Cheng Tso-hsin

A Synopsis of the Avifauna of China

Beijing, China: Science Press, 1987. First edition. Pp. xvi, 1222, (1); 828 distribution maps, long distribution table. Publisher’s original pale green cloth, lettered in gilt on the spine and front cover, color pictorial dust jacket, thick sm 4to. Describes 1,186 bird species recorded from China. The monograph also includes all the new subspecies discovered by Chinese ornithologists since the founding of New China. No ownership marks. The outer corners are lightly bumped; a bright and clean copy in near fine condition..

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Book number: 9708

Catalogue: Asian Birds

Cheng Tso-hsin

A Synopsis of the Avifauna of China (warmly inscribed by the author)

Beijing, China: Science Press, 1987. First edition. Pp. xvi, 1222, (1); 828 distribution maps, long distribution table. Publisher’s original pale green cloth, lettered in gilt on the spine and front cover, color pictorial dust jacket, thick sm 4to. Describes 1,186 bird species recorded from China. The monograph also includes all the new subspecies discovered by Chinese ornithologists since the founding of New China. Warmly inscribed “To Dr. George and Kyoko, with warm regards and best wishes for more successes in conservation thru research, Joe and Lydia Cheng 1987 July, Beijing.” This work is inscribed by the author to George Archibald, conservationist and co-founder of the International Crane Foundation, Baraboo, Wisconsin. Plain pocket on the rear endpaper and name stamp Ron Sauey Memorial Library on rear endpaper and top page edge, no other ownership marks. A bright and clean copy in fine condition in a fine dust jacket..

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Book number: 9709

Catalogue: Asian Birds

Cooper, William T. and Forshaw, Joseph M.

The Birds of Paradise and Bower Birds

Sydney, Australia: William Collins, 1977. First edition. Pp. xii, 13-304, 60 fine color plates from painting by W. Cooper, 65 distribution maps, some black-and-white text-figures. Publisher’s original two-color cloth, lettered in gilt on the spine, color pictorial dust jacket, in the original cloth-covered slipcase, folio (16 x 11 1/4 inches). This is the definitive study of this magnificent group of birds based on the original field work of William T. Cooper in New Guinea and its islands. Inscribed by the co-author and artist, William T. Cooper, to Ron Sauey, the co-founder of the International Crane Foundation, Baraboo, Wisconsin on the title page. Small empty plain pocket on the rear endpaper and name stamp Ron Sauey Memorial Library on the half-title page and top page edge, no other ownership marks and no signs of use. An important signed copy with great associations. A fine copy in a fine dust jacket in a fine slipcase..

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Book number: 9695

Catalogue: Asian Birds

Dharmakumarsinhji, R.S.

Birds of Saurashtra, India, with additional notes on the birds of Kutch and Gujerat

Dil Bahar, India: Published privately by the author, 1950. First edition. Pp. liii, 561, 33 full page color plates, 18 B/W plates, 16 maps. Original brown cloth, lettered in gilt on the spine and front cover, color pictorial dust jacket, sm folio. Monographic study of the avifauna of this region of northwestern India covering 430 species with 320 species illustrated in full color. Inscribed by the author to George Archibald, conservationist and co-founder of the International Crane Foundation, Baraboo, Wisconsin. Small call number of the International Crane Foundation on the spine of the dust jacket, pocket removed from rear endpaper and name stamp Ron Sauey Memorial Library on rear endpaper, no other institutional marks to the text or cloth binding. A very good copy in a slightly edge-worn dust jacket..

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Book number: 9684

Catalogue: Asian Birds

Eve, Roland and Guigue, Anne-Marie

Birds of Thailand.

Singapore: Times Editions - Marshall Cavendish, 2004. First edition in English. Pp. 178; 150+ color illustrations from paintings by Roland Eve or color photographs, 1 color map. Publisher's original dark-green cloth, lettered in white on the spine and front cover, color pictorial dust jacket, lg 8vo. Provides coverage of 123 species of the more common Thai birds. No ownership marks and no signs of use. A fine (new) copy in a fine jacket..

