Brown, A. and Warren, M. (Eds.). There and Back? A Celebration of Bird Migration. Wildlife Art Series.
1st. Ed. Pub. Langford Press. 2011 pp.352 with colour illus. throughout. Large 4to. Fine hardback in fine dw., with gentle sunning to spine. Title page signed by both Michael Warren and Andy Brown. With publisher’s Errata slip. Title Number 27 in the series. Although not inscribed, from the library of ornithologist, artist, illustrator, author and editor Robert Gillmor MBE (purchased by us May 2023).
Along with the superb illustrations from some of Europe’s foremost contemporary wildlife artists, this work also includes essays on the migrations of a range of birds.
£25.00 [ref: 65275]

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Brown, C.R. & Bomberger Brown, M. Coloniality in the Cliff Swallow. The Effect of Group Size on Social Behaviour.
1st. Ed. Pub. Uni. of Chicago. 1996 pp.xiii, 566 with b/w. photos., figs., and tables. 8vo. Bookplate. A nr. fine softback. RRP £47.50.
The result of a twelve-year study of a population of cliff swallows in Nebraska, investigating the social and ecological costs and benefits of coloniality.
£30.00 [ref: 56774]

Brown, L. Birds of Prey. Their Biology and Ecology.
1st. Ed. Pub. Hamlyn. 1976 pp.256 with col. photos. and b/w. figs. Large 8vo. VG. plus hardback in vg. dw.
A readable but authoritative, unique survey of the world’s diurnal raptors.
£4.00 [ref: 44430]

Brown, L. Birds of Prey. Their Biology and Ecology.
1st. Ed. Pub. Hamlyn. 1976 pp. 256 with colour & b/w. plates. Nr. fine hardback in vg. dw.
A unique survey of the world’s diurnal raptors.
£3.00 [ref: 33068]

Brown, L. Birds of the American Waterside.
Pub. Collins. 1979 With colour plates throughout. Sl. faded spine of dw. o/w. a nr. fine copy.
£15.00 [ref: 39470]

Brown, L. & Amadon, D. Eagles, Hawks and Falcons of the World.
1st. Ed. Rep. Pub Wellfleet, New Jersey, 1989 pp.945 with 165 colour and b/w. plates, plus dist. maps. 4to. Fine hardback in fine dw., gently sunned on spine.
Originally published in two-volumes, this is the single volume edition. It is organised in two parts, the first covering taxonomy, morphology, flight, migration, etc., and the second consisting of species accounts.
£45.00 [ref: 59129]

Brown, L.H. & Britton, P.L. The Breeding Seasons of East African Birds.
1st. Ed. Pub. East African Nat. Hist. Soc. 1980 pp.vi, 164 with maps & graphs. Small 4to. Spotting to fore-edges of text block and very minor spotting to endpapers o/w. contents fine. Cloth boards nr. fine.
All that is known, to date, of the breeding seasons of East African birds.
£12.00 [ref: 70270]

Brown, L.H. (et al). The Birds of Africa. Vol. I. Ostriches and Birds of Prey.
1st. Ed. Pub. Academic Press. 1982 pp.xiii, 521 with col. plates, b/w. text illus. & dist. maps. 4to. Fine hardback in nr. fine. dw., showing some sunning.
The Birds of Africa, Volume 1: Ostriches and Birds of Prey is the first of a set of eight which cover the entire avifauna of Africa, one of the most varied and interesting in the world. While many regional guides to African birds exist, this is the first comprehensive guide to the bird life of the continent as a whole, including North Africa.
£25.00 [ref: 36719]

Brown, L.H. (et al). The Birds of Africa. Volume 1.
1st. Ed. 2nd. Print. Pub. Academic Press. 1983 pp.xiii, 521 with full-page colour plates, dist. maps and other text figs. 4to. Slight bump to upper corner of text block o/w. a fine hardback in vg. plus dw.
Vol. I. of what is surely the standard work on African birds.
£75.00 [ref: 63663]

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Brown, L.H. et al. The Birds of Africa. Vol. I. Ostriches and Birds of Prey.
1st. Ed. Pub. Academic Press. 1982 pp.xiii, 521 with with col. plates, b/w. text illus. & dist. maps. 4to. Date neatly written to ffep. Nr. fine hardback in thor. vg. dw. with some sunning to spine.
The Birds of Africa, Volume 1: Ostriches and Birds of Prey is the first of a set of eight which cover the entire avifauna of Africa, one of the most varied and interesting in the world. While many regional guides to African birds exist, this is the first comprehensive guide to the bird life of the continent as a whole, including North Africa.
£22.00 [ref: 42048]