Booth, E.T. & Griffith, A.F. Catalogue of the Cases of Birds in the Dyke Road Museum, Brighton. Giving a few Descriptive Notes, and the Localities in which the Specimens were obtained.
5th. Ed. Pub. The Brighton Library, Museum & Fine Arts Committee. 1927 pp.290 with b/w. photos. and 8-pages of adverts for local amenities. 8vo. Hardback. Signature. From the library of R.S.R. Fitter with his neat stamp to ffep. Contents fine. A little spine lean o/w. a thor. vg. hardback. Scarce fifth edition.
Edward Thomas Booth (1840-1890) opened what was originally called the Dyke Road Museum in Brighton in 1874 (now the Booth Museum of Natural History). He donated the museum to the city of Brighton in 1890 with the proviso that the display of over 300 dioramas should not be altered. This catalogue is much more than a list; Booth included notes and facts ‘the result of personal observation’ which make for fascinating reading.
£125.00 [ref: 62608]
Booth, J. & Morris, R. Birds. Their scientific names explained. Vols. 1 & 2.
1st. Ed. Pub. J. Booth. 1991 Two vol. set. 8vo. Some bird names neatly underlined and some neatly corrected (where there is a typo). Fine softbacks. Out of print. Scarce.
Each volume contains around 240 entries and both volumes provide a complete list of all birds in “The Birds of the Western Palearctic”.
£25.00 [ref: 64330]
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Borrer, W. The Birds of Sussex.
1st. Ed. Pub. R.H. Porter. 1891 pp.xviii, 385 with 6 colour plates by Keulemans and a fold-out colour map plus 8 page publisher’s catalogue. 8vo. Ex. lib. Contents fine. Thor. vg. hardback in original blue cloth boards with gilt lettering. Spine professionally relaid and end papers renewed.
£50.00 [ref: 58799]
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Borrer, W. The Birds of Sussex.
1st. Ed. Pub. R.H. Porter. 1891 pp.xviii, 385 with 6 colour plates by Keulemans and a fold-out colour map. 8vo. Contents a little shaken and internal hinges a little tender. Cords a little stretched internally. Plates and text very clean and in fine condition. With ownership inscription to ffep. dated 1945. From the library of the ornithological author Dr. Richard Vaughan. Boards showing some pulling and wear to spine-ends and corners. Boards also show some discolouration to front edge. Overall a near vg. copy.
£95.00 [ref: 46757]
Borrow, N. and Demey, R. Birds of Western Africa. Helm Identification Guides.
1st. Ed. Pub. Christopher Helm. 2001 pp.832 with 147 colour plates and dist. maps throughout. Large 8vo. Nr. fine hardback in nr. fine dw. RRP £55.00.
Describes and illustrates all 1,285 species occuring in the 23 western countries of Africa.
£27.50 [ref: 61004]
Bowey, K. & Newsome, M. (Eds.). The Birds of Durham.
1st. Ed. Pub. Durham Bird Club. 2012 pp.1014 with colour and b/w. photos., illus., and figs. Large 8vo. Bookplate. Some tiny speckles to top edge of text block. o/w., a fine hardback in fine dw.
£30.00 [ref: 56957]
Bowman, G. et al. Birds in Northumbria.
Pub. N & TBC. 1997 pp.144 with figs. and illus. throughout. A fine copy in card covers.
£3.00 [ref: 40946]
Boys, J.V. A List of Dorset Birds. With a summary for each species up to 1972.
1st. Ed. Pub. Dorset Nat. Hist. & Arch. Soc. 1974 pp.68 with fold out map. 8vo. Softback. Fine. With 7 page ‘Additions and Amendments 1973 to 1976’ loosely inserted.
£30.00 [ref: 60815]
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Bracht, P. Vogel in Ihrer Welt. [Birds in Your World.]
1st. Ed. Pub. Wissen & Literatur. 1991 pp.128 with colour and b/w. photos. throughout. 4to. From Eric Hosking’s library with reduced-size copy of his bookplate loosely inserted. Signed by Peter Bracht to title page. Fine hardback in nr. fine dw.
Eric Hosking is mentioned in this work, alongside G.K. Yeates, as one of the ‘grand old men’ of English bird photography.
£30.00 [ref: 61645]