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Book number: 7007

Catalogue: Asian Birds

Gilliard, E.T.

Birds of Paradise and Bower Birds

Garden City, New York: The Natural History Press, 1969. First edition. Pp. xxii, 485, 9 color plates, 32 black-and-white plates, 22 maps, numerous text-figures and end paper map of New Guniea. Publisher’s original forest-green cloth, lettered in gilt on the spine, color pictorial black dust jacket lettered in white on the spine and front panel, lg 8vo. This volume includes a synopsis of the history of discovery of New Guinea and of the collecting birds of paradise and bowerbirds from the earliest plume collectors to the most recent scientific expeditions. Each species is covered in great detail for the first time. From the research collection of Illinois State University naturalist Lauren E. Brown with his signature on the front endpaper. The dust jacket is a bit edge worn with some chipping at the top of the spine, a tight and clean copy in very good condition..

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Book number: 9063

Catalogue: Asian Birds

Gore, M. E. J and Won, P-O.

The Birds of Korea.

Seoul: Royal Asiatic Society, 1971. First edition. Pp. 450; 40 color plates, 28 black-and-white photo-plates. Publisher's original lime green textured cloth, lettered in gilt on the spine, color pictorial dust jacket, color map endpapers of Korea Peninsula (front) and eastern Asia (rear), lg 8vo. The only comprehensive guide to the avifauna of the Korean Peninsula -- 230 species are illustrated in full color. The text is in English and in Korean. No ownership marks and few signs of use. A fine copy in a slightly edge worn but near fine dust jacket..

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Book number: 6993

Catalogue: Asian Birds

Jones, Darryl N., Dekker, René W. R. J. and Roselaar, Cees S.

The Megapodes: MegaPodiidae (Bird Families of the World)

Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1995. First edition. Pp. xx, 262; 8 full page color plates from paintings by Ber van Perlo, 22 distribution maps, numerous other text-figures (line-drawings, sonograms, cladograms). Publisher's original black cloth, lettered in gilt on the spine, color pictorial dust jacket, sm 4to. This volume describes and illustrates the 22 species in this interesting family that ranges over Australia, Papua New Guinea, Indonesia, the Philippines, the Nicobar Islands (India) and some southwest Pacific islands. Megapodes are heavy-bodied birds of the forest floor, opportunistically foraging for insects, seeds, and fallen fruit. Although they can fly, most species move primarily by walking. In the first part, nine chapters provide an overview of the family describing their taxonomy, distribution, biology, and behavior as well as on the physiological, ecological, and behavioral adaptations. In the second part, there are 22 species accounts of all species (from the jacket flap). No ownership marks and no signs of use. A fine (new) copy in a fine dust jacket..

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Book number: 7006

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Morris, Rev. F. O.

A History of British Birds, in 6 volumes [together with] A Natural History of the Nests and Eggs of British Birds, in 3 volumes, both in the original slipcases

George Bell and Sons, London, 1870-1871. Second edition. Pp. xii, 303; iv, 283; iv, 272; iv, 264; iv, 247; iv, 225, (2, ads), 365 hand-colored plates [together with] pp. iv, 164; iv, 164; iv, 171, 223 hand-colored plates. Publisher's original blue-green embossed cloth with gilt motif of birds or nests on the front boards, elaborately gilt decorated spines, gilt lettered, lg. 8vo (6 3/4 x 9 5/8, both sets housed in the original green cloth-covered slipcases. Zimmer (443-444) states “a voluminous work of general nature containing a mass of information. The 588 plates, which are hand-colored, are fairly good and the book early obtained considerable popularity because of the hand-colored plates”. This second edition is the first revised edition of the work. A bright and clean set in near fine condition in fine slipcases..

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Book number: 9687

Catalogue: Asian Birds