Cramp, Stanley (et al). Handbook of the Birds of Europe the Middle East and North Africa. The Birds of the Western Palearctic. Vol. 1-9 [with] BWP Update. The Journal of the Birds of the Western Palearctic.
1st. Ed. Pub. RSPB. 1977-94 & 1997-2001 Nine volume set with nine part set of the Update (all published) in slipcase. Crown 4to. Fine hardbacks with dustwrappers all in nr. fine or fine condition. The ‘BWP Update’ consists of nr. fine or fine softbacks in fine slipcase. A super set.
The nine volume work ‘The Handbook of the Birds of Europe, The Middle East and North Africa, also popularly known as ‘The Birds of the Western Palearctic’ was completed in 1994. The focus of these BWP updates was to bring up-to-date the original accounts in the nine volume work that were most out-of-date.
£325.00 [ref: 66151]

Cramp, Stanley. et al. Handbook of the Birds of Europe the Middle East and North Africa. The Birds of the Western Palearctic. Vol. 1-9 (complete set).
1st. Ed. Pub. RSPB. 1977-94 Nine volume set. Crown 4to. VG. to nr. fine hardbacks in thor. vg. / nr. fine dws. showing some gentle sunning to spines. With Publisher’s Errata slip for Vol. 4 loosely inserted.
Comprises descriptions of over 740 species of birds occurring in the Western Palearctic, of which 600 are breeding species. Illustrated using colour plates which were specially commissioned for this work. Illustrators included N.W. Cusa, Robert Gillmor, Sir Peter Scott and others. Eggs are also displayed, as are voice sonograms, melograms and annual cycles. This edition was limited to a print run of 5,000 complete sets.
£150.00 [ref: 71298]

Davie, Oliver. An Egg Check List of North American Birds. Giving Accurate Descriptions of the Color and Size of the Eggs, and Locations of the Nests of the Land and Water Birds of North America.
1st. Ed. Pub. Hann & Adair. 1885 pp.77. 8vo. Hardback. Ex-lib. Trinity College Cambridge, their bookplate to front pastedown. Contents fine. More recently professionally bound in fawn cloth covers, in fine condition.
£120.00 [ref: 56813]

de Schauensee, R. M. A Guide to the Birds of Venezuela.
1st. Ed. Pub. Princeton Univ. 1978 pp.xxii, 424 with col. & b/w. plates & text figs. 8vo. Softback. VG.
An in depth guide for both the amateur visitor to Venezuela and the more serious scholar.
£4.95 [ref: 40458]

De Schauensee, R.M. A Guide to The Birds of South America.
1st. Ed. Pub. Livingston Publishing Co. 1970 pp.xiv, 470 with 50 colour and b/w. plates. Large 8vo. Fine hardback in nr. fine dw.
£15.00 [ref: 61293]

De Schauensee, R.M. The Species of Birds of South America and Their Distribution.
1st. Ed. Pub. Academy of Natural Sciences. 1966 pp.xvii, 577 with 4-page ‘Addenda and Corrigenda’ and the 1-page ‘Second Addenda and Corrigenda’ loosely inserted. Large 8vo. Fine hardback in fine plain brown paper dw. Copies with addenda and corrigenda are scarce.
£30.00 [ref: 61292]

Devas, Father R.P. Birds of Grenada, St. Vincent and The Grenadines.
Pub. Carenage Press. [1970] pp.xv, 88 with b/w. illus. 8vo. Signature dated 1973. Contents fine in vg. plus card card covers.
An enthusiast’s guide to the birds of the Grenadines.
£12.00 [ref: 70071]

Diggles, Silvester. The Ornithology of Australia. Vol. 3. (Parts 15 to 21).
Facs. Ed. Pub. State Publishing Ltd. Ed. 1992 pp.[142] with fine col. plates throughout. Folio. Hardback. Contents fine. Bound in half grey leather and cloth with silver gilt lettering, just lightly marked and sunned, o/w. in fine condition. Copy No. 436 from the Limited edition of 500 copies.
The original work was published between 1866 and 1870 in twenty-one parts in a limited edition of an uncertain number. The original plates were executed by Diggles. His niece, Rowena Birkett, was the artist who hand-coloured each plate. This facsimile limited edition reproduces the original accurately. This volume contains the plates from parts 15-21 from the original. This alike with the original has become scarce.
£70.00 [ref: 35229]

Dowsett-Lemaire, F. & Dowsett, R.J. The Birds of Ghana. An atlas and handbook.
1st. Ed. Pub. Tauraco Press. 2014 pp.713 with colour photos., dist.maps. Large 8vo. Bookplate. Fine softback.
An introductory section includes reviews of the major bird habitats, as well as the history of ornithological exploration in Ghana. The main part of the book describes the 750 species recorded in the country. Clear maps display the distribution of each species (except rarer vagrants) by half-degree squares.
£30.00 [ref: 56773]

Elgood, J.H. The Birds of Nigeria. An annotated check-list.
1st. Ed. Pub. British Ornithologists Union. 1981 pp.246 with tables & figs. 8vo. Fine softback.
B.O.U. Check-List No.4, covering over 800 species.
£7.00 [ref: 42133]