Structure, Verses, Agency Books

The Library of H. Bradley Martin. Part II: Magnificent Color-Plate Ornithology

Martin, H. Bradley; Sotheby's of New York · 1989

$17.60 (€15.97 | £13.32 | ¥2,810)

New York, Sotheby's, New York, 1989. First Edition. Hardcover. Size: Large 8vo 9" - 10. A fine exemplar of a Sotheby's auction catalogue, sale dates being in June of 1989. Bound handsomely in hunter-green cloth over boards, with gilt titles and a splendid pastedown illustrati...

A Guide to Audubon's Birds of America: A Concordance Containing Current Names of the Birds, Plate Names with Descriptions of Plate Variants, a Description of the Bien Edition, and Corresponding Indexes

Low, Susanne M. · 2002

$44.00 (€39.92 | £33.31 | ¥7,026)

New Haven, Connecticut / New York, Donald Heald and William Reese Company, 2002. Reprint Edition. Hardcover. Size: 4to 11" - 13" tall. Superior copy, gift-quality condition, inside and out, no discernible wear to the brilliant blue cloth over boards format, sharp and distinct...

Bewick's Birds: A Selection

Tessimond [Arthur Seymour John Tessimond] · 1952

$17.60 (€15.97 | £13.32 | ¥2,810)

London, England, Hutchinson, 1952. First Edition. Hardcover. Size: 8vo 8" - 9" tall. Still colorful teal cloth over boards, with still sharp and distinct black lettering to spine. Printed, illustrated paper dust wrapper protected by Brodart, chipping along bottom edge, price-...

Audubon Society Encyclopedia of North American Birds

Terres, John K. · 1980

$20.80 (€18.87 | £15.74 | ¥3,321)

New York, Alfred A. Knopf, 1980. First Edition. Hardcover. Size: 4to 11" - 13" tall. Massively heavy, oversized volume, a big bruiser, a would-be great doorstopper were it not the then definitive guide in encyclopedic form to North American Birds. Bound simply in oatmeal clot...

Audubon Society Encyclopedia of North American Birds

Terres, John K. · 1980

$20.80 (€18.87 | £15.74 | ¥3,321)

New York, Alfred A. Knopf, 1980. First Edition. Hardcover. Size: 4to 11" - 13" tall. Massively heavy, oversized volume, a big bruiser, a would-be great doorstopper were it not the then definitive guide in encyclopedic form to North American Birds. Bound simply in oatmeal clot...

Selected American Game Birds, with Sam Lehman

Hagerbaumer, David, with Sam Lehman · 1972

$14.40 (€13.07 | £10.90 | ¥2,299)

Caldwell, Idaho, Caxton Printers, Ltd., 1972. First Edition. Hardcover. Size: Oblong 8vo 8" to 9" tall. A handsome, attractive book on the waterfowl and game birds of North America, and complete with useful information for the artist as for the hunter about each species. Comp...

Selected American Game Birds, with Sam Lehman

Hagerbaumer, David · 1972

$11.20 (€10.16 | £8.48 | ¥1,788)

Caldwell, Idaho, Caxton Printers, Ltd., 1972. First Edition. Hardcover. Size: Oblong 8vo 8" to 9" tall. These original paintings and calligraphy were executed solely for this book and were not to be reproduced elsewhere. A perfectly serviceable reference copy; nothing fancy, ...

A Field Guide to the Birds of West Africa; a Field Guide to the Birds of East Africa

Serle, W., G.J. Morel and W. Hartwig; J.G. WIlliams and N. Arlott · 1977

$16.00 (€14.52 | £12.11 | ¥2,555)

St. James Place, London, Collins, . . Hardcover. Size: 12mo 7" - 7. Two perfectly serviceable reference copies; nothing fancy, but complete and sturdy. The West Africa volume was published in 1977 as a stated First Edition. It is an attractive, tightly bound hardcover but for...

The Ducks, Geese and Swans of North America: A Vade Mecum for the Naturalist and the Sportsman

Kortright, Francis H. · 1957

$10.40 (€9.44 | £7.87 | ¥1,661)

Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, Stackpole Publishing Company, in association with the Wildlife Management Institute, 1957. Eighth Printing. Hardcover. Size: 8vo 8" - 9" tall. Stated Eighth Printing, 1957, of this popular and influential work of ornithology, first published in 1942,...

A Field Guide to the Birds of Australia

Pizzey, Graham · 1980

$12.00 (€10.89 | £9.08 | ¥1,916)

Princeton, New Jersey, Princeton University Press, 1980. First Edition. Hardcover. Size: 8vo 8" - 9" tall. Gift inscription at title page, previous owner's embossed owl sticker and ink-stamp prior, else, a clean, bright, tightly bound octavo hardcover copy. Green cloth, gilt ...

Why Birds Sing: One Man's Quest to Solve an Everyday Mystery

Rothenberg, David · 2005

$9.60 (€8.71 | £7.27 | ¥1,533)

London, Allen Lane, an imprint of Penguin Books, 2005. First English Edition. Hardcover. Size: 8vo 8" - 9" tall. Fine-looking, structurally sound hardcover, little discernible wear, bright interior, unmarked but for previous owner's ink-stamp at first free endpaper. Burgundy ...

Gulls: A Guide to Identification

Grant, P.J. · 1989

$18.40 (€16.69 | £13.93 | ¥2,938)

Calton, T & A.D. Poyser, 1989. Reprint of the Second Edition. Hardcover. Size: 8vo 8" - 9" tall. Stated reprint of the Second Edition of this fabulously influential work, an extensively revised work and augmented with coverage of another eight gull species on the west coasts ...

Population Ecology of the Cooperatively Breeding Acorn Woodpecker

Koenig, Walter D.; Mumme, Ronald L. · 1987

$10.40 (€9.44 | £7.87 | ¥1,661)

Princeton, New Jersey, Princeton University Press, 1987. First Edition. Softcover. Size: 8vo 8" - 9" tall. Volume 24 in the Monographs in Population Biology series. Sturdy, still tightly bound softcover copy, minor green stain to fore-edge, small, little wear of covers and te...