Bailey, A.M. & Sorensen, J.H. Subantarctic Campbell Island.
1st. Ed. Pub. Denver Museum of Natural History. 1962 pp. 305 with many close-up photographs of birds on the nest. A vg. copy in cloth boards.
This is a record of an expedition to Campbell Island undertaken in January and February 1958. Campbell Island is situated due south of New Zealand’s South Island. This island has some of the finest nesting grounds for albatrosses. This report contains a great deal of information taken from published papers and other documentation.
£29.00 [ref: 25672]

Bailey, A.M. and Niedrach, R.J. Birds of Colorado. Vols. I & II.
1st. Ed. Pub. Denver Mus. Nat. Hist. 1965 Two volume set (sunning to 895 text pages) plus 124 col. plates and over 400 b/w. photos. 4to. Fine hardbacks in vg. dws.
Four hundred and thirty nine species and an additional sixty four subspecies are recorded. A thorough, highly informative, record of the birdlife of Colorado, of value to both the professional ornithologist and the amateur naturalist.
£30.00 [ref: 42049]

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Baker, J.A. The Peregrine. 50th Anniversary Edition.
New. Ed. Pub. William Collins. 2017 pp.217. 8vo. A new softback.
This new edition of the timeless classic, published to celebrate the 50th anniversary of its first publication, features an afterword by one of the book’s greatest admirers, Robert Macfarlane.
£12.99 [ref: 52327]

Baker, K. Warblers of Europe, Asia and North Africa.
1st. Ed. Pub. Christopher Helm. 1997 pp.400 with 48 colour plates and dist. maps. Large 8vo. Fine hardback in nr. fine dw.
A comprehensive guide to this difficult-to-identify group of birds. One hundred and forty-five species are described in detail, including sections on moult, voice, habitat and behaviour, distribution and measurements.
£30.00 [ref: 60108]

Baker, K. Warblers of Europe, Asia and North Africa.
1st. Ed. Pub. Christopher Helm. 1997 pp.400 with 48 colour plates and dist. maps. Large 8vo. Fine hardback in nr. fine dw.
A comprehensive guide to this difficult to identify group of birds. One hundred and forty-five species are described in detail, including sections on moult, voice, habitat and behaviour, distribution and measurements.
£30.00 [ref: 59752]

Baker, K. Warblers of Europe, Asia and North Africa.
1st. Ed. Pub. Christopher Helm. 1997 pp.400 with 48 colour plates of illus., plus dist. maps and line drawings to text. Large 8vo. Fine hardback in nr. fine dw. Importantly, this copy coms with the Publisher’s erratum slip, correcting 26 maps, loosely inserted.
A comprehensive guide to this difficult-to-identify group of birds. One hundred and forty-five species are described in detail, including sections on moult, voice, habitat and behaviour, distribution and measurements.
£20.00 [ref: 65493]

Baker, Kevin. Identification Guide to European Non-Passerines. BTO Field Guide 24.
1st. Ed. Pub. BTO. 1993 pp.x, 332 with b/w. text figs. 8vo. Thor. vg. softback.
This book is an invaluable reference for bird ringers, keen birders and feather enthusiasts, alike.
£12.00 [ref: 71685]

Baker, Kevin. Identification Guide to European Non-Passerines. BTO Guide 24.
1st. Ed. Pub. BTO. 1993 pp.x, 332 with text figs. 8vo. Fine softback with one minor crease to rear cover. Out-of-print.
£20.00 [ref: 49863]

Ballance, D.K. A History of the Birds of Somerset.
1st. Ed. Pub. Isabelline Books. 2006 pp.xii, 368 with colour photos., b/w. illus., and fold-out map. 8vo. Softback. Gentle sunning to spine o/w. fine.
This new Somerset avifauna is the first since 1988. Written in clear, engaging language, it covers the birds of the post-1974 County from the earliest times to the end of 2004, setting the most recent information on species, habitats, breeding and migration in an historical context.
£35.00 [ref: 63149]

Ballance, D.K. Birds in Counties. An Ornithological Bibliography for the Counties of England, Wales, Scotland and the Isle of Man.
1st. Ed. Pub. Imperial College Press. 2000 pp.xvi, 563 with fold-out list of abbreviations. Large 8vo. Very minor spotting to top-edge of text block o/w. a fine hardback in fine dw.
Includes all known books, pamphlets and papers which contain substantial studies of the birds of local areas, from a county down to a back garden or a gravel pit. Each county has an introduction on its boundaries and the history of its ornithology. There has been no comprehensive national publication of this kind since Mullens, Swann and Jourdain's Geographical Bibliography in 1920. A magnificent contribution to ornithological history.
£45.00 [ref: 62058]