London Bird Report. Nos 16-27 (1951-1962)

LNHS 1951-1962 , illus. . HB. 12 parts, bound in 2 vols. Vg.. .

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Book number: P36941

Catalogue: Zoology,Birds

Keywords: Birds; Britain; London

London Bird Report. No. [1]-57 (1936-1992)

LNHS 1936-1993 , illus. . HB/PB. 57 parts: Nos. 1-9 in orig, wappers. Nos. 10-40 (1945-1975) bound in six vols; Nos. 41-57 (1976-1992) in orig. wrappers. Vg.. A scarce long run of this important bird report, detailing observations of birds within twenty miles of St. Paul's Cathedral.

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Book number: P14310

Catalogue: Zoology,Birds

Keywords: B8906; Birds; Ornithology; Britain; London; Periodical

Malimbus. Journal of the West African Ornithological Society. Vol. 6, Nos 1 and 2

West African Ornithological Society 1984 96, b/w photos. . PB. Vg.. .

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Book number: P37433

Catalogue: Zoology,Birds

Keywords: Ornithology; Birds; West Africa; Africa

My Picture Book of Birds

Ward, Lock & Co. n.d. [c. 1920s?] [64], b/w photos, b/w illus. . HB. Orig. cloth-backed, illustrated boards, some wear to edges and corners, illustrated endpapers. Gift inscription dated 1933 to endpaper. Good.. Golden Picture Books. Children's book..

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Book number: S53138

Catalogue: Zoology,Birds

Keywords: Birds; Children's Book; Juvenile

Sandwich Bay Bird Observatory Report 1967-1972, 1974

Sandwich Bay Bird Observatory Trust 1967-1974 38; 32; 51; 45; 48; 53; 60, b/w illus, text figs, 1 folding map. . PB. 7 vols, orig. wrappers, staple bound, some light spotting to covers. Good.. .

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Book number: S56510

Catalogue: Zoology,Birds

Keywords: Bird Observatories; Birds; Ornithology; Kent; England; Britain

Shore Birds

Forest & Stream Publishing Co 1885 (ii), 22, . . HB. Bound. Paper slightly browned. Ex-lib.. 'Forest and Stream' Series. No. 1. Sections: I. Haunts and Habits; II. Range and Migrations; III. A Morning without Birds; IV. Nomenclature; V. Localities; VI. Blinds and Decoys.

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Book number: S17222

Catalogue: Zoology,Birds

Keywords: Birds; C1183; Wildfowling

Wonders of the Animal Kingdom. Birds

Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge 1848 iv, 484, numerous engravings (many full-page). . HB. Sm. 8vo (133x103mm), cont. green full calf (prize binding, dec. gilt border to boards and crest of High School, Bishop Stortford, to front board), spine with raised bands and contrasting red leather title piece, gilt tooling to compartments, edges of boards and inner dentelles, marbled endpapers, aeg. A handsome binding, lightly rubbed/scuffed to extremities. Prize bookplate dated 1863. Bookseller's small ticket to rear pastedown (Stanford, Charing Cross, London). Fine.. First edition. Rare. Only six copies listed on OCLC.Freeman 4073 (but with title incorrectly given as Wonders of the Animal World)..

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Book number: A58594

Catalogue: Zoology,Birds

Keywords: Birds; Ornithology; Children's Book; Fine Binding; Natural History

Abbott, Clinton G.

Home-Life of the Osprey

Witherby & Co. 1911 54, 32 mounted b/w plates. . HB. 4to, orig. green cloth, gt, minor wear to extremities. Endpapers foxed. Good.. .

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Book number: S50862

Catalogue: Zoology,Birds

Keywords: Osprey; Pandion haliaetus

Adams, H.G.

Nests and Eggs of Familiar Birds Described and Illustrated

Groombridge and Sons n.d. [c. 1880s] [ii], 238, 16 col plates, woodcuts to text. . HB. Crown 8vo (185x130mm), orig. blue dec. cloth, stamped in gilt and black to front board and spine, aeg; some wear; hinges cracked internally but firm. Attractive modern bookplate to endpaper. Good.. With an Account of the Haunts and Habits of the Feathered Architects, and their Times and Modes of Building. First published in two volumes (1854-1857). This edition undated.Mullens & Swann p.2..

