Category: Ornithology

Aksu-Zhabagly (a large format pictorial record)

Price: £10.00

Publisher: : 1988

Seller ID: 018055

ISBN-13: 9785620001125

Binding: Cloth

Condition: Very Good

Very well illustrated, large quarto, pp 190, very clean internally, grey cloth in very good condition, the dustwrapper is just very slightly worn. [Russian text with just one page of English summary. The Aksu-Dzhabagly is the oldest nature reserve of Central Asia and Kazakhstan, in the Western Tien-Shan mountains. Most images have birds, plants and mamals identified with Latin names.]
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RECENT ORNITHOLOGICAL LITERATURE, 1983-1998, (being a supplement to The Auk, The Emu and The Ibis). {Richard Fitter's copies}

Price: £10.00

Seller ID: 009652

Binding: Paperback

Condition: Good

A long run of this publication, which rarely appears for sale. A major reference to recent bird taxonomy and research. Only the last issue in this run is actually numbered (issue 75), but I am assuming that what we have here are issues 27 - 75. Publication was, at times, slightly erratic, but I am offering : 1983 (parts 1 - 4), 1984 (1 - 4), 1985 (1 - 4), 1986 (1 - 4), 1987 (1 - 4), 1988 (1 - 4), 1989 (1 - 4), 1990 (1 - 4), 1991 (1 - 4), 1992 (1 - 3), 1994 (1 part), 1995 (2 parts), 1996 (3 parts), 1997 (4 parts), 1998 (1 part). I suspect that these are all actually consecutive, despite the ...
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Image for The Intellectual Observer : Review of Natural History, Microscopic Research and Recreative Science - Volumes I, II, III, V, VI, VII, IX, X, XI & XII [ 1.2.3.5.6.7.9.10.11.12.]

The Intellectual Observer : Review of Natural History, Microscopic Research and Recreative Science - Volumes I, II, III, V, VI, VII, IX, X, XI & XII [ 1.2.3.5.6.7.9.10.11.12.]

Price: £350.00

Publisher: London, Groombridge & Sons

Seller ID: 018736

Binding: Cloth

Condition: Good

Ten volumes (of 12 published), small thick octavo, all edges gilt, original cloth, with a full complement of 64 colour printed plates and 55 tinted plates, plus many dozens of text engravings, remarkably clean internally with just the very occasional mark or small stain. The cloth bindings are original, but changed in colour and style during the course of publication and are slightly worn overall; the first five volumes are faded and bleached, the upper cover of Volume XI is stained, the spines of the last five volumes are wrinkled, and Volume VII is slightly weak at the front and rear hinges;...
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The Birds of the London Area Since 1900

By: A Committee of the London Natural History Society

Price: £26.50

Publisher: London, Collins : 1957

Seller ID: 015544

Binding: Cloth

Condition: Very Good

First edition. Illustrated, octavo, pp x, 305, very slight foxing to the fore-edge, otherwise very clean internally, green cloth very slightly marked on the upper cover, the spine perhaps very slightly faded.
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The Common Birds of Bangkok

By: Aagaard, C.J.

Price: £25.00

Publisher: Copenhagen, Chr. Backhausen : 1930

Seller ID: 002389

Illustrated with monochrome photos of dead specimens, large 8vo, pp 239, green cloth, covers soiled and slightly warped, front cover hinge cracking, fore-edge slightly soiled and thumbed, internally suprisingly clean, lacking the plate on the front of the upper cover. Uncommon, but poor condition and therefore priced accordingly. [The die from the cloth tends to come off on one's hands !!]
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The Cuckoo, and Other Bird Mysteries (with letters from the author)

By: Acworth, Bernard

Price: £15.00

Publisher: London, Eyre & Spottiswoode : 1946

Seller ID: 014025

Binding: Cloth

Condition: Very Good

Second impression. Slim octavo, pp 202, (i), very clean internally, green cloth in very good condition, in a rather worn and wrinkled dustwrapper which is obviously of wartime economy production. [This copy belonged to the nature writer "Ceres" {= Alison Ross = Alison Esplan}, with her pencilled notes on the dustwrapper and various neat pencil marks in the margins. It also contains three interesting letters from the author {these have been cut in two to facilitate fitting in the book}, and three little pamphlets regarding The Evolution Protest Movement including one by Acworth on Darwin and ...
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Image for The Pteridophyta of Iraq. The Family Lythraceae in Iraq. The Genus Plantago in Iraq. Some New records of Lizards to Iraq. Iraq Bird Notes - 1960 {Bulletin of the Iraq Natural History Museum, Volume 1 parts 1,2,3,4 & 6

