Curson, Jon. et al. New World Warblers.
1st. Ed. Pub. Helm. 1994 pp.ix, 252 with colour illus. and dist. maps. 8vo. A nr. fine hdbk. in nr. fine dw.
£20.00 [ref: 50942]
Cusa, N. Tunnicliffe’s Birds. Measured drawings by C.F. Tunnicliffe RA.
1st. Ed. Pub. Gollancz. 1984 pp. 160 with colour illus. by C.F. Tunnicliffe throughout. Small folio. Some spotting to top-edge of text block o/w. a fine hardback in nr. fine dw., with minor spotting and very gently sunned spine.
A marvellous collection of C.F. Tunnicliffe’s fine watercolour drawings.
£42.50 [ref: 71944]
D'Urban, W.S.M. & Mathew, Rev. M.A. The Birds of Devon. With an Introduction and some Remarks on the Migrations of Devonshire Birds.
2nd. Ed. Pub. R.H. Porter. 1895 pp.lxxxvii, 459, 7, 31 with colour frontis., 4 chromolithographs by Keulemans, 4 mounted b/w. photographs and 3 fold-out maps. 8vo. Hardback. Charming ownership insc. dated April 1896 to ffep. Light wear to blank margin of one map o/w. contents fine. Original decorative blue cloth boards in vg. plus condition with some spotting to spine.
Preferred second edition. Contains the List of Subscribers and the Supplement.
£90.00 [ref: 68089]
Datta, A. John Gould In Australia. Letters and Drawings. With a Catalogue of manuscripts, correspondence and drawings relating to the birds and mammals of Australia held in the Natural History Museum, London.
1st. Ed. Pub. Miegunyah. 1997 pp.xiv, 502 with col. & b/w. illus. and photos. 4to. Gentle sunning to spine o/w. a fine hardback in nr. fine dw.
This collection of more than 3,000 items is of immense importance for the light it throws on Gould’s working methods and for its historical value to Australian ornithology.
£90.00 [ref: 40883]
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Davie, Oliver. An Egg Check List of North American Birds. Giving Accurate Descriptions of the Color and Size of the Eggs, and Locations of the Nests of the Land and Water Birds of North America.
1st. Ed. Pub. Hann & Adair. 1885 pp.77. 8vo. Hardback. Ex-lib. Trinity College Cambridge, their bookplate to front pastedown. Contents fine. More recently professionally bound in fawn cloth covers, in fine condition.
£120.00 [ref: 56813]
Davies, M. (Ed.). The Birds of Herefordshire 2007-2012. An Atlas of their breeding and wintering distributions.
1st. Ed. Pub. Liverpool Uni. Press. 2014 pp.466 with 200 colour photos., and dist. maps throughout. 4to. Fine hardback. Out-of-print. Scarce.
The culmination of a ten year project by the Herefordshire Ornithological Club (HOC), this is the first systematic assessment of the breeding and wintering distribution and abundance of the bird species of the county. It presents 215 species accounts with colour photographs of many species and provides a unique benchmark of the current status of the birds of Herefordshire.
£100.00 [ref: 67502]
Davies, N.B. Cuckoos, Cowbirds and Other Cheats.
1st. Ed. Pub. Poyser. 2000 pp.vi, 310 with b/w. illus. 4to. A fine hdbk. in fine dw.
£42.00 [ref: 51259]
Davies, N.B. Cuckoos, Cowbirds and Other Cheats.
1st. Ed. Pub. Poyser. 2000 pp.vi, 310 with b/w. illus. Small 4to. Fine hardback in nr. fine dw.
£38.00 [ref: 55614]
Davies, N.B. Cuckoos, Cowbirds and Other Cheats.
1st. Ed. Pub. Poyser. 2000 pp.ix, 310 with colour photos. and b/w. illus. Small 4to. Fine hardback in fine dw. RRP £59.99.
£40.00 [ref: 61298]
Davis, T. & Jones, T. The Birds of Lundy.
1st. Ed. Pub. Devon Bird Watching & Preservation Soc. 2007 pp.319 with colour photos., b/w. illus., and figs. Large 8vo. Fine hardback in fine dw. Number 124 of a limited edition of 500 copies.
Situated across the entrance to the Bristol Channel, Lundy is one of the best places to watch spring and autumn migrants in Britain. Provides a detailed account of all 317 species on the Lundy list, along with notes on another 32 species that have been reported from the island and surrounding waters.
£50.00 [ref: 61837]