Barbour, T. Cuban Ornithology.
1st. Ed. Pub. The Club. 1943 pp.143 with sepia frontis. and one further sepia plate. 4to. Fine hardback.
After an introduction to Cuban ornithology, the text moves on to provide an annotated list of the birds of Cuba.
£40.00 [ref: 39502]
Barlee, J. Birds on the Wing.
1st. Ed. Pub. Collins. 1947 pp.128 with b/w. photos throughout. Small 4to. Thor. vg. hardback in good to vg. dw.
Fascinating. A detailed look at bird flight - how they fly and also many images of birds in flight.
£5.00 [ref: 60463]
Barlow, C. et al. A Field Guide to Birds of the Gambia and Senegal.
1st. Ed. Pub. Pica Press. 1997 pp.400 with 48 colour plates. 8vo. Fine hardback.
With 48 colour plates depicting 570 species.
£25.00 [ref: 60969]
Barrett, H.B. The 19th-century journals & paintings of William Pope.
Pub. M.F. Feheley. 1976 pp.175 with colour illus. Royal 4to. A nr. fine hardback in vg. dw.
Pope was born in Kent (1811) and was attracted to the Americas aged 23. Extensive travel in the NE United States and Upper Canada led to him settling in Ontario. This volume reproduces extracts from his daily journals, supported by copies of his excellent watercolours, artistically comparable to Audubon.
£12.00 [ref: 49377]
Barrett, H.B. The 19th-century journals & paintings of William Pope.
1st. Ed. Pub. Feheley. 1976 pp.175 with 36 col. plates. 4to. Fine hardback in vg. plus dw.
Canada's first artist-naturalist. Selections from Pope’s daily journals are reproduced in this book together with examples of his fine watercolours.
£10.00 [ref: 40422]
Bashir, Dr. E.A. (Ed.). Field Guide to the Birds of Qatar (Arabic Edition).
1st. Ed. Pub. Friends of the Environment Center. 2015 With col. illus. throughout. 8vo. Arabic edition. Fine softback With English and Latin Scientific names. Glossary dual English and Arabic. Scarce.
A comprehensive guide featuring 323 species.
£45.00 [ref: 72609]
Bashir, Dr. E.A. (Ed.). Field Guide to the Birds of Qatar.
1st. Ed. Pub. Friends of the Environment Center. 2015 pp.303 with col. illus. throughout. 8vo. Fine softback. Scarce.
A comprehensive guide featuring 323 species.
£45.00 [ref: 72608]
Batchelder, C.F. A Bibliography of the Published Writings of William Brewster. Memoirs of the Nuttall Ornithological Club. No. 10.
1st. Ed. Pub. The Club. 1951 pp.54. 4to. Tips of binding just very gently shelf rubbed o/w. a fine hardback.
William Brewster (1851–1919) was an American ornithologist. He co-founded the American Ornithologists' Union, was an early naturalist and conservationist. Brewster published over 300 articles in journals including The Auk. The Ernst Mayr Library at Harvard University maintains an archive of Brewster's journals, diaries, field notebooks, correspondence, and photographs.
£20.00 [ref: 39395]
Batten, H.M. Inland Birds. Northern Observations by a Sportsman.
1st. Ed. Pub. Hutchinson & Co. 1923 pp.288 with b/w. photos. 8vo. Hardback. Original green cloth boards with gilt lettering on spine. Nr. fine copy.
Charmingly written. Henry Mortimer Batten was a well-known lecturer and broadcaster on natural history and stories about wild animals and birds for the BBC from its earliest days. He published a number of books including works for children.
£20.00 [ref: 58222]