Adams, H.G. & H.B. The Smaller British Birds. With descriptions of their Nests, Eggs, Habits etc.
2nd. Ed. Pub. Gibbings and Co. 1894 pp.iv, 252 with 16 colour plates of birds by A.F. Lydon and 16 colour plates of eggs. Small 4to. Bookplate to ffep. Some spotting very largely confined to end-papers and fore-edges of text block, o/w. contents fine. Original, gilt decorated boards in thor. vg. condition.
Informed and charmingly written. Alexander Francis Lydon (1836-1917) was a British watercolour artist, illustrator and engraver of natural history and landscapes. He worked for Benjamin Fawcett the printer (of Driffield), to whom he had been apprenticed from an early age.
£95.00 [ref: 62932]

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Alerstam, Thomas. Bird Migration.
1st. Pbk. Ed. Rep. Pub. Cambridge. 1994 pp.vii, 420 with b/w. text figs. Royal 8vo. A nr. fine softback, gently sunned along spine and edges.
£38.00 [ref: 50946]

Ali, S. The Fall of a Sparrow.
1st. Ed. Pub. Oxford. 1985 pp.xv, 265 with 71 b/w. photographic plates. 8vo. Fine hardback in nr. fine dw.
This is the autobiography of the celebrated ornithologist Salim Ali.
£19.50 [ref: 64082]

Ali, S. and Ripley, S.D. Handbook of the Birds of India and Pakistan. Together with those of Bangladesh, Nepal, Bhutan and Sri Lanka. Compact Edition.
1st. Ed. Pub. O.U.P. Delhi. 1983 pp.xlii, 737 with 113 colour plates at rear of text plus b/w. text figs. & dist. maps. 4to. Light marks to top-edge of text block o/w. a fine hardback in nr. fine dw.
This compact edition is an indispensable publication for all students of ornithology. This compact edition contains the complete descriptive text of the original ten volume work, additional text and 113 plates, 24 of which are new.
£20.00 [ref: 42793]

Alvarenga, H. Toucans of the Americas.
1st. Ed. Pub. M. Pontual. 2004 pp.120 with superb full-page colour illus. plates throughout. Large 4to. Bilingual in English and Portuguese. Fine hardback in illustrated boards. Out-of-print.
This large-format ornithologists’ guide introduces all 44 species of Toucans native to the Americas, with descriptive passages for each entry and detailed, scientifically-accurate illustrations by renowned nature artist Eduardo Brettas.
£75.00 [ref: 60318]

Anderson Brown, A.F. The Incubation Book.
1st. Ed. 2nd. Imp. Rep. Pub. World Pheasant Assoc. 1987 pp.ix, 246 with b/w. photos. and illus. 8vo. A fine hardback.
Particularly useful for those rearing game birds and waterfowl as well as poultry.
£9.00 [ref: 55298]

Appleyard, I. Ring Ouzels of the Yorkshire Dales.
1st. Ed. Pub. W.S. Maney. 1994 pp.59 with colour photos throughout. Small 4to. Signature. Very gently sunned boards, o/w. a fine hardback. Out-of-print.
The author spent 15 years studying this intriguing and elusive bird. Covers all aspects of behaviour and includes detail on nesting sites.
£18.00 [ref: 61138]

Argue, D. (Ed.). ‘Training the Short-Winged Hawk : An Elizabethan Perspective’ A Transcription of Two Important 16th Century Books on Training the Goshawk and Sparrowhawk for Falconry.
1st. Ed. Argue Publishing. 2005 pp.128 with b/w. frontis. 8vo. Light coloured marking to endpapers o/w. a fine hardback in fine dw.
The transcription is of Edmund Bert’s ‘An Approved Treatise of Hawkes and Hawking’ (first published in 1619) and the important unattributed work ‘A Perfect Books for Kepinge of Sparhawkes or Goshawkes’ (from the manuscript dated 1575).
£70.00 [ref: 71566]

Arnall, L. and Kemer, I.F. Bird Diseases.
Pub. TFH. 1975 pp.527 with colour plates and illus. A vg. plus copy in illus. boards.
£20.00 [ref: 39702]

Ash, J.S. and Miskell, J.E. Birds of Somalia.
Rep. Pub. Helm 2013 pp.336 with colour plates, text figs. and maps throughout. A new copy in same dustwrapper. In-print at £60.00; Save £15.00.
£45.00 [ref: 45735]