Birkhead, T. Great Auk Islands. A field biologist in the Arctic.
1st. Ed. Pub. Poyser. 1993 pp.viii, 275 with colour, b/w. photos and illus. 8vo. Fine hardback in fine dw.
In this book Tim Birkhead describes in personal detail the different facets of research and brings to life both the difficulties and the excitement of working in the Arctic.
£40.00 [ref: 68216]

Birkhead, T.R. The Magpies. The ecology and behaviour of Black-billed and Yellow-billed Magpies.
1st. Ed. Pub. Poyser. 1991 pp.270 with col. frontis., and b/w. photos., figs. & illus. 8vo. Fine hardback in fine dw.
A fascinating account of the ecology and behaviour of magpies.
£40.00 [ref: 72492]

Bishop, Billy. Cley Marsh and its Birds. Fifty years as Warden.
1st. Ed. Pub. Boydell Press. 1983 pp.133 with colour frontis., b/w. photos., illus., and map endpapers. 8vo. Bookplate. Dedication “Best Wishes, April 1983, Billy Bishop” below frontis., and article about Billy Bishop from the Eastern Daily Press, 1983, neatly tipped in on rfep. Nr. fine hardback in nr. fine dw. A unique copy.
Comes with two copies of ‘History of Cley Marshes’ by Lieut.-Col. Hubert Blount (1964 & 1968 respectively). The 1968 copy is revised and updated.
£75.00 [ref: 55917]

Bishop, L.B. Birds of the Yukon Region. With Notes on Other Species.
Pub. U.S. Department Agriculture. 1900 pp.48-100. 8vo. Softback. Neat ownership stamps. Contents fine. Original covers nr. fine. Scarce.
£25.00 [ref: 46759]

Blackburn, Mrs. H. Birds from Moidart and Elsewhere. Drawn from Nature by B.
1st. Ed. Pub. David Douglas. 1895 pp.191 with frontis. and 87 b/w. lithographic plates. 8vo. Hardback. TEG. A little spotting to prelims. and only very occasionally internally o/w. contents fine. More recently bound in half-leather over cloth boards with gilt lettering and decoration all in fine condition.
The Scottish artist Jemima Blackburn, was known for her illustrations of life in rural Scotland, and for her ornithological works.
£200.00 [ref: 68073]

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Blackburn, T.M. et al. Avian Invasions. The Ecology and Evolution of Exotic Birds.
1st. Ed. Pub. Oxford Uni. Press. 2009 pp.ix, 305 with b/w. figs., tables. 8vo. Bookplate. A vg. softback.
‘Avian Invasions’ unravels the insights that the study of exotic birds brings to the study of biological invasions, avian conservation biology, and the basic principles of ecology and evolution. Recommended.
£17.50 [ref: 56210]

Bland, B. The Profit of Birding.
1st. Ed. Pub. New Holland. 2012 pp.352 with colour photos. and b/w. drawings. 8vo. Fine hardback in fine dw.
Author Bryan Bland has led thousands of birding tours to more than 70 countries. On one such trip a bemused waiter once posed the question: "Where is the profit in birding?" Bryan is famed as one of birding's greatest story-tellers, and he uses his book to answer this question emphatically. In short, there's more to birding than just birds. Birders and non-birders alike will enjoy the humorous anecdotal narrative, while the lively text is accompanied by many of the author's photographs and exquisite line-drawings.
£5.00 [ref: 64371]

Bland, D. Practical Poultry Keeping.
Pub. Crowood Press. 1996 pp.159 with b/w. photographs and other text figs. A vg. copy in illus. boards.
£8.00 [ref: 44407]

Blezard, Ernest. (compiled by). Lakeland Natural History.
1st. Ed. Pub. Carlisle Natural History Society. 1946 pp.xi, 170 with 3 b/w. photographic plates and publisher’s two fold-out maps in rear pocket. 8vo. Hardback. Personal library stamp of R.S.R. Fitter to ffep. Some spine lean. Contents nr. fine. Original cloth in thor. vg. condition, gently bumped on one corner.
£7.50 [ref: 64110]

Blezard, Ernest. (Ed.). Lakeland Ornithology.
1st. Ed. Pub. Carlisle Natural History Society. 1952 pp.141 with 3 b/w. photographic plates. 8vo. Hardback. Personal library stamp of R.S.R. Fitter to ffep. Upper corner of text block bumped o/w. contents fine. Original cloth in thor. vg. condition.
£5.00 [ref: 64111]