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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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]

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, 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, 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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Beedy, E.C. & Pandolfino, E.R. Birds of the Sierra Nevada. Their Natural History, Status, and Distribution.
1st. Ed. Pub. Uni. of California Press. 2013 pp.xiv, 430 with colour photos. and fine colour illus. throughout. Small 4to. Fine hardback. As new. In-print at £57.99
Up-to-date information about the birds of the Sierra Nevada in California, complemented by maps showing geography and ecological zones. Each species account features original colour illustrations by Keith Hansen.
£30.00 [ref: 62832]

Beehler, B.M. Upland Birds of Northeastern New Guinea.
Pub. WAU. 1978 pp.ix,156 with 10 colour and b/w. plates and several figs. 8vo. A fine softback.
£10.00 [ref: 42317]

Beehler, Bruce M. et al. Birds of New Guinea.
1st. Ed. Pub. Princeton. 1986 pp.xiii, 293 with colour illus. 8vo. A vg. softback.
£30.00 [ref: 51519]

Berger, A.J. Hawaiian Birdlife.
2nd. Ed. Pub. Hawaii. 1983 pp.xv, 260 with 67 col. plates and photos. & 137 b/w. photos. Small 4to. Top corners gently bumped, very minor spotting to top-edge of text block o/w. a fine hardback in thor. vg. dw.
The definitive work on Hawaiian birds since the publication of the first edition in 1972. The colour plates and photographs illustrate birds with the black and white photographs illustrating, in the main, nests and eggs.
£12.50 [ref: 39429]