 1972. Profusely illustrated, including 64 color plates. 144 pages. Large 4to, green cloth, d.w. New York: Dutton, 1972. First Edition. Gift inscription on endpaper, otherwise a fine copy. More
Birds of North America: A Personal Selection.
New York: Dutton, 1972. Profusely illustrated, including 64 color plates. 144 pages. Large square 4to, green cloth, price-clipped d.w. New York: Dutton, 1972. First Edition. A near fine copy. More
Notes on the Birds of Rainham; Including the District between Chatham and Sittingbourne
London: Gurney & Jackson, 1894. 92 pages. Slim 8vo, dark green pebbled cloth, a bit worn at ends. London: Gurney & Jackson, 1894. First Edition. Scarce. More
Handbook of New Guinea Birds
New York: American Museum of Natural History, 1968. 48 pages of black & white photographic illustrations and 5 color plates. 628 pages, tall very thick 8vo, blue cloth, black spine, d.w. New York: American Museum of Natural History, 1968. First Edition. A fine copy in a very good dust jacket. More
The Waterfowl Art of Maynard Reece.
Venice: Mill Pond, 1984. Many illustrations in color and b/w. Large oblong folio, leather-backed natural cloth, matching cloth slipcase. Venice, Florida: Mill Pond Press/Abrams, (1984). Large ex-library stamp on front endpaper; smaller stamps on page edges, else a fine copy. Limited edition. One of 650 copies (un-numbered). This copy lacks the 2 original lithographs. More
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