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Buller's Birds of New Zealand: A New Edition of Sir Walter Lawry Buller's A History of the Birds of New Zealand--Reproducing in Six-Colour Offset the 48 Stone-Plate Lithographs by J. G. Keulemans--From the 2nd Edition, 1888
Christchurch: Whitcoulls Publishers, 1967. 261 pages. Many tipped-in color plates. ISBN: 9780723300229.
1982 printing. A fine copy in a fine dust jacket. Near fine slipcase. A large, heavy book.
Book ID: 93580More details Price: $100.00 -
Purple Gallinule [No. 61, pl. 303]
First Edition
Philadelphia: John T. Bowen, 1840-1845. 10 by 6-1/2 inches. Original hand-colored lithograph from the first printing of the Royal Octavo edition of Audubon's Birds of America. ISBN: 281AIB1039561.
First edition (first printing). Minor creasing along bottom edge, not affecting the image. Else near fine. A bright, unfaded example.
Book ID: 200735More details Price: $75.00 -
The Petrels: Their Ecology and Breeding Systems
First Edition
London: Academic Press, 1990. 440 pages. ISBN: 9780127354200.
First edition (first printing). Near fine copy in illustrated covers. No dust jacket as issued.
Book ID: 238465More details Price: $65.00 -
The Atlantic Alcidae: The Evolution, Distribution and Biology of the Auks Inhabiting the Atlantic Ocean and Adjacent Water Areas
First Edition
London: Academic Press, 1985. 574 pages. ISBN: 9780125156707.
First edition (first printing). A very good copy in gray cloth with bright silver lettering on front cover and spine. Slight foxing to page edges. No dust jacket.
Book ID: 238461More details Price: $60.00 -
Birds in the Wilderness: Adventures of an Ornithologist
First Edition
New York: The Macmillan Company, 1936. 200 pages. A narrative of the author's experiences with birds in their natural habitats. "Illustrated by the author, with pencil drawings and field-sketches in color made from living or freshly killed birds" -- from the title page. ISBN: B00085ICR0.
First edition (first printing). Some edgewear and offsetting to endpapers from the jacket, thus a very good copy in a dust jacket that is a bit chipped and snagged at the edges, and with a small hole in the spine not affecting text. The front jacket flaps are clipped as was the publisher's usual practice at the time, but $3.50 price intact on lower flap edge.
Book ID: 187915More details Price: $60.00 -
Blackburnian Wood Warbler [No. 18, pl. 87]
First Edition
Philadelphia: John T. Bowen, 1840-1845. 6-1/2 by 10 inches. Original hand-colored lithograph from the first printing of the Royal Octavo edition of Audubon's Birds of America. ISBN: 281AIB1039563.
First edition (first printing). Paper slightly discolored, as usual, else a fine, bright example.
Book ID: 200737More details Price: $60.00 -
Bewicks Wren [No. 24, pl. 118]
First Edition
Philadelphia: John T. Bowen, 1840-1845. 6-1/2 by 10 inches. Original hand-colored lithograph from the first printing of the Royal Octavo edition of Audubon's Birds of America. ISBN: 281AIB1039565.
First edition (first printing). Paper slightly browned, as is often the case. Else a fine, bright copy.
Book ID: 200739More details Price: $50.00 -
Rock Wren [No. 24, Pl. 116]
First Edition
Philadelphia: John T. Bowen, 1840-1845. 6-1/2 by 10 inches. Original hand-colored lithograph from the first printing of the Royal Octavo edition of Audubon's Birds of America. ISBN: 281AIB1039562.
First edition (first printing). Light foxing to paper, thus very good.
Book ID: 200736More details Price: $50.00 -
Shore Lark
First Edition
Philadelphia: John T. Bowen, 1840-1845. 6-1/2 by 10 inches. Original hand-colored lithograph from the first printing of the Royal Octavo edition of Audubon's Birds of America. ISBN: 281AIB1039564.
First edition (first printing). A fine, bright example.
Book ID: 200738More details Price: $50.00 -
British & American Game Birds/With a Chapter on Shooting in America by Eugene V. Connett
The Derrydale Press, 1993. ISBN: B009KMXTGG.
Very Good
Book ID: 46387More details Price: $25.00 -
Birds of Central New Guinea: Results of the American Museum of Natural History Expeditions to New Guinea in 1950 and 1952
First Edition
New York: American Museum of Natural History, 1954. Bulletin of American Museum of NaturaL History Vol. 103, Article 4, pp. 317-373 with plates 13-34, tables 1-8. One plate in color. ISBN: B08744TN5D.
First edition (first printing). A near fine copy in blue wrappers (paperback).
Book ID: 264504More details Price: $20.00 -
The Genius of Birds
Penguin Books, 2017. ISBN: 9780399563126.
NEW
Book ID: 256221More details Price: $18.00 -
Tundra Plovers: The Grey Plover and Eurasian, American and Pacific Golden Plovers (T & AD Poyser)
Academic Press, 1998. ISBN: 9780856611094.
Very Good
Book ID: 238442More details Price: $17.98 -
The Herons of the World
Harpercollins, 1978. ISBN: 9780060117597.
Very Good
Book ID: 237865More details Price: $15.00 -
Distribution and Taxonomy of Birds of the World
First Edition
New Haven: Yale University Press, (1990). 1111 pages. 8-3/4 by 11-1/4 inches. ISBN: 9780300049695.
First edition (first printing). Light bumps to corners else a fine copy in a dust jacket with scratches on the rear panel. A large, heavy book.
Book ID: 224529More details Price: $15.00 -
Seabirds of the Tropical Pacific Ocean: Preliminary Smithsonian Identification Manual
Washington, D. C: Smithsonian Institution, 1967. 126 pages. 7-3/4 by 10-1/4 inches. Printed from typescript. Illustrated in black-and-white. ISBN: B0007HQ91K.
A fine copy in illustrated white wrappers (paperback).
Book ID: 244732More details Price: $15.00 -
Hawks, Eagles and Falcons of North America: Biology and Natural History
Smithsonian Books, 1990. ISBN: 9780874746822.
Very Good
Book ID: 187341More details Price: $15.00 -
Secrets of the Nest
First Edition
Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1994. 198 pages. 8-1/4 by 8-1/4 inches. Some color illustrations. ISBN: 9780395620359.
First edition (first printing). Near fine in a near fine dust jacket. Inscribed by the author.
Book ID: 265068More details Price: $12.50 -
Eliot Porter: Moments of Discovery -- Adventures with American Birds
Random House Value Publishing, 1988. ISBN: 9780517665633.
Very Good
Book ID: 162195More details Price: $12.48 -
Birds of North America: A Personal Selection
Dutton Adult, 1972. ISBN: 9780525066989.
Very Good
Book ID: 162473More details Price: $12.48