Bahrt Sidney photographer; Jex Hope S. text; Peterson Roger Tory foreword; Bull John ornithologyABAA
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19741327766Garden City: Doubleday & Company 1974. First edition. Hardcover. Quarto; First edition; VG-/G; Hardcover with DJ; DJ spine blue with white print; DJ has one-inch closed tear to front top edge slight tears at spine ends and flap corners light smudging to rear; Boards quarter bound with grey cloth to spine and blue cloth to boards gold print slight wear to spine caps else clean and strong; Text block clean and tight; Inscribed in ink by the photographer on the half-title page; 160 pages frontispiece illustrated color. <br /> <br /> NOTE: Oversized books. Additional postage necessary for expedited/international orders. Economy International shipping unavailable due to size/weight restrictions. For international/expedited customers please inquire for rates. 1327766. FP New Rockville Stock. Doubleday & Company hardcover books
190829383Hollywood: The Condor 1908. First edition. Paperback. Good. Staple-bound magazines. Three consecutive issues from 1908 plus a bonus issue from 1903 will be included. All issues contain articles and black and white photographs on birds and birding. All in fair to good condition. The Condor paperback books
198423097Boston Toronto: Little Brown and Company 1984. 160 pages; with a useful index; illustrations in color throughout; predatory birds waterfowl sea & shore birds miscellaneous birds; ".careful measured drawings in color.exactly life size.upper surfaces including that of the fully-opened wing are shown; the under surface with wings in the same position; a side view with the wings closed and any other details such as a front view of the head accurate studies of legs and feet and drawings of single feathers." from the jacket information; "First American Edition" stated on copyright page; a large volume approx. 10 1/4" x 13 1/2" size; illustrated dustjacket over dark brown cloth-covered boards gilt spine titles; light edge wear to jacket; very clean and in very good condition. First American Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. Illus. by C.F. Tunnicliffe. Little, Brown and Company Hardcover books
198330191New York: Alfred Knopf 1983. First edition. Paperback. Near Fine. Three thick paperbound octavos. Sold as a set. All are stated first printings. All in near fine condition. 447 398 and 399 pages respectively. With hundreds of color photographs and texts by 61 key experts. Heavy set of books. Additional shipping costs may apply. Alfred Knopf paperback books
195227796London: Hutchinson 1952. First edition. Hardcover. Very Good/very good. Hardbound quarto in dustwrapper. 223 pp. With a foreword by The Marquess of Willingdon and an introduction by H. V. Morton. With numerous drawings and plates by the noted South African artist Michaelis. Book states First Published 1952. A handsome very good copy in lightly used price-intact dustwrapper. A somewhat large and heavy volume. Hutchinson hardcover books
1913Z1527Boston:: Privately Printed 1913. 1913. First printing. 8vo. 186 addenda 1 pp. Early half dark blue morocco with marbled paper sides gilt-stamped spine title with raised bands t.e.g.; outer front spine hinge badly gnawed still tightly bound. Good. Privately Printed, 1913. hardcover books
191731157Chicago: The Lakeside Press 1917. First edition. Hardcover. Very Good. Folio-sized hardbound volume. 180 pp. Illustrated by 145 drawings in the text and sixty-one colored paintings prepared for this work by Arthur W. Head. Covers are dust soiled. Internally tight and clean. With a "Compliments of the Author" sticker afixed to the front endpaper. Hand written to one Dr. W. H. Fox. The Lakeside Press hardcover books
1960320061960. ORNITHOLOGY. HUMMINGBIRDS. By Crawford H. Greenewalt. Garden City NY: Doubleday for the American Museum of Natural History 1960. Large 4to with 70 tipped-in high-speed color photographs taken by the author; also drawings in text; grey cloth. A fine copy in slightly worn dust jacket. Wonderful photographs. unknown books
197824369Denmark: Dansk Ornithologisk Forening 1978. Group includes: Breeding Birds at an Industrial Area by Bent Moller Sorensen 5 pages printed one side only and with 8 tipped-on color real-photo photographs of the then- Kuwait Petroleum refinery at Stigsnaes Denmark Kuwait eventually sold the refinery to the Danish energy Co. DONG; it is currently a storage facility only and no longer a refinery text in English; with Observationer Fra Stigsnaes 50 pages illustrated with maps & charts bird activities observations; and the group with Stigsnaes 1979 - 80; 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 19686 representing Stigsnaes reports 2 through 8; and Stigsnaes flora pa Stigsnaes report Nr. 9. Laid-in is a hand-lettered note from Bent Sorensen to Dr. Berthel Bruun 1937 - 2011 Danish-American naturalist international conservationist and neurologist author of several birding guides. Danish text throughout excepting the first item here. Also laid-in are a pamphlet regarding the Stigsnaes birding station with two paper backing sheets having nine color photographs tipped-on of the site's mobile trailer & informational charts and more of the station. With an appendix of 1982 Ederfuglen by B.M. Sorensen & Jan Woollhead. The 1986 Stigsnaes has laid-in a 10 page stapled copy of Ynglende rovfugle i Sydvestsjaelland 1986 by B.M. Sorensen & Soren K. Pedersen; the reports are all illustrated in black and white with charts line-drawn bird illustrations observation lists & more; the group either stapled or plastic spiral-bound; all approx. 8 1/4" x 11 3/4" size except for the last report on the flora 5 3/4" x 8 1/4" approx.; some light wear and soiling to the covers; in very good condition. First Edition. Soft Cover. Very Good. Dansk Ornithologisk Forening Paperback books
192321520New York: American Museum of Natural History 1923. Hardcover. Very good. Three offprints in original wrappers bound together in blue cloth boards with typed label "Proposed New Birds from South America" on the front. Minor soiling to one front wrapper The first article comes from the Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History May 20 1916 and is titled "Some apparently undescribed Birds from the Collection of the Roosevelt South American Expedition." The other two both from American Museum Novitates Nos. 27 and 58 are "Descriptions of Proposed New Birds from Brazil Paraguary and Argentina" 1921 and "Descriptions of Proposed New Birds from Brazil and Paraguay" 1923. All three have the ink stamp of zoologist Tracy I. Storer on the front cover. Cherrie 1865-1948 was an American naturalist and explorer who at various points in his career worked at the Field Museum the British Museum the Brooklyn Museum and the American Museum of Natural History. He claimed to have gathered over 125000 specimens on 40 expeditions mostly in South America. The three articles gathered here record the characteristics of birds he collected on and immediately following the Roosevelt South American Expedition of 1913-14. The ornithological collections from the expedition included more than 400 species and subspecies some of which were previously unknown to ornithologists. American Museum of Natural History hardcover books
196223026Kobenhavn: Branner Og Korch 1962. 'Danmarks Fugle' with 692 pages consecutively paginated bound in the original 16 parts each in its own illustrated wrapper with cumulative index at back of last volume; color plates black and white drawings distribution maps more; Danish text throughout; approx. 8" x 11 1/2" size bound in blue paper illustrated wraps side sewn; with 'Danske Fuglestemmer' 15 45 rpm records two-sided with recordings of various bird-songs of Denmark; each in its own illustrated stiff-paper sleeve with text on back describing each song and keyed to the text via a numbering system complete; the records all in very good visible condition some sleeves unopened records have not been played by us; some edge tips wear and rubbing to covers of texts and records; overall very clean and all in very good condition; previous owner had kept these in a slipcase titled accordingly and also included. First Edition. Soft Cover. Very Good. Branner Og Korch Paperback books