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Book number: S53783

Catalogue: Zoology,Birds

Keywords: Birds; Ornithology; Decorative Binding

Adams, H.G.; Adams, H.B.

The Smaller British Birds with Descriptions of their Nests, Eggs, Habitats, Etc.

George Bell and Sons 1874 iv, 252, 32 col plates. . HB. Roy. 8vo (250x180mm), cont. full prize calf, decorative gilt tooled border to both boards, raised bands to spine, gilt tooling to compartments, leather title-piece, marbled edges and endpapers. Some wear to extremities, some rubbing to spine and joints, short splits to head/foot of joints. Gilt crest of Edinburgh Institution to front board and prize bookplate dated 1890.. First edition. Printed by B. Fawcett, Driffield, with attractive colour plates (16 of birds by A.F. Lyden; 16 of eggs). Title page printed in red and black. Nissen IVB 6..

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Book number: A53295

Catalogue: Zoology,Birds

Keywords: Birds; Britain; Colour Plates

Adriaens, P.; Muuse, M.; Dubois, P.J.; Jiguet, F.

Gulls of Europe, North Africa, and the Middle East: An Identification Guide

Princeton University Press 2021 320, 1200 photos + diagrams. . PB. NEW. . A comprehensive photographic guide to the gull species of the Western Palearctic.Offers the most upto-date guide for gull identification in Europe and beyond. With a direct and visual approach, and an exhaustive abundance of beautiful color photographs, this book provides thorough accounts of the 45 species of gulls found in the Western Palearctic. The guide compares similar taxa and addresses the complexities of identifying hybrids. Sections explore gull watching, migration, aberrant birds, sonograms, and population dynamics. Detailed maps for each species are included. This book will be the standard work for identifying gulls of the Western Palaearctic for some time to come.* Richly illustrated with nearly 1400 color photographs* Thorough accounts of the 45 species of gulls found in the Western Palearctic* Up-to-date information for easy and accurate identification of all taxa as well as hybrids. [9780691222837]

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Book number: N46455

Catalogue: Zoology,Birds

Keywords: Europe; Gulls; Laridae; Identification guide; Middle East; North Africa; Western Palaearctic

Alexander, W.B.

Birds of the Ocean: A Handbook for Voyages

Putnam 1955 xii, 282, 88 b/w plates. . HB. 8vo, orig. boards, gilt title to spine. Vg in d/w (slightly edge worn; in removable protective sleeve).. New and revised second edition. Containing descriptions of all the sea-birds of the world with notes on their habits and guides to their identification..

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Book number: S56561

Catalogue: Zoology,Birds

Keywords: Birds; Ornithology; Sea Birds

Alexander, G.

The Birds of Nursling A Recent History of the Bird Life in a Village near Southampton

Published by Greg Alexander 2000 80, col + b/w photos. . PB. Vg.. . [9780953938902]

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Book number: S54274

Catalogue: Zoology,Birds

Keywords: Hampshire; England; Britain

Alexander, H.G.

Seventy Years of Birdwatching

Poyser 1974 264, 8 plates b/w photos, line drawings. . HB. Vg in d/w (spine slightly faded, lightly rubbed).. Dust-jacket and text illustrations by Robert Gillmor.. [9780856610042]

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Book number: S55126

Catalogue: Zoology,Birds

Keywords: Birds; Britain; Ornithology

Ali, S.

The Birds of Sikkim

Oxford University Press 1962 xvi, 414, 17 col + 9 b/w plates, 41 line drawings. . HB. Roy. 8vo, orig. cloth. Occasional light spotting to text. Vg in d/w (some patchy light browning to rear panel; light stain/minor wear to top of spine; in clear, removable protective sleeve). Owner's book-plate.. Over 400 species described with more than 140 species depicted in colour. Coloured plates by D. Reid-Henry, R. Scholz, and P. Barruel..

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Book number: S47197

Catalogue: Zoology,Birds

Keywords: India; South Asia; Asia; PBFA