Hermann L. Strack, Antiquarian Book Dealer

Skandinaviens Fugle med saerligt Hensyn til Danmark og de nordlige Bilande.

Kjaerbolling, N. · 1877

€72.60 ($80.02 | £60.56 | ¥12,780)

1877 (new edition, revised by Jonas Collin) li, 840 p., crown 8vo, contemporary hcalf (rubbed, joints worn). Previous owner's library stamp on title-page. Text volume only.

̑tude des oiseaux de l'̩quateur rapport̩s par le Dr. Rivet.

Menegaux, A. · 1911

€77.00 ($84.87 | £64.23 | ¥13,554)

1911 128 p., 5 col. pls, 4to, new hcloth. The scarce bird section of this important French expedition to the equatorial Andes. Arc de M̩ridien ̑quatorial en Am̩rique du Sud ... 1899-1906.

L'appareil épisternal des oiseaux.

Harting, P. · 1864

€33.00 ($36.37 | £27.53 | ¥5,809)

1864 [6], 20 p., 1 folded pl., 4to, paperbound (small piece of back cover missing). Waterstain at the back of the plate). Published in: Natuurkundige Verhandelingen uitgegeven door het Provinciaal Utrechts Genootschap van Kunsten en Wetenschappen.

A Catalogue of the Birds of Northumberland and Durham.

Hancock, J. · 1874

€165.00 ($181.86 | £137.63 | ¥29,045)

1874 xxv, 174 p., 13 pls, frontispiece, paperbound. Unopened copy. Part of library stamp on upper end front cover. The well executed and artistic plates were drawn by Hancock himself, the last one being that of the Great Auk. Published in: Natural History Transactions of North...

The Grouse in Health and in Disease. Being the popular edition of the report of the committee of inquiry on grouse disease.

Leslie, A.S. & A.E. Shipley (eds) · 1912

€85.80 ($94.57 | £71.57 | ¥15,103)

1912 xx, 472 p., 36 figs, 20 (10 col.) pls, col. frontispiece, num. small maps, 1 col. full page map, publisher's cloth. Previous owner's name (W. Adair) on back of front cover.

Onderzoekingen over de veeren bij hoenderachtige vogels.

Kruimel, J.H. · 1916

€30.80 ($33.95 | £25.69 | ¥5,422)

1916 95 p., 4 figs, 4 pls, small folio, paperbound. Published in: Bijdragen tot de Dierkunde.

Biogeography and Ecology of Forest Bird Communities.

Keast, A. (ed.) · 1990

€82.50 ($90.93 | £68.82 | ¥14,522)

1990 416 p., 156 figs, 52 tables, 17 col. photographs, 4to, hardbound. New copy.

Birds from the Lowlands of Southern New Guinea (Merauke and Koembe).

Mees, G.F. · 1982

€30.80 ($33.95 | £25.69 | ¥5,422)

1982 188 p., 9 figs, 4 pls, 1 col. frontispiece, paperbound. Zoologische Verhandelingen 191.

Naturgeschichte der Vögel Mitteleuropas. Vol. II. (Grasmücken, Timalien, Meisen und BaumlÃñufer).

Naumann, J.F. · 1897

€297.00 ($327.36 | £247.74 | ¥52,281)

1897-1905 iv, 340 p., 30 col. pls (of which the last three of eggs), folio, publisher's hcalf. Half title missing. The beautiful plates depict: Goldcrests, Nuthatches, Tits, Warblers etc.

Ein Beitrag zur Ornis südarabiens. Mit ''field notes'' des Collectors Mr. G.W. Bury.

Lorenz, L. von & C.E. Hellmayr · 1902

€29.70 ($32.74 | £24.77 | ¥5,228)

1902 19 p., 1 nice chromolithographed plate, roy. 4to, paperbound (covers missing). Front and back somewhat soiled, plate clean.

De Vogel.

Michelet, J. · 1900

€22.00 ($24.25 | £18.35 | ¥3,873)

n.d. (ca. 1900) 295 p., num. charming figs, publisher's hcloth. Dutch translation of the 8th French edition.

I Trochilidi dell'Argentina.

Marchi, M. de · 1907

€59.40 ($65.47 | £49.55 | ¥10,456)

1907 100 p., 9 pls, paperbound. With author's dedication. Scarce book on humming birds from Argentina.

De avifauna van de plantentuin van Buitenzorg (Java).

Hoogerwerf, A. · 1949

€26.40 ($29.10 | £22.02 | ¥4,647)

1949 145 p., 21 col. pls, publisher's cloth (spine somewhat discoloured). Good copy of this book on the birds of Central Java. Including the index which was issued later and is often lacking. The plates are by Goesti Abdole Kadir.

Key to the Birds of the Hawaiian Group.

Bryan, W.A. · 1901

€105.60 ($116.39 | £88.09 | ¥18,589)

1901 76 p., 17 figs, 15 pls, roy. 4to, stapled (no covers). Published in: Memoirs Bishop Museum (Vol. 1).

The Ornithology of North Western Kenya Colony with Special Regard to the Suk and Turkana Districts.

Granvik, H. · 1934

€62.70 ($69.11 | £52.30 | ¥11,037)

1934 190 p., 4 pls, paperbound (spine partly faded). With author's dedication to Dr. Wallin. Published in: Revue de Zoologie et de Botanique Africaines.

Tiny Houses and Their Builders.

Hart, E.A. · 1875

€29.70 ($32.74 | £24.77 | ¥5,228)

n.d. (ca. 1875) 192 p., num. beautiful woodcuts, green decorated cloth (spine used, joint weak).

Excursions et observations ornithologiques sur les bords de la Sarpa en 1858.

Artzibascheff, N. · 1859

€26.40 ($29.10 | £22.02 | ¥4,647)

1859 108 p., stapled. Published in: Bulletin de la Société Impériale des Naturalistes de Moscow.

Recherches ornithologiques dans la province de Quangtri (centre Annam) et quelques autres régions de l'Indochine Française.

Delacour, J. & P. Jabouille · 1925

€110.00 ($121.24 | £91.76 | ¥19,363)

1925 xii, 197 p., 27 (9 col.) pls, original hcloth (slightly worn). Library stamps on half-title, library stamps removed from title-page. Text somewhat browned. Still a good copy of this rare work on the avifauna of Vietnam.

Tempo and mode of hummingbird evolution / Origin of hummingbird faunas.

Bleiweiss, R. · 1998

€22.00 ($24.25 | £18.35 | ¥3,873)

1998 36 p., 8 figs, paperbound. Two papers together in one issue of: Biological Journal of the Linnaean Society.

Mémoire sur les anomalies de l'oeuf.

Davaine, C. · 1861

€52.80 ($58.20 | £44.04 | ¥9,294)

1861 88 p., 2 lithographed pls, small 4to, paperbound (original printed covers). Unopened copy.