Aplin, O.V. The Birds of Oxfordshire.
1st. Ed. Pub. Clarendon Press. 1889 pp.vii, 217 with hand-coloured frontis. of Alpine Chough, fold-out map and 16 page publisher’s catalogue. 8vo. Hardback. Signatures with dates of previous owners to ffep. Minor spotting to end-papers, o/w. contents fine. Original blue cloth boards in thor. vg. condition.
£100.00 [ref: 60812]
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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]
Archbold, R. Robert Bateman. Natural Worlds.
1st. Ed. Pub. Swan Hill Press. 1996 pp.191 with colour and b/w. illus. throughout. Large landscape 4to. Fine hardback in fine dw. Although not inscribed, from the library of ornithologist, artist, illustrator, author and editor Robert Gillmor MBE (purchased by us May 2023). Out-of-print.
In this work Robert Bateman explores in words, sketches and magnificent new paintings the living systems upon which all life depends. From the drama of Canada's rugged west coast, to life and death struggles in the Arctic, Poland's haunting ancient waterways, the serenity of Costa Rica's cloud forests and the vast plains of the Serengeti, each of the `life zones' explored in Natural Worlds reveals the complex relationships between living things and their environments.
£32.50 [ref: 65030]
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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]
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]
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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