Birding World Complete List of the Birds of the Western Palearctic.
1st. Ed. Pub. Birding World. 1995 pp.21. 8vo. Fine softback. Out-of-print. Complete checklist with columns for recording sightings.
£7.50 [ref: 55875]
Birkan, M. et al. (Eds.). Gibier Faune Sauvage. Vol. 9. First International Symposium on Partridges, Quails and Francolins.
Pub. N.S. 1992 pp.283-918. with tables throughout. A vg. copy in spine-faded card covers. Text in French and English.
£8.00 [ref: 42008]
Birkhead, M. & Perrins, C. The Mute Swan.
1st. Pub. Croon Helm. 1986 pp, xiv, 157 with b/w. plates, illustrations and tables. 8vo. Spotting to top-edge of text block, o/w. a fine hardback in nr. fine dw.
Written by two of the leading authorities on the Mute Swan, this monograph examines all aspects of the bird's life, including its history, and the laws and customs associated with swan ownership, its life-history and populations, and the threats to its survival.
£9.00 [ref: 64080]
Birkhead, T. et al. Ten Thousand Birds. Ornithology since Darwin.
1st. Ed. Pub. Princeton Uni. Press. 2014 pp.xvii, [iii], 524 with colour, b/w. photos. and illus. Small 4to. Fine hardback in fine dw.
Describes how in the early 1900s pioneering individuals such as Erwin Stresemann, Ernst Mayr, and Julian Huxley recognized the importance of studying live birds in the field, and how this shift thrust ornithology into the mainstream of the biological sciences. Tells the stories of eccentrics like Colonel Richard Meinertzhagen and influential figures such as David Lack, Niko Tinbergen, Robert MacArthur and many others.
£20.00 [ref: 60057]
Bishop, Billy. Cley Marsh and its Birds. Fifty years as Warden.
1st. Ed. Pub. Boydell Press. 1983 pp.133 with colour frontis., b/w. photos., illus., and map endpapers. 8vo. Bookplate. Dedication “Best Wishes, April 1983, Billy Bishop” below frontis., and article about Billy Bishop from the Eastern Daily Press, 1983, neatly tipped in on rfep. Nr. fine hardback in nr. fine dw. A unique copy.
Comes with two copies of ‘History of Cley Marshes’ by Lieut.-Col. Hubert Blount (1964 & 1968 respectively). The 1968 copy is revised and updated.
£75.00 [ref: 55917]
Black, A. and Gower, P. Grasswrens. Australian Outback Identities.
1st. Ed. Pub. Axiom. 2017 pp.153 with colour photos. and dist. maps throughout. 4to. Authors’ signatures to verso of ffep. Fine hardback in fine dw. Scarce.
Contains over 100 stunning photographs of all 11 species and 14 subspecies of Australian grasswren. Provides a natural history of grasswrens in Australia followed by details of each species.
£120.00 [ref: 65376]
Blackburn, T.M. et al. Avian Invasions. The Ecology and Evolution of Exotic Birds.
1st. Ed. Pub. Oxford Uni. Press. 2009 pp.ix, 305 with b/w. figs., tables. 8vo. Bookplate. A vg. softback.
‘Avian Invasions’ unravels the insights that the study of exotic birds brings to the study of biological invasions, avian conservation biology, and the basic principles of ecology and evolution. Recommended.
£17.50 [ref: 56210]
Blaikie, A.H. Nests and Eggs.
Pub. Thomas Nelson and Sons Ltd. c.1920 pp.xvi, 78 with colour plates. Small 8vo. VG. plus hardback.
£5.00 [ref: 46267]
Bland, B. The Profit of Birding.
1st. Ed. Pub. New Holland. 2012 pp.352 with colour photos. and b/w. drawings. 8vo. Fine hardback in fine dw.
Author Bryan Bland has led thousands of birding tours to more than 70 countries. On one such trip a bemused waiter once posed the question: "Where is the profit in birding?" Bryan is famed as one of birding's greatest story-tellers, and he uses his book to answer this question emphatically. In short, there's more to birding than just birds. Birders and non-birders alike will enjoy the humorous anecdotal narrative, while the lively text is accompanied by many of the author's photographs and exquisite line-drawings.
£5.00 [ref: 64371]
Bland, D. Practical Poultry Keeping.
Pub. Crowood Press. 1996 pp.159 with b/w. photographs and other text figs. A vg. copy in illus. boards.
£8.00 [ref: 44407]