Eriksen, H. & Eriksen, J. Birdlife in Oman.
1st. Ed. Pub. Al Roya Publishing. 1999 pp.iv, 99 with colour photos., throughout. Landscape 4to. Fine hardback in fine dw. Signed by authors to title page. Out-of-print.
Provides an informative text covering all 9 regions of Oman, describing and illustrating with over 150 stunning colour photographs the most interesting and spectacular birds characteristic of each area.
£25.00 [ref: 58471]
Etchecopar, R.D. & Hue, F. The Birds of North Africa. from the Canary Islands to the Red Sea.
1st. English Ed. Pub. Oliver & Boyd. 1967 pp.xx, 612 with 24 col. plates, b/w. text illus. & dist. maps. 8vo. Nr. fine hardback in good dw.
This is the ideal guide for the ornithological traveller in North Africa.
£9.50 [ref: 36371]
Fairbairn, W.A. Some Game Birds of West Africa.
1st. Ed. Pub. Oliver & Boyd. 1952 pp.xii, 92 with 9 col. plates. 8vo. Fine hardback in good dw.
A field guide to fifty game birds which are either indigenous to West Africa or regular migrants.
£7.00 [ref: 69790]
Finlayson, C. & Tomlinson, D. Birds of Iberia.
1st. Ed. Pub. Mirador. 1993 pp.220 with many fine colour photos. Crown 4to. A fine hardback in fine dw., very gently sunned on spine and front cover.
Provides a general introduction to the birds of the Iberian Peninsula, with descriptions and illustrations of 150 key species.
£20.00 [ref: 54764]
Fjeldsa, J. & Krabbe, N. Birds of the High Andes.
1st. Pub. Zoo. Mus. Copen. & Apollo Books. 1990 pp.876 with 64 coloured plates plus many maps. Vg. in illus. boards. Scarce.
This book covers the area of the temperate and alpine zones of the Andean region from Venezuela and Columbia in the north, through Ecuador, Peru, Bolivia, Argentina, to the southernmost part of the continent in Chile.
£100.00 [ref: 39511]
Flint, P. and Stewart, P. The Birds of Cyprus. B.O.U. Checklist No.6.
2nd. Ed. Pub. B.O.U. 1992 pp.234 with colour and b/w. photos. Spine lightly faded o/w. a fine hdbk.
£20.00 [ref: 46699]
Flint, V.E. et al. A Field Guide to Birds of the USSR.
Pub. Princeton University Press. 1984 pp.xxxi, 353 with 48 colour plates, dist., maps and text illus. throughout. 8vo. Hardback. Pencil notes to rfep. by ornithological author Dr. Richard Vaughan. Mild spotting to fore-edges of text block, o/w. a fine hardback in nr. fine dw., gently sunned and rubbed on spine.
A translation of an important and popular Soviet handbook, this work describes 728 species, nearly all of which are illustrated in colour. It discusses a vast geographical area, including much of Europe, East and Central Asia and India.
£40.00 [ref: 46702]
Frith, H.J. (Ed.). Birds in the Australian High Country.
1st. Ed. Pub. A.H. & A.W. Reed. 1969 pp.481 with colour plates and b/w. photos. Small 4to. Bookplate. Speckling to top of text block, o/w. a fine hardback in nr. fine dw.
Covers those birds that are found from the Blue Mountains west of Sydney, down the Great Dividing Range to the edge of Melbourne.
£30.00 [ref: 58266]
Gallagher, M. & Woodcock, M. W. The Birds of Oman.
1st. Pub. Quartet Books. 1980 pp, 310 with 120 colour plates. A vg. copy in same dustwrapper.
£40.00 [ref: 45590]
Gallagher, M. & Woodcock, M.W. The Birds of Oman.
1st. Ed. Pub. Quartet Books. 1980 pp.310 with 120 colour plates, plus colour photos. and maps. 4to. Fine hardback in fine dw.
The standard reference work of the region, and the only illustrated guide to Oman's birds. Three hundred and seventy two species are described and illustrated. Also includes general chapters on Oman, birding sites, bibliography and appendices of ringed bird recoveries.
£30.00 [ref: 61327]