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AUSTIN, OLIVER JR. WITH ILLUSTRATIONS BY ARTHUR SINGER  Birds of the World: A Survey of the Twenty-Seven Orders and One Hundred and Fifty-five Families
NY: Golden Press, 1961. fine hard cover book/small corner chip & several closed tears otherwise good+ dust jacket, including 300 specifically commissioned color paintings.
USD 12.50 [Appr.: EURO 8.5 | £UK 7.75 | JP¥ 1075] Book number: 50212
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BLANCHAN, NELTIE  Birds: Selected from the Writings of Neltje Blanchan
Garden City: Doubleday, 1926. light shelfwear otherwise near fine hard cover book/no dust jacket, A condensation of The author's four earlier works on birds into a single volume (258 pages with 48 color plates).
USD 15.00 [Appr.: EURO 10 | £UK 9.25 | JP¥ 1290] Book number: 50215
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BOOSEY, EDWARD J. WITH PHOTOGRAPHS BY ALEC BROOKSBANK AND A FOREWORD BY DAVID SETH.SMITH  Parrots, Cockatoos & Macaws
Silver Springs: Denlinger's, 1956. 1st printing of 1st edition, shelfwear & end papers foxed otherwise good/no dust jacket, Modern aviary practices for keeping parrots, cockatoos & macaws, illustrated.
USD 7.00 [Appr.: EURO 4.75 | £UK 4.25 | JP¥ 602] Book number: 307
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CARO, TIM  Antipredator Defenses in Birds and Mammals
Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 2005. 1st printing of the 1st edition, fine hard cover book/no dust jacket, as issued.
USD 90.00 [Appr.: EURO 59.75 | £UK 54.5 | JP¥ 7739] Book number: 106582
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CENZATO, ELENA & FABIO SANTOPIETRO  Owls: Art, Legend, History
Boston: Bulfinch/Little Brown, 1990. 1st printing of 1st US edition, fine hard cover book in fine dust jacket, Queen of the night, symbol of wisdom, ghostly predator, socerer's apprentice, the owl has fascinated mankind since prehistoric times.
USD 14.00 [Appr.: EURO 9.5 | £UK 8.5 | JP¥ 1204] Book number: 102288
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CRAIGHEAD, CHARLES WITH PHOTOGRAPHS BY TOM MANGELSEN  The Eagle and the River
NY: MacMillan, 1994. 1st printing of 1st edition, fine hard cover book in fine dust jacket, Inscribed by author, To xxxxx, From the eagle, the otter and the raven, and dated Feb. 92 by author on ffep.
USD 15.00 [Appr.: EURO 10 | £UK 9.25 | JP¥ 1290] Book number: 100086
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HEINTZELMAN, DONALD S.  A Manual for Bird Watching in the Americas
NY: Universe Books, 1979. 1st printing of 1st edition, fine in decorative wrappers (soft cover book).
USD 4.50 [Appr.: EURO 3 | £UK 2.75 | JP¥ 387] Book number: 50235
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HOULE, MARCY COTTRELL  Wings for My Flight: The Peregrine Falcons of Chimney Rock
NY: Addison Wesley, 1991. 1st printing of 1st edition, fine hard cover book/light scuff on front dust jacket panel otherwise near fine dust jacket, The author's falcon project in Colorado.
USD 7.00 [Appr.: EURO 4.75 | £UK 4.25 | JP¥ 602] Book number: 50238
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LOVETT, BRIAN EDITOR  The Turkey Hunters: The Lore, Legacy and Allure of American Turkey Hunting
Iola: Krauss Publications, 2003. fine hard cover book in fine dust jacket, Rather than answer the question how to hunt a turkey, this book examines why we hunt turkeys, illustrated.
USD 19.50 [Appr.: EURO 13 | £UK 12 | JP¥ 1677] Book number: 106301
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MEINZER, WYMAN  The Roadrunner
Lubbock: Texas Tech University Press, 1993. 1st printing of 1st edition, fine hard cover book in fine dust jacket, Meinzer has spent years observing, as well as photographing, the nemesis of Wiley Coyote for this first book length study devoted to the roadrunner.
USD 45.00 [Appr.: EURO 30 | £UK 27.25 | JP¥ 3870] Book number: 105055
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MOWAT, FARLEY  And No Birds Sang
Boston: Atlantic Little Brown, 1979. 1st printing of 1st edition, owner's name on front end paper otherwise fine hard cover book/short closed tears & light stain on rear dust jacket panel otherwise very good+ dust jacket.
USD 15.00 [Appr.: EURO 10 | £UK 9.25 | JP¥ 1290] Book number: 50260
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PETERSON, ROGER TORY (INTRODUCTION)  Favorite Audubon Birds of America
NY: Crown Publishers, 1978. fine hard cover book in fine dust jacket, a selection of Peterson's favorite bird prints of John James Audubon.
USD 12.00 [Appr.: EURO 8 | £UK 7.25 | JP¥ 1032] Book number: 50265
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SIMONDS, CALVIN  Private Lives of Garden Birds
Emmaus: Rodale, 1984. 4th printing, fine hard cover book/small chips otherwise good+ dust jacket.
USD 12.50 [Appr.: EURO 8.5 | £UK 7.75 | JP¥ 1075] Book number: 50274
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VON TAUBE, OTTO  Tibetanishces Vogelbuch: oder der Kostbare Kranz des Vogelbesetzes
Znrich: Peter Schifferli Verlags (Die Arche), 1957. rubbed otherwise very good in decorative boards/no dust jacket, Text in German. 64 pages, illustrated.
USD 15.00 [Appr.: EURO 10 | £UK 9.25 | JP¥ 1290] Book number: 102479
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WILMORE, SYLVIA BRUCE  Swans of the World
NY: Taplinger, 1974. 1st printing of 1st US edition, fine hard cover book in fine dust jacket, perhaps the best book done on swans (Robert Arbib).
USD 25.00 [Appr.: EURO 16.75 | £UK 15.25 | JP¥ 2150] Book number: 50284
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