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2239 - 2389     ORNITHOLOGY

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71/2239 Adamian, M.S. and Klem Jr., D. Handbook of the Birds of Armenia. Oakland/ Yerevan, The American University of Armenia, 1999, (6),649p., fold. col. map (loosely inserted), orig. dec. cl., 4to. - AND 5 others, i.a. IIDEM, A Field Guide to Birds of Armenia (ibid., n.d., col. ills., orig. boards); A. WASSINK and G.J. OREEL, The Birds of Kazakhstan (De Cocksdorp, 2007, col. ills., orig. boards) and N. SHELTON, Where to watch birds on Azerbaijan (Baku, 2001, col. plates, ills., orig. boards).
€ (60-80) 100
71/2240 Ali, S. and Ripley, S.D. Handbook of the Birds of India and Pakistan together with those of Bangladesh, Nepal, Bhutan and Sri Lanka. Delhi etc., O.U.P., 1978-1999, 2nd ed., 10 vols., col. plates, ills., orig. unif. cl. w. dustwr., 4to.
€ (40-60) 50
71/2241 Anderson, A. Prodigious Birds. Moas and moa-hunting in prehistoric New-Zealand. Cambridge etc., Cambridge University Press, 1989, XVIII,238p., ills., orig. boards w. dustwr., 4to. Early Tasmanian Ornithology. The Correspondence of Ronald Campbell Gunn and James Grant 1836-1838. Ed. W.E. Davis. Ibid., Nuttall Ornithological Club, 2009, XI,(1),236p., ills., orig. gilt cl.

= Memoirs of the Nuttall Ornithological Club, no.16.

Contributions to the History of Australasian Ornithology. Ed. W.E. Davis a.o. Ibid., idem, 2008-2012, 2 vols., VII,(1),481; XII,532p., orig. unif. gilt cl. - AND 8 others on Australian or New Zealand birds, i.a. J. GOULD, Handbook to the birds of Australia (Melbourne, 1972, facs. reprint, orig. gilt buckram) and L. ROBIN, The Flight of the Emu. A Hundred Years of Australian Ornithology 1901-2001 (ibid., 24 (col. plates), ill., orig. cl. w. dustwr.).

€ (70-90) 70
71 2242 Archer G F and Godman E M 71 2242 Archer G F and Godman E M
71 2242 Archer G F and Godman E M 71 2242 Archer G F and Godman E M
71/2242 Archer, G.F. and Godman, E.M. The Birds of British Somaliland and the Gulf of Aden. Their Life Histories, Breeding Habits and Eggs. Edinburgh/ London, Oliver and Boyd, 1937-1961, 1st eds., 4 vols., frontisp., 4 fold. (col.) maps, 34 col. plates by A. THORBURN and H. GRÖNVOLD, 20 photogr. plates, ills., orig. unif. gilt cl., 4to.

- First 2 vols. trifle wormholed. = Complete set.

€ (100-150)
71/2243 Arn-Willi, H. Biologische Studien am Alpensegler. Solothurn, Vogt-Schild AG, 1960, 204p., fold. plan, 56 ills., orig. dec. cl. w. dustwr. Vietinghoff-Riesch, A.F. von. Die Rauchschwalbe. Berlin, Duncker & Humbolt, 1955, XVI,301,(3)p., 23 ills., orig. cl. w. dustwr. Nethersole-Thompson, D. The Snow Bunting. Edinburgh/ London, Oliver & Boyd, 1966, XII,316p., 14 plates, orig. cl. w. (sl. frayed) dustwr. Nice, M.M. Studies in the life history of song sparrows. New York, The Linnaean Society, 1937/ 1943, 2 parts in 1 vol., (4),VI,247; (4),VIII,39p., 3 (1x col.) plates, ills., later cl., orig. wr. pres. - AND 4 others on i.a. swifts and buntings.
€ (50-70) 50
71/2244 Baker, J.A. The Peregrine. New York and Evanston, Harper & Row, 1967, 1st American ed., 191p., orig. cl. w. dustwr. Nieuwenhuyse, D. van a.o. The Little Owl. Conservation, Ecology and Behaviour of Athene Noctua. Melbourne, Cambr. Univ. Press, 2008, XX,574p., 39 col. plates, ills., orig. boards, large 8vo. Upton, R. A Bird in the Hand. Celebrated falconers of the past. London, Debrett's Peerage Limited, 1980, 160p., ills., orig. cl. w. dustwr., 4to. - AND 7 others on birds of prey, i.a. M.H. WOODFORD, A Manual of Falconry (London, 1961, 2nd ed., ills., orig. cl. w. dustwr.) and G.R. AUSTING and J.B. HOLT, The World of the Great Horned Owl (Philadelphia and New York, 1966, ills., orig. cl. w. dustwr., 4to).
€ (70-90) 70
71/2245 Bannerman, D.A. The birds of the British isles. Edinb./ London, Oliver and Boyd, 1953-1963, 12 vols., 386 col. plates after drawings by G.E. LODGE, orig. unif. giltlettered cl., 4to.

- Spines sl. rubbed/ sunned. Fine set.

€ (200-300)
71/2246 Bannerman, D.A. The Birds of West and Equatorial Africa. Introd. A. Burns. Edinb./ London, Oliver and Boyd, 1953, 2 vols., 795,(1); VIII,797-1526p., 54 (col.) plates, 433 ills., orig. unif. giltlettered cl.

- Fine copy.