The Pteridophyta of Iraq. The Family Lythraceae in Iraq. The Genus Plantago in Iraq. Some New records of Lizards to Iraq. Iraq Bird Notes - 1960 {Bulletin of the Iraq Natural History Museum, Volume 1 parts 1,2,3,4 & 6

By: Agnew, A.D.Q.; Zahra Chalabi Ka'bi; Hadag, Emil; Marchant, S. Khalaf, Kamel T.

Price: £25.00

Publisher: Baghdad, University of Baghdad : 1961

Seller ID: 015859

Binding: Unbound

Condition: Good

Volume 1, parts 1 - 4, & 6. Stapled, as issued, loose in cover, a little worn, unopened, duplicates from University Museum Oxford, with stamps on each title page. [Comprises The Family Lythraceae, The Genus Plantago, the Pteridophyta, Iraq Bird Notes, & Some New Lizards to Iraq.] RARE
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The Atlas of Quails

By: Alderton, David

Price: £12.50

Publisher: T.F.H. Publications : 1992

Seller ID: 018016

ISBN-13: 9780866221450

Binding: Boards

Condition: Good

Well illustrated with colour plates by Anne Hopkinson, and colour photographs of mainyenance and care, very large quarto, pp 144, very clean internally, pictorial boards, a little worn and marked, with some wear to the top left corner of the upper cover near the spine and the bottom left corner very slightly bruised. [A large and heavy book - extra postage will apply.]
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The Roseate Spoonbill (Richard Fitter's copy)

By: Allen, Robert Porter

Price: £7.50

Publisher: New York, Dover Publications, Inc. : 1966

Seller ID: 004177

(1942). Dover reprint, 1966, illustrated, pp xx, 142, paperback. From the library of the naturalist and conservationist Richard Fitter.
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Studies of Birds and Animals of South America (with extra plate)

By: Amuchastegui, Axel (text by Helmut Sick)

Price: £50.00

Publisher: London, Tryon Gallery in association with George Rainbird : 1967

Seller ID: 016507

Binding: Quarter leather

Condition: Very Good

Very well illustrated with 24 fine colour plates, plus an extra coloured lithograph placed before the half-title, pp 63, bound in blue quarter morocco and marbled boards, the printing on the title page is slightly smudged (no doubt in production), otherwise this is a very bright copy with its original glassine dustcover, and in the original slipcase which is a bit worn.
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Gunung Mulu National Park - a management and development plan

By: Anderson, J.A.R.; Jermy, A.C. & The Earl of Cranbrook (et al)

Price: £40.00

Publisher: London, Royal Geographical Society : 1982

Seller ID: 016896

Binding: Ringbound paperback

Condition: Very Good

Five maps, octavo, pp viii, 327, ringbound, very clean internally, paper covers, very slightly worn.
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Bird Reserves [Richard Fitter's copy]

By: Arnold, E.C.

Price: £20.00

Publisher: London, H.F. & G. Witherby : 1940

Seller ID: 013132

Binding: Cloth

Condition: Good

Illustrated with nine colour plates and 12 black and white plates, large octavo, pp xii, 216, slightly worn throughout, cloth slightly faded and slightly bumped, spine slightly creased, in a poor, torn and repaired dustwrapper. which is, however, largely complete, and now preserved in a plastic cover. [From the library of the naturalist and conservationist Richard Fitter, with his stamp on the front endpaper.]
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St Helena and Ascension Island : a natural history

By: Ashmole, Philip & Myrtle

Price: £65.00

Publisher: Oswestry, Anthony Nelson : 2000

Seller ID: 019109

ISBN-13: 9780904614619

Binding: Cloth

Condition: Very Good

Well illustrated, large octavo, pp 475, (14), very clean internally, blue cloth in excellent condition, in a very good dustwrapper.
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Birds of America: The Complete Collection of 435 Illustrations from the Most Famous Bird Book in the World

