Arnold, E.C. A Bird Collector’s Medley.
1st. Ed. Pub. West, Newman & Co. 1907 pp.[ix], 144 with 12 colour and 8 collotype plates plus b/w. photos. Small 4to. Hardback. Bookplate of Charterhouse School, signature of previous owner dated 1933 to front pastedown. Text block neatly recased. Minor foxing, o/w. contents fine. Original green cloth boards with gilt lettering all in thor. vg. condition.
£60.00 [ref: 61324]

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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]

Aspinal. S. Breeding Birds of the United Arab Emirates.
2nd. Eng. Ed. Pub. Environment Agency-Abu Dhabi. 2010 pp.241 with col. photos. & dist. maps. Large 4to. Fine hardback in fine dw.
Covers all native breeding species, plus 'naturalised' breeding species found in the United Arab Emirates. There are also sections on potential natural colonists and escapees, and introduced species that are not free-living/self-sustaining. Introductory sections describe conservation activities and list priority breeding species and areas of importance to wildlife. Species are presented with short descriptive accounts, colour photos, breeding population estimates and distribution maps. Arabic names are also given for each species.
£60.00 [ref: 67618]

Atkinson, Rev. J.C. British Birds’ Eggs And Nests, Popularly Described.
1st. Ed. Pub. Routledge, Warne & Routledge, 1861 pp.viii, 182 with 12 colour plates plus large, fold-out, Synoptical Table of British-Breeding Birds nests and eggs (with some wear to folds and tape repairs to verso) in pocket at rear. Small 8vo. Hardback. Occ. marks to contents and plate edges; minor surface abrasion to plate XII o/w. contents thor. vg. Previous owner’s bookplate to front paste down. Original blue, decorative boards in thor. vg. condition. End-papers more recently replaced.
Mullens and Swann (1917) wrote ‘the most popular book on the subject for beginners for half a century’. This first edition of 1861 was published with colour plates; a new edition appeared the same year with uncoloured plates.
£125.00 [ref: 63500]

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Atkinson-Willes, G.L. (Ed.). Wildfowl in Great Britain. A Survey of the winter distribution of the Anatidae and their conservation in England, Scotland and Wales.
1st. Ed. Pub. H.M.S.O. 1963 pp.xiv, 368 with colour plates and b/w. photos. and illus. Illustrated by Peter Scott. 4to. Bookplate of Dr. Ian Durance Pennie (1916-2002, Scottish Ornithologist) to inside front cover and compliment slip (from Slimbridge) neatly pasted to ffep. Thor. vg. hardback in marked, vg. dw. Second draft of a 9-page article entitled “The Northwest Highlands and Skye” (dated 1981) loosely inserted.
£20.00 [ref: 60461]

Avicultural Society. Aviculture. A Treatise on the Management of Foreign and British Birds in Captivity. Vols. I to III.
1st. Ed. Pub. Avicultural Society. 1925-31 Three volumes with col. plates &. b/w. photos. 8vo. Hardbacks. Light spotting to fore-edges text block, to ends and only very occ. internally o/w. contents fine. A little spine lean to Vol. I. Original decorated cloth bindings vg. plus.
A practical and well illustrated manual on the keeping and rearing of birds. From Parrots to Hoopoe and from Finches to Birds of Prey and Owls.
£100.00 [ref: 39365]

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Aziz, L. Hummingbirds. A Beginner’s Guide.
1st. Ed. Pub. Firefly Books. 2002 pp.64 with colour photos., throughout. 4to. Nr. fine softback.
With chapers on physical make-up, behaviour and ecology, all superbly illustrated with fine colour photographs.
£4.00 [ref: 57115]

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]

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: 59752]