Ali, S. & Dillon Ripley, S. Handbook to the Birds of India and Pakistan. Together with those of Nepal, Sikkim, Bhutan and Ceylon.
1st. Oxford University Press. 1968-1974 Full set in plasticised dw. Slight chipping to some dws, o/w. a vg. set.
Nearly 1,200 species of birds which, in nearly 2,100 forms to be known in the study area. Concise details on distribution, habits, breeding, biology, diet, voice, etc are provided, supported by 113 colour plates.
£150.00 [ref: 27551]

Ali, Salim & Ripley, S. Dillon. A Pictorial Guide to the Birds of the Indian Subcontinent.
Bombay Natural History Society / Oxford Uni. Press, 1989. 2nd Impression. Pp.177 depicting all bird species arranged family-wise on 106 plates, painted by John Henry Dick. Covers faintly mottled. Tight & good, in chipped & worn dw.
£10.00 [ref: 22416]

Ali, Salim. The Birds of Sikkim.
1st. Ed. Pub. O.U.P. 1962 pp.xxx, 414 with 17 coloured plates, 9 half-tone and 41 line drawings. Foxing to top-edge not affecting contents o/w. a vg. copy in dw.
Over 400 species are described with more than 140 depicted in colour with b/w. drawings of another 36 species.
£80.00 [ref: 25799]

Ash, J.S. & Miskell, J.E. Birds of Somalia.
1st. Pub. Pica Press. 1998 pp. 336 with 4 coloured plates, maps and dist. maps. Fine copy in dw. Out-of-print. Scarce.
£70.00 [ref: 30868]

Baker, Stuart, E.C. The Birds of Cachar.
Pub. Bom.Nat.Hist.Soc. 1900-01 A series of 10 articles about birds of this area with 10 fine chromolithographic plates. Bound in half calf with cloth boards. Some rubbing to calf spine but generally very good.
£200.00 [ref: 35715]

Baker,E.C. Stuart. The Game-Birds of India, Burma and Ceylon. Ducks and their Allies (Swans, Geese and Ducks).
Pub. John Bale. 1921-30 3 vols. with 60 fine coloured plates by Gronvold, Lodge and Keulemans. Vols. 1 & 2 bound in green morocco and Vol.3 in matching imitation green cloth. A very good set.
These volumes supersede the earlier work by Hume and Marshall. The text is an expanded revision of articles published serially in the Journal Bombay Natural History Society. The first volume deals with Ducks, the second with Snipe, Bustards & Sand Grouse and the last with Pheasants & Bustard Quail.
£380.00 [ref: 25066]

Bannerman, D.A. The Birds of West and Equatorial Africa.
1st. Pub. Oliver & Boyd. 1953 2 vols. with many illus. Fine bright copies without dw.
£30.00 [ref: 26038]

Bannerman, D.A. & Bannerman, Mary. Birds of Cyprus.
1st. Pub. Oliver & Boyd. 1958 pp.lxix, 384 with 31 plates many in colour by Reid Henry. In fine dw.
£115.00 [ref: 25801]

Bannerman, David A. The Birds of Tunisia. Report on the Birds Collected & Observed during the British Museum Expedition to Tunisia in 1925.
The Ibis, 12th Series, Vol. 3, Supplementary Number, 1927. Pp.213 with b/w photos & folding coloured map. Bound in cloth. Blind embossed stamp of a private collector on front free endpaper; fine otherwise.
£60.00 [ref: 18889]

Bannerman, David A. & W. Mary. Birds of Cyprus.
1st. Pub. Oliver and Boyd. 1958 pp.lxix, 384 with 31 plates of which 29 in colour by D.M.Reid-Henry and Roland Green. With folding map to rear. A little foxing to endpapers o/w vg. in dw.
£90.00 [ref: 35815]