Clements, J. F. &. Shany, N. A Field Guide to the Birds of Peru.
Pub. Lynx Edicions. 2001 pp.xvii, 283 with 128 full-page colour plates and text figs. A thoroughly very good copy in card covers.
£35.00 [ref: 47440]

Clements, J.F. Birds of the World. A Checklist.
5th. Ed. Pub. Pica Press. 2000 pp.xx, 867. VG. to fine in same dw.
£18.00 [ref: 40484]

Cobham, D. A Sparrowhawk’s Lament. How Britain’s Breeding Birds of Prey are Faring.
1st. Ed. Pub. Princeton Uni. Press. 2014 pp.272 with b/w. illus. by Bruce Pearson. 8vo. Bookplate. Fine hardback in fine dw. Related publicity information and newspaper article loosely included.
Fifteen species of raptors breed in Britain and, in this handsomely illustrated book, David Cobham offers a unique insight into how they are faring today. In doing so, he profiles the scientists, conservationists, writers, poets, and filmmakers who have done so much to safeguard, and change the public's perception of, birds of prey.
£20.00 [ref: 56217]

Cocker, M. Crow Country.
1st. Ed. Pub. Jonathan Cape. 2007 pp.216. Fine hdbk. in fine dw.
£25.00 [ref: 48175]

Cocker, M. & Tipling, D. Birds and People.
1st. Ed. Pub. Jonathan Cape. 2013 pp.592 with colour photos., throughout. 4to. Nr. fine hardback in nr. fine dw. RRP £39.99
‘Birds and People’ explores and celebrates our extraordinary relationship with birds from a global perspective. Part natural history and part cultural study, it describes and maps the entire spectrum of our engagements with birds, drawing in themes of history, literature, art, cuisine, language, lore, politics and the environment.
£30.00 [ref: 56967]

Cole, A.C. The Egg Dealers of Great Britain. Profiles of some Catalogue Dealers of the 19th and 20th Centuries.
1st. Ed. Pub. Peregrine Books. 2006 pp.xiii, [i], 198 with photographs, illus., and tables. 8vo. Fine hardback in fine dw. Comes with the original publisher’s flyer. An edition of 250 copies. Out-of-print.
Catalogues and discusses the activites of many identifiable dealers. Some were relatively small players in the field, particularly in the early years, whilst others became household names in the world of oology, until their activities became illegal with the passing of legislation in 1954. A major part of the book illustrates examples of egg sales lists and catalogues, and includes a comparison of prices by various dealers.
£195.00 [ref: 56754]

Cole, A.C. & Trobe, W.M. The Egg Collectors of Great Britain & Ireland. A Compilation of Profiles of some 20th Century Egg Collectors.
1st. Ed. Pub. Peregrine Books. 2000 pp.xiv, [iv], 298, [i] with many rare photographs of early egg collectors. 8vo. Fine hardback in fine dw. Comes with the original publisher’s flyer and a signed copy of the Editor’s Note, in which Jim Whitaker asks for information on egg collectors not included in this book. An edition of 400 copies. Out-of-print.
Although the collecting of eggs from wild birds is now illegal, many of the most respected ornithologists of the past were also great egg collectors. This book provides a record in great depth of these collectors.
£175.00 [ref: 56753]

Cole, Andrew. In Search of the Cirl Bunting.
1st. Ed. Pub. By the Author. 1993 pp.xii, 127 with colour photos. and b/w. illus. 8vo. Signed by author to title-page. Previous owner signature to half-title. Fine hdbk. in fine dw. Limited edition of 450 copies.
£45.00 [ref: 51261]

Cole, Andrew. In Search of the Cirl Bunting.
1st. Ed. Pub. By the Author. 1993 pp.xii, 127 with colour photos. and b/w. illus. 8vo. Signed by author to title-page. Fine hardback in fine dw. Out-of-print.
£40.00 [ref: 56998]

Coles, D. First Breeding Records for Birds Reared to Independance Under Controlled Conditions in the United Kingdom.
Pub. David Coles. nd. pp.56. A nr. fine copy in card covers. Scarce.
£20.00 [ref: 39472]