Alfadhel, A.F. Birds of Kuwait. A Portrait.
1st. Ed. Pub. Abdullah F. Alfadhel. 2005 pp.304 with colour photos. throughout. 4to. Text in Arabic with English and Latin names and Indexes and with a chapter on Bird-Watching Sites in Kuwait in English. Fine hardback in fine dw.
Includes a complete list of all 380 recorded birds in Kuwait, and more than 400 superb photographs.
£40.00 [ref: 60153]

Ali, S. & Dillon Ripley, S. Compact Handbook of the Birds of India and Pakistan. Together with those of Nepal, Sikkim, Bhutan and Sri Lanka.
2nd. Ed. Pub. Oxford University Press. 1987 pp.xxxviii, 737 with 104 full-page col. plates, b/w. illus. and dist. maps to text. Large 4to. Hardback. Marking to fore-edges of text block o/w. contents fine. Original blue cloth boards with some sunning to upper edges and slight bumping extremities, in vg. dw.
Nearly 1,200 species of birds are covered. Concise details on distribution, habitats, breeding, biology, diet, voice, etc, supported by 104 colour plates.
£27.50 [ref: 63664]

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Ali, Salim. Birds of Kerala. The Birds of Travancore & Cochin.
2nd. Ed. Pub. Oxford. 1969 pp.xxii, 444 with col. plates & b/w. photos, plus b/w. text illus. Small 4to. Ex- Lib. Nr. fine hardback in vg. dw.
Of the 400 species and subspecies found in Kerala, 386 are described in detail in this book.
£10.00 [ref: 69789]

Bailey, A.M. Birds of Arctic Alaska.
1st. Ed. Pub. Colorado Museum of Nat. Hist. 1948 pp.317 with b/w. photos., throughout. Large 8vo. Thor. vg. softback. Original softback covers.
The first third of this work is a fascinating insight into the authors travels in this region, the remainder discussing the birds, their nests and eggs wherever possible. Some species feature images of their nests, eggs and young.
£18.00 [ref: 60145]

Bailey, A.M. Birds of Arctic Alaska.
1st. Ed. Pub. Colorado Museum of Nat. Hist. 1948 pp.317 with b/w. photos., throughout. Large 8vo. A thor. vg. softback.
The first third of this work is a fascinating insight into the authors travels in this region, the remainder discussing the birds, their nests and eggs wherever possible. Some species feature images of their nests, eggs and young.
£18.00 [ref: 58767]

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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Bannerman, D.A. & Bannerman W.M. Birds of Cyprus.
1st. Ed. Pub. Oliver & Boyd. 1958 pp.lxix, 384 with col. & half-tone plates and b/w. text illus. plus col. folding map to rear. Small 4to. Very minor spotting to fore-edge of text block o/w. a fine hardback in fine, price-clipped, dw. A super copy.
Superbly illustrated by D.M. Reid-Henry and Roland Green.
£90.00 [ref: 68077]

Bannerman, D.A. & Vella-Gaffiero, J.A. Birds of the Maltese Archipelago.
1st. Ed. Pub. Museums Department, Malta. 1976 pp.xix, 550 with 22 colour plates plus b/w. illus., and fold-out map. Large 8vo. Fine hardback in nr. fine dw. With inscription ‘Autographed for Nowell Peach by the author, David A. Bannerman, January 1977’.
The first full description of the hundreds of birds recorded in the Maltese Islands. Considers the important role the archipelago plays in bird migration between Europe and Africa. Artists include Charles Tunnicliffe, Donald Watson and more.
£100.00 [ref: 60598]

Bannerman, D.A. & Vella-Gaffiero, J.A. Birds of the Maltese Archipelago.
1st. Ed. Pub. Museums Department, Malta. 1976 pp.xix, 550 with 22 colour plates plus b/w. illus., and fold-out map. Large 8vo. Small address label. Fine hardback in thor. vg. to nr. fine dw. A very pleasing copy.
The first full description of the hundreds of birds recorded in the Maltese Islands. Considers the important role the archipelago plays in bird migration between Europe and Africa. Artists include Charles Tunnicliffe, Donald Watson and more.
£35.00 [ref: 64108]

Bannerman, David. A. The Birds of West and Equatorial Africa.
1st. Ed. Pub. Oliver and Boyd. 1953 Two volume set. 8vos. A knock and two short, closed tears to top of spine on volume 2 o/w. both volumes in vg. plus condition. Dustwrappers lightly chipped with a little loss at the tops of spines, o/w. vg.
£40.00 [ref: 50931]

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