New York: Columbia University Press, 1974. First American edition. Hardcover. First American edition, (1982); two volumes; octavo; pp. I; (viii), 349 with bibliography; II; (ii), 351-718 with index; illustrated, thirty-eight diagrams and fifteen photographs in black and white; green cloth, gilt; pictorial jackets. Very good; Title page date of 1974..... More
(Tulsa): Winchester Press, (1980). First Edition. Hardcover. Quarto; pp; xviii, 203, bibliography and photo credits; Illustrated in color and black and white from photographs by Walter Osborne; blue linen lettered in gilt in a pictorial dust jacket;. A Portrait Of Wildlife And Man On One Of The World's Great Migratory..... More
Ottawa Canada: Canadian Wildlife Service, (1981). First Edition. Hardcover. Octavo; pp; xxvii, (i), 350, appendices; Illustrated with charts, maps, diagrams and a color frontispiece and nineteen additional color plates; pictorial paper covered glossy boards;. A serious study. More
Hollywood: Cooper Ornithological Club, 1912. First edition. Original Wraps. George Willett. Birds of the Pacific Slope of Southern California. Hollywood: Cooper Ornithological Club, 1912. $95.00 First edition; octavo; pp. 122 with index; original gray printed wrappers; Cooper Ornithological Club, Pacific Coast Avifauna, Number 7; very good, damp stain to fore-edge..... More
Princeton: Princeton University Press, (1982). First American Edition, English Sheets. Hardcover. Octavo; pp; 322, index; 673 colored distribution maps throughout; blue cloth lettered in silver in a pictorial dust jacket;. Atlas to the Summer, Winter and resident distributions of 639 species of bird in Europe, North Africa and the Middle..... More
Dover: Tanager Books, 1985. First Edition. Hardcover. (1985). Quarto (7.75" x 10"), grey cloth in pictorial jacket. 392pp. with index and bibliography. Illustrated in color and black and white. A few tiny spots on the top of the text block. This gives a fully-illustrated analysis of the distribution and status..... More
Lincoln: University Of Nebraska Press, (1987). First Edition. Hardcover. Quarto; pp; xii, (2), 3-292, index; Illustrated, fifty six figures, twenty-eight distribution maps, thirty-two color plates, thirty-eight tables; blue cloth, gilt in a dust jacket;. A beautifully produced serious study. More
Cape Town: Struik Winchester, 1987. First edition. Hardcover. Quarto; pp. (8), 9-184 with index; Beautifully illustrated in color and black and white by Simon Calburn; decorated cream cloth, in dust jacket and slipcase; Near fine; "This monograph on the twelve owl species that inhabit the southern African sub-region has been..... More
London: Thomas Nelson And Sons, Ltd., (1938). Later printing. Hardcover. Quarto; pp; xvi, 209; illustrated with two hundred-two color plates; decorated blue cloth, gilt; printed on versos only with a facing color plate, in a dust jacket;. Concise descriptions of appearance, range, habitats, nests, eggs, food, song, etc. More
London: Society For Promoting Christian Knowledge, 1910. First Edition. Hardcover. Royal octavo; pp. 62 plus an ad leaf; Illustrtaed with twenty colored plates; red cloth, gilt; spine faded, corners bumped, More
Washington DC: Smithsonian Institution Press, 1980. First Edition. Hardcover. (1980). Quarto (7.25" x 10.25"), grey cloth, gilt, in pictorial jacket. 167, (1)pp. with index, bibliography. Illustrated with photos in color and black and white by Robert R. Taylor. Maps. Jacket is chipped and has a few short tears. Former owner's..... More
Np: Conservation Commission State of Missouri, 1944. First edition. Hardcover. (1944). Quarto; pp. unpaginated, (180); color frontispiece, range map, illustrated endpapers and decorations plus eighty-four photographs; decorated burgundy fabricoid cloth, gilt; Foreword by J. N. "Ding" Darling; Very good; Important work dealing with Conservation and management of the Prairie Chicken..... More
Austin: University Of Texas Press, (1980). First Edition. Hardcover. Octavo; pp; viii, 216; illustrated with three color plates, other illustrations in black and white; blue cloth lettered in white in a pictorial dust jacket;. "At 13, George Miksch Sutton planned a school of ornithology centered around his collection of bird..... More
Ottawa: Canadian Wildlife Service, 1972. First Edition. Hardcover. , pictorial boards. 428, (1)pp. with index, references and appendices. Color frontispiece plus numerous drawings photos and maps in black and white;. A beautiful copy of a serious ornithological work. More
Berkeley: University Of California Press, (1983). First Edition. Hardcover. Octavo; pp; x, 266, index; illustrated with eight color plates by Debra and Wes Weathers, and ninety-three photographs and a map; terra-cotta cloth lettered in gilt in a pictorial dust jacket;. book..."presents comprehensive accounts of the abundance, diversity, and natural history..... More