By: Audubon, John James

Price: £25.00

Publisher: Ware, Wordsworth Editions : 1997

Seller ID: 017439

ISBN-13: 9781853264917

Binding: Cloth

Condition: Very Good

Small folio, 435 colour plates, pp 504, a little age-toning to the margins, fore-edge very slightly marked, otherwise clean and sound internally, green cloth in very good condition, the dustwrapper is lightly worn, slightly faded on its spine. A heavy book - extra postage may be necessary. [The stunning technique of Audubon never fails to impress; and with so much interest for the botanist and entomologist also.]
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Biological Exuberance: Animal Homosexuality and Natural Diversity

By: Bagemihl, Bruce

Price: £22.50

Publisher: London, Profile Books : 1999

Seller ID: 019659

ISBN-13: 9781861971821

Binding: Cloth

Condition: Very Good

Illustrated, large thick octavo, pp xvi, 752, very clean internally, green cloth with very minimal bruising, the dustwrapper with just very slight signs of use.
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Subantarctic Campbell Island

By: Bailey, A.M. & Sorenson, J.H.

Price: £4.00

Publisher: Denver Museum of Natural History : 1962

Seller ID: 015593

Binding: Paperback

Condition: Good

Illustrated, large octavo, pp 47, a photo copy, bound up in card covers. TOGETHER WITH Westerkov - " General description and account of early investigations on the Island, together with a list of scientific references.", pp 30, octavo, photo copied, and bound in card. Very good.
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The Exultant Ark - a pictorial tour of animal pleasure

By: Balcombe, Jonathan

Price: £15.00

Publisher: Berkeley, University of California Press : 2011

Seller ID: 008638

ISBN-13: 9780520260245

Binding: Cloth

Condition: As New

Very well illustrated, quarto, pp x, 214, a very good copy in a dustwrapper showing only the very faintest signs of use. [Nature documentaries often depict animal life as a grim struggle for survival, but this visually stunning book opens our eyes to a different, more scientifically up-to-date way of looking at the animal kingdom. In more than one hundred thirty striking images, "The Exultant Ark" celebrates the full range of animal experience with dramatic portraits of animal pleasure ranging from the charismatic and familiar to the obscure and bizarre. These photographs, windows onto the inn...
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Discovering Nature in the Maltese Islands

By: Baldacchino, Alfredo E.; Lanfranco, Edwin & Schembri, Patrick J.

Price: £6.50

Publisher: Blata L-Bajda, Merlin Library Ltd : 1990

Seller ID: 013431

Binding: Paperback

Condition: Very Good

Illustrated, small slim octavo, pp 104, paperback, covers very slightly faded, otherwise a very good copy. SCARCE.
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Birds of the Maltese Archipelago [Richard Fitter's copy]

By: Bannerman, D.A. & Vella-Gaffiero, J.A.

Price: £17.50

Publisher: Valletta, Malta, Museums Department : 1976

Seller ID: 013078

Binding: Cloth

Condition: Good

Illustrated with line drawings and coloured plates, large thick octavo, pp xxii, 550, one small folding map at the rear (slightly creased), corners of lower cover slightly bumped, (alos affecting the last fifty pages or so), otherwise a very good copy in a sl worn dustwrapper. [From the library of the naturalist and conservationist Richard Fitter, with his stamp on the front endpaper.]
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Image for The Birds of the British Isles - Volume Eight ONLY [VIII, 8]. { Phalacrocoracidae, Sulidae, Fregatidae, Procellariidae, Diomedeidae, Podicipedidae, Gaviidae, Columbidae and Pteroclididae}

The Birds of the British Isles - Volume Eight ONLY [VIII, 8]. { Phalacrocoracidae, Sulidae, Fregatidae, Procellariidae, Diomedeidae, Podicipedidae, Gaviidae, Columbidae and Pteroclididae}

By: Bannerman, David Armitage. & Lodge, George E.

Price: £6.00

Publisher: Edinburgh, Oliver & Boyd : 1959

Seller ID: 018015

Binding: Cloth

Condition: Very Good

Illustrated with 26 colour plates. small quarto, pp x, 400, immaculately clean internally, green cloth in very good condition, the dustwrapper has just faint signs of use. [Cormorants, gannets, petrels, shearwters, albatross, grebes, pigeons, divers and sandgrouse.]
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Category: Ornithology

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