Bochenski, Z. Nesting of the European Members of the Genus Turdus, Linnaeus 1758 (Aves). Acta Zoologica Cracoviensia Vol. XIII, No. 16.
Pub. Polish Academy of Sciences. 1968 pp.350-440 with illus. and 14 b/w. photos., illus., and fold-out table. Small 4to. Hardback. Small address label. Contents fine. Text in English with summaries in Polish and Russian. Professionally bound in orange cloth boards in fine condition. Scarce.
£120.00 [ref: 62931]
Bodsworth, Fred. Last of the Curlews.
1st. Ed. Pub. Counterpoint. 1995 pp.xiii, 174 with b/w. illus. 8vo. A fine softback.
Originally published in 1955, Fred Bodsworth tells the story of a solitary Eskimo Curlew’s perilous migration and search for a mate.
£12.00 [ref: 52521]
Boles, W.E. The Robins and Flycatchers of Australia.
Pub. Angus and Robertson. 1988 pp.xx, 508 with many colour photographs. Large 4to. Hardback. Fine in near fine dw.
£50.00 [ref: 36561]
Booth, E.T. & Griffith, A.F. Catalogue of the Cases of Birds in the Dyke Road Museum, Brighton. Giving a few Descriptive Notes, and the Localities in which the Specimens were obtained.
5th. Ed. Pub. The Brighton Library, Museum & Fine Arts Committee. 1927 pp.290 with b/w. photos. and 8-pages of adverts for local amenities. 8vo. Hardback. Signature. From the library of R.S.R. Fitter with his neat stamp to ffep. Contents fine. A little spine lean o/w. a thor. vg. hardback. Scarce fifth edition.
Edward Thomas Booth (1840-1890) opened what was originally called the Dyke Road Museum in Brighton in 1874 (now the Booth Museum of Natural History). He donated the museum to the city of Brighton in 1890 with the proviso that the display of over 300 dioramas should not be altered. This catalogue is much more than a list; Booth included notes and facts ‘the result of personal observation’ which make for fascinating reading.
£125.00 [ref: 62608]
Booth, J. & Morris, R. Birds. Their scientific names explained. Vols. 1 & 2.
1st. Ed. Pub. J. Booth. 1991 Two vol. set. 8vo. Some bird names neatly underlined and some neatly corrected (where there is a typo). Fine softbacks. Out of print. Scarce.
Each volume contains around 240 entries and both volumes provide a complete list of all birds in “The Birds of the Western Palearctic”.
£25.00 [ref: 64330]
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Bowman, G. et al. Birds in Northumbria.
Pub. N & TBC. 1997 pp.144 with figs. and illus. throughout. A fine copy in card covers.
£3.00 [ref: 40946]
Bratby, Michael. and Scott, Peter. Through the Air. Adentures with Wild Fowl, and Small-boat Sailing.
1st. Ed. Pub. Country Life. 1941 pp.127 with small illus. and b/w. photographs. Large 8vo. Hardback. Spotting to contents which are o/w. fine in vg. dw.
£9.00 [ref: 42078]
Brenchley, A. et al. (Eds.). The Breeding Birds of North Wales. Adar Nythu Gogledd Cymru.
1st. Ed. Pub. Liverpool Univ. Press. 2013 pp.xvi, 448 with colour photos., and dist. maps throughout. 4to. Fine hardback in nr. fine dw. Out-of-print.
An excellent production. With fully bilingual introductory chapters and a Welsh language précis alongside each English language species account.
£47.50 [ref: 65089]
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Brown, A. and Warren, M. (Eds.). There and Back? A Celebration of Bird Migration.
1st. Ed. Pub. Langford Press. 2011 pp.352 with colour illus. throughout. Large 4to. Hardback. With publisher’s Errata slip. Small owner’s label to ffep. Fine hardback in nr. fine dw.
No.27 in Langford Press’s Wildlife in Art series. Along with the superb illustrations from some of Europe’s foremost contemporary wildlife artists, this work also includes essays on the migrations of a range of birds.
£15.00 [ref: 63641]
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Brown, C.R. & Bomberger Brown, M. Coloniality in the Cliff Swallow. The Effect of Group Size on Social Behaviour.
1st. Ed. Pub. Uni. of Chicago. 1996 pp.xiii, 566 with b/w. photos., figs., and tables. 8vo. Bookplate. A nr. fine softback. RRP £47.50.
The result of a twelve-year study of a population of cliff swallows in Nebraska, investigating the social and ecological costs and benefits of coloniality.
£30.00 [ref: 56774]