De Schauensee, R.M. The Birds of China.
1st. Ed. Pub. Oxford Uni. Press. 1984 pp.602 with 38 colour plates and b/w. illus. Large 8vo. Fine hardback in fine dw.
Intended for use as a field guide as well as a descriptive catalogue, this book offers an account for each species with emphasis on diagnostic field characters.
£30.00 [ref: 59300]

de Schauensee, R.M. The Birds of China.
Rep. Pub. O.U.P. 1989 pp. 602 with 38 colour plates and 39 remarkably lifelike wash drawings. VG. copy in card covers.
£25.00 [ref: 32789]

De Schauensee, R.M. The Species of Birds of South America and Their Distribution.
1st. Ed. Pub. Academy of Natural Sciences. 1966 pp.xvii, 577 with 4-page ‘Addenda and Corrigenda’ and the 1-page ‘Second Addenda and Corrigenda’ loosely inserted. Large 8vo. Fine hardback in fine plain brown paper dw. Copies with addenda and corrigenda are scarce.
£30.00 [ref: 61292]

de Schauensee, R.M. & Phelps Jr., W.H. A Guide to the Birds of Venezuela.
Pub. Princeton. 1978 pp.xxii, 425 with 40 col. & b/w. plates. 8vo. Owner’s name to ffep. Thor. vg. softback.
More than forty percent of the bird species known to inhabit South America have been found in Venezuela. Here in one volume is the essential information on this rich and varied avifauna - nearly 1,300 species, almost all of which are illustrated. Text and plates have been designed for rapid identification in the field.
£5.00 [ref: 33069]

De Schauensee, R.M. & Phelps, W.H. A Guide to the Birds of Venezuela.
1st. Pub. Princeton. 1978 pp.xxii, 424 with 40 coloured plates. VG. pbk. copy.
£20.00 [ref: 16893]

de Schauensee, R.M. and Phelps Jr., W.H. A Guide to the Birds of Venezuela.
1st. Ed. 9th. Print. Pub. Princeton Univ. 1978 pp.xxii, 424 with 40 coloured plates and b/w. illus. to text. Fine softback.
More than forty percent of the bird species known to inhabit South America have been found in Venezuela. Here in one volume is the essential information on this rich and varied avifauna - nearly 1,300 species, almost all of which are illustrated. Text and plates have been designed for rapid identification in the field.
£7.50 [ref: 64340]

De Schauensee, R.M. and Phelps, W.H. A Guide to the Birds of Venezuela.
1st. Ed. Pub. Princeton Univ. 1978 pp.,xxii, 424 with 40 col. & 13 b/w. plates. plus text figs. 8vo. Hardback. Light spotting to top-edge of text block o/w. a fine copy of the original softback which an early owner has had bound into red cloth boards which are in fine condition.
An in depth guide for both the amateur visitor to Venezuela and the more serious scholar.
£7.50 [ref: 39387]

Deans. P. (et al (Eds.)). An Atlas of the Breeding Birds of Shropshire.
1st. Ed. Pub. Shropshire Ornithological Society. 1992 pp.204 with b/w. illus. & dist. maps plus Publisher’s map loosely inserted. 8vo. Nr. fine softback.
The atlas is based on six years fieldwork between 1985 and 1990 and includes distribution maps for all of the 122 species now known to breed in Shropshire.
£8.00 [ref: 69115]

Dee, T. The Running Sky. A Birdwatching Life.
1st. Ed. Pub. Jonathan Cape. 2009 pp.258. 8vo. Fine hardback in fine dw. Out-of-print in hardback.
Tim Dee maps his own observations and encounters over four decades, tracking birds from northern Shetland to south-west England and all the way to a tobacco farm in southern Zambia.
£10.00 [ref: 60469]

Deery de Phelps, K. Hundred of the Best Known Birds of Venezuela.
3rd. Ed. Pub. Lectura. 1963 pp.107 with col. illus. & dist. maps. Landscape 8vo. Charming inscription to ffep. VG. hardback in good dw.
A beautifully illustrated book designed for the young with the aim of stimulating an interest in ornithology.
£7.50 [ref: 39643]