Bump, G. et al.

The Ruffed Grouse: Life History, Propagation and Management

Harrisburg, PA: Telegraph Press, 1978. Reprint. Pp. xxxvi, 915, 4 plates by Everett, 127 sketches by Clayton B. Seagears and Fred Everett, 186 tables. Publisher’s original red cloth, lettered in gilt on the spine and front cover, sm 4to. This is a facsimile of the original edition published in Albany, New York in 1947. No ownership marks. A fine, as new, copy..

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Book number: 9739

Catalogue: Ornithology

Burleigh, T.D.

Birds of Idaho

Caldwell, Idaho: Caxton Printers, 1972. First edition. Pp. 467, 12 color plates, 51 photo and pen sketches. Publisher’s original tan cloth, lettered in blue on the spine and front cover, color pictorial dust jacket, lg 8vo. Detailed account of the avifauna of the northern Rocky Mountains and the migratory birds of the Pacific flyway. Small call number of the International Crane Foundation on the spine of the dust jacket and name stamp of the Ron Sauey Memorial Library on rear endpaper and top page edge, no other institutional marks to the text or cloth binding. Ron Sauey was co-founder of the International Crane Foundation, Baraboo, Wisconsin. A fine copy in a slightly edge-worn dust jacket..

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Book number: 9740

Catalogue: Ornithology

Byers, Clive, Olsson, Urban and Curson, Jon

Buntings and Sparrows: A Guide to the Sparrows and Buntings of North America and the World

Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1995. First edition. Pp. (8), 334; 39 full page color plates, 110 distribution maps, additional line-drawings, and halftone illustrations. This book is the first comprehensive guide to all the sparrows and buntings of North America, as well the buntings of Europe, Asia and Africa. All 110 species are considered -- additionally, the fine color plates depict all the plumages of every species and race considered. Name stamp of the Ron Sauey Memorial Library on rear endpaper and top page edge. Empty pocket on rear endpaper. Ron Sauey was co-founder of the International Crane Foundation, Baraboo, Wisconsin. A fine copy in a near fine dust jacket..

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Book number: 9812

Catalogue: Ornithology

Cade, Tom and Burnham, William, (Editors)

Return of the Peregrine: A North American Sage of Tenacity and Teamwork

Boise, ID: The Peregrine Fund, 2003. First edition. Pp. (6), 394; 495 images in color or black-and-white, other text-figures. Publisher’s original dark blue cloth, lettered in silver on the spine, color pictorial dust jacket, lg 4to (12 x 9 ¾ inches). Documents the recovery of Peregrine Falcon populations in North America by 69 authorities in 21 chapters. Name stamp of the Ron Sauey Memorial Library on the top page edge only. Ron Sauey was co-founder of the International Crane Foundation, Baraboo, Wisconsin. No other ownership marks. A fine copy in a fine dust jacket..

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Book number: 9806

Catalogue: Ornithology

Chapman, Frank M.

The Warblers of North America (first edition)

New York: D. Appleton, 1907. First edition. Pp. ix, 306, 24 color plates by Fuertes and Horsfall. Publisher’s original dark blue cloth, lettered in gilt on the spine and front cover, lg 8vo. Presents a guide to the field identification and life histories of North American warbler species. The volume is from the private collection of Max A. Nickerson, Director of Max Allen’s Zoological Gardens in Eldon, Missouri, with his name stamp on the front endpaper. No other ownership marks. A bright and clean copy in fine condition..

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Book number: 9731

Catalogue: Ornithology

Cooper, Roy P.

Birds of the Macquarie Marshes, New South Wales.

Melbourne: W. M. Houston, 1955. First edition. Pp. 137-173; 18 black-and-white photo-plates. Original printed gray-green wrappers, sm 4to. Memoirs of the National Museum Melbourne, no. 19. The first detailed published account of the avifauna of this vast low-lying region adjacent to the Macquarie River of New South Wales. The whole issue (173 pages) of Mem. Nat. Mus. Melbourne, no. 19 is offered here; this issue contains 4 other articles. The journal title is written in the spine. No ownership marks. Tight and clean copy in very good condition..

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Book number: 4678

Catalogue: Ornithology

Keywords: Ornithology birds Macquarie Marshes New South Wales Australia Cooper

Coues, Elliot

The Coues Check List of North American Birds. Revised to Date, and entirely Rewritten, under Direction of the Author: with a Dictionary of the Etymology, Orthography, and Orthoepy of the Scientific Names, The Concordance of Previous Lists, and a Catalogue of his Ornithological Publications

Boston: Estes and Lauriat, 1882. Second edition. Pp. 165, (2, ads). Publisher’s original brown cloth, lettered in gilt on the spine and front cover, lg 8vo (10 x 7 inches). This is the second revised edition of ‘Coues Check List of North American Birds’ that was first published in 1873. Name stamp Ron Sauey Memorial Library on rear endpaper, pocket on the rear endpaper, no other ownership marks to the text or cloth binding. Ron Sauey was co-founder of the International Crane Foundation, Baraboo, Wisconsin. A bright and clean copy in near fine condition..

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Book number: 9737

Catalogue: Ornithology

Cramp, Stanley (editor)

Handbook of the Birds of Europe the Middle East and North America: The Birds of the Western Palearctic, Volume 1: Ostrich to Ducks + Volume 2: Hawks to Bustards (the first two of nine volumes)

Oxford, UK: Oxford University Press, 1977-1980. First edition. Pp. x, 722; viii, 695; 204 full page color plates, numerous color distribution maps. Publisher's original black cloth, lettered in gilt on the spine, color pictorial dust jacket, sm 4to. The first two volumes in this well-known series. No ownership marks and few signs of use. Spines of the dust jacket lightly sunned, a tight and clean copy in fine condition in near fine dust jackets..

