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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Arnold, E.C. Birds of Eastbourne.
1st. Ed. Pub. Strange, Eastbourne. 1936 pp.93 with 10 col. and 9 half-tone plates, plus text illus. Sm 4to. Hardback. Early signature to ffep. Spotting to half title and only occ. internally o/w. contents fine. Original green cloth boards with gilt lettering and motif in nr. fine condition.

£50.00 [ref: 68076]

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, Rev. J.C. British Birds’ Eggs And Nests, Popularly Described.
New Ed. Pub. Routledge, Warne & Routledge, 1862 pp.viii, 182 with 12 colour plates. Small 8vo. Hardback. Owner’s stamps to ffep. Some spotting to ends and very occ. to contents, occ. light pencil annotations, o/w. contents fine.. Cords stretched in a couple of places. Original blind decorated boards and gilt decoration to spine very bright and in thor. vg. condition.
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.
£40.00 [ref: 64263]

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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]

Audubon, J.J. The Birds of America.
1st. Ed. thus. Rep. Pub. Nat. Hist. Museum. 2017 pp.448 with 435 coloured plates. Large 4to. Fine hardback in fine dw.
With an introduction by David Allen Sibley.
£40.00 [ref: 63650]

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Avery, M. &. Leslie, R. Birds and Forestry.
1st. Ed. Pub. Poyser. 1990 pp.xii, 299 with b/w. photos. and illus. 8vo. Signature. Nr. fine hardback in nr. fine dw.
Written following the conflict between forestry and nature conservation in the 1980s, this book studies which birds are threatened, which species benefit from afforestation, the value placed on these species, and the ways in which forestry can fit in with the needs and demands of conservationists.
£20.00 [ref: 61403]

Avery, M. &. Leslie, R. Birds and Forestry.
1st. Ed. Pub. Poyser. 1990 pp.xii, 299 with some photos. 8vo. Fine hardback in nr. fine dw.
£30.00 [ref: 55608]