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Book number: 7155

Catalogue: Ornithology

Crespo, Fernando Ortiz and Carrión, Juan Manuel

Introducción a las Aves del Ecuador

Quito, Ecuador: FECODES, 1991. First edition. Pp. 241; 28 full page color plates from paintings by Juan Manuel Carrión, numerous un-numbered black-and-white text-figures. Original color pictorial stiff wrappers lettered in black on the spine and front cover, 8vo. A detailed review of the avifauna of Ecuador. The text is in Spanish. From the research book collection of ornithologist Steven G. Herman with his name stamp and address on the front endpaper. Warmly inscribed by the co-author and artist Juan Manuel Carrión to Steve Herman on the title page. Rare avifauna not generally available in the USA. A bright copy in near fine condition..

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Book number: 8749

Catalogue: Ornithology

Dawson, William Leon

The Birds of California. A Complete, Scientific and Popular Account of the 580 Species and Subspecies of Birds Found in the State, the Booklovers’ Edition, limited to 1000 copies, in four volumes

San Diego, CA: South Moulton Company, 1923. First edition. Pp. xvii, 2121, 48 color plates and 44 drawings by Alan Brooks, 16 photogravures, 32 full page duotone plates and 1100 half-tone text-figures. Publisher’s original green fabricoid binding - a group of western gulls is stamped in high relief on the front cover and spine of each volume, top page edges in gilt, 4to. This is the Booklovers’ Edition which was limited to 1000 numbered copies, this copy is un-numbered. Bookplate of Frederick L. Ott on the front endpaper of each volume. No other ownership marks and few signs of use. Light edge wear to cloth, a bright and clean copy in near fine condition..

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Book number: 9696

Catalogue: Ornithology

de Schauensee, R. M.

A Guide to the Birds of South America.

Wynnewood, PA: Livingston Publishing Company, 1970. First edition. Pp. 470, 50 full page plates, 31 are in full color by artists Poole, Quinn and Sutton, some text-figures (black-and-white line-drawings). Publisher's original blue cloth, lettered in silver on the spine and front cover, color pictorial dust jacket, 8vo (9.25 x 6.25 inches). Presents the 865 genera and 2924 species known from South America and adjacent islands; over 600 genera are illustrated in color or black-and-white. Printed addenda and corrigenda are laid in at front. Signature of former owner on the front endpaper. A near fine copy in a bright and clean near fine dust jacket..

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Book number: 5165

Catalogue: Ornithology

Keywords: Ornithology birds South America islands de Schauensee ISBN 0-87098-027-0

De Kay, James E.

Zoology of New York or the New York Fauna, Part II. Birds (hand-colored plates)

Albany: Carroll and Cool, 1844. First edition. Pp. xii, 380, (1), 141 fine hand-colored plates by J.W. Hill. One-half black leather over marbled boards with matching marbled endpapers, steel-engraved series title page, 4to. The authoritative early study of the birds of New York State. Only 300 copies of this work were issued with the plates hand colored. Nearly all of the color plates are heightened with gum Arabic. No ownership marks. Light browning to the background of a few of the hand-colored plates, the text is generally bright and clean, a tight copy in near fine condition in a very attractive binding..

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Book number: 9656

Catalogue: Ornithology

Dean, F.C. and Chesemore, D. L.

Studies of Birds and Mammals in the Baird and Schwatka Mountains, Alaska.

Anchorage: University of Alaska, 1974. First edition. Pp. vi, 80, (4); 31 text-photos and maps. Original printed stiff wrappers, 8vo. Biological Papers of the University of Alaska, number 15. This work documents an important field survey of the Baird and Schwatka Mountains completed in 1963 but never published until this paper. Single oval ink stamp of the Zoological Institute in Upsala, Sweden, no other ownership marks and no signs of use. A bright and clean copy in fine condition..

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Book number: 5184

Catalogue: Ornithology

Keywords: Ornithology birds avifauna mammals Baird Mountains Schwatka Mountains Alaska United States North Amercia Dean Chesemore

Delacour, Jean

The Pheasants of the World

London: Country Life, 1965. Fourth Impression. Pp. 351, 32 full page plates after paintings by J. C. Harrison – 16 are in full color, 21 distribution maps and diagrams. Red cloth in simulated leather style, lettered in gilt on the spine label, 4to. This is the fourth impression of the first edition published in 1965. The title page is signed by the author, Jean Delacour. Name stamp of Ron Sauey Memorial Library on front and rear endpapers and the top page edge, blank paper pocket on the rear endpaper, no other institutional marks to the text or cloth binding. Ron Sauey was co-founder of the International Crane Foundation, Baraboo, Wisconsin. A few faint rub marks on the spine, a bright and clean copy in near fine condition..

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Book number: 9722

Catalogue: Ornithology

Delacour, Jean

The Waterfowl of the World, Volume I and Volume II only (of the four volume set)

London: Country Life, 1954-1956. First edition. Pp. (vol. 1): 284, 16 color plates from paintings by Peter Scott, 33 distribution maps; pp. (vol. 2): 232, 24 color plates from paintings by Peter Scott, 29 distribution maps. Publisher's original blue cloth, lettered in gilt on the spine in red panel label and with 8 sets of gilt panel lines, front cover with gilt scene of flying ducks on the front cover, color pictorial dust jacket, sm 4to. Volume I covers the Magpie Goose, Whistling Ducks, Swans and Geese, Sheldgeese and Shelducks. Volume II covers the Dabbling Ducks. This is the first edition of volume I and volume II of this well-known set that is complete in four volumes. Signature of Chet Dolley on the front endpaper of volume II. A near fine copy in near fine dust jackets..

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Book number: 7275

Catalogue: Ornithology