€ (70-90)
71/2247 Bannerman, D.A. and W.M. Birds of the Atlantic Islands. Edinb./ London, Oliver and Boyd, 1963-1968, 4 vols., 15 maps and 47 col. plates by D.M. REID-HENRY a.o., monochr. plates, ills., orig. unif. giltlettered cl. w. dustwr., 4to.

= I. A History of the Birds of the Canary Islands and of the Salvages; II. Madeira, the Desertas and the Porto Santo Island; III. The Azores; IV. The Atlantic Islands.

€ (120-150)
71/2248 Bannerman, D.A. and Vella-Gaffiero, J.A. Birds of the Maltese Archipelago. Introd. D. Mintoff. Ed. F.S. Mallia. Valetta, Museums Department, 1976, XIX,(3),550p., fold. map, 22 col. plates C.E. TALBOT KELLY, orig. cl. Bannerman, D.A. and W.M. Birds of Cyprus. Edinburgh/ London, Oliver and Boyd, 1958, LXIX,384p., fold. col. map, col. plates, num. ills., orig. cl. w. dustwr., 4to. - AND 5 others, i.a. IIDEM, The Birds of the Balearics (London, 1983, ills., orig. cl. w. dustwr., 4to).
€ (50-70) 50
71/2249 Baxter, E.V. and Rintoul, L.J. The Birds of Scotland. Their History, Distribution and Migration. Edinb./ London, Oliver and Boyd, 1953, 2 vols., LIII,(1),352; 353-763p., 2 col. frontisp., num. monochr. plates, fold. col. map, orig. unif. cl. w. dustwr.

- Dustwr. sl. foxed, otherwise fine.

Booth, C., Cuthbert, M. and Reynolds, P. The Birds of Orkney. Stromness, The Orkney Press, 1984, XXIV,272,(3)p., (col.) plates and ills., orig. boards w. dustwr. (fine). Selous, E. The Bird Watcher in the Shetlands (...). London/ New York, J.M. Dent & Co./ E.P. Dutton & Co., 1905, X,(2),388p., 10 plates, orig. gilt cl., t.e.g. (owner's entry on first free endpaper). Sharrock, J.T.R. (ed.). The Natural History of Cape Clear Island. Berkhamstead, T. & A.D. Poyser, 1973, 1st ed., 207p., ills., orig. cl. w. dustwr.

- Dustwr. trifle creased at foot of spine.

AND 4 others, i.a. E. SELOUS, Bird Watching (London, 1901, plates/ ills., orig. gilt cl., t.e.g. Haddon Hall series) and M. PENNINGTON a.o., The Birds of Shetland (London, 2004, num. col. plates and ills., orig. boards w. dustwr.).

€ (70-90)
71/2250 [Bibliography]. Anker, J. Bird books and bird art. New York, Arno Press, 1974, (6),XVIII,251,(4)p., ills., orig. giltlettered cl.

= Reprint of the original edition of 1938.

Zimmer, J.T. Catalogue of the Edward E. Ayer Ornithological Library. Ibid., idem, 1974, 2 parts in 1 vol., X,364, (2),365-706p., portrait, ills., orig. cl.

= Facs. reprint of the ed. Chicago, 1926. Field Museum of Natural History 239. Zoological Series XVI.

Whittell, H.M. The Literature of Australian Birds: A History and A Bibliography of Australian Ornithology. Mansfield, idem, n.d. (±1993), 2 parts in 1 vol., XI,(1),116; 788p., 32 ills. on plates, orig. cl.

= Limited facs. reprint of 100 copies of the ed. Perth, 1954.

AND 2 other reprints of ornithological bibliographies.

€ (80-100) 80
71/2251 Birds of America. Ed. T. Gilbert Pearson a.o. New York, Garden City Books, 1936, 3 parts in 1 vol., (2),272; (2),271; (2),289p., 106 col. plates by L.A. FUERTES, orig. gilt and dec. cl. w. dustwr. (dustwr. torn), 4to. Stout, G.D. and Matthiessen, P. The Shorebirds of North America. Ibid., Viking, 1967, 270p., 32 col. plates and monochr. ills. by R.V. CLEM, orig. cl. w. dustwr., folio. Howe Forbusch, E. A Natural History of American Birds of Eastern and Central North America. Ibid., Bramwell House, 1955, new revised ed., XXV,(3),553,(1)p., 96 col. plates by L.A. FUERTES, orig. cl., folio. - AND 7 others on American birds, i.a. I.N. GABRIELSON, The Birds of Alaska (Washington, 1959, col. plates, orig. cl.) and F.H. KORTRIGHT, The Ducks, Geese and Swans of North America (ibid., 1962, 10th printing, col. plates, orig. giltlettered cl.).
€ (50-70)
71 2252 Bree C R 71 2252 Bree C R
71 2252 Bree C R 71 2252 Bree C R
71 2252 Bree C R 71 2252 Bree C R
71/2252 Bree, C.R. A History of the Birds of Europe, Not Observed in the British Isles. London, Groombridge and Sons, 1866-1867, 4 vols., 238 handcol. woodengr. plates, orig. unif. gilt and blindst. cl.

- A few plates sl. creased; sporadically sl. foxed. All vols. new endpapers and backstrip replaced by matching gilt cl. backstrip; corners sl. worn. Fine set.

= Nissen, IVB 136. SEE ILLUSTRATION PLATE XCIX.

€ (400-600)
71/2253 Brown, L. and Amadon, D. Eagles, Hawks and Falcons of the World. London etc., Country Life Books, 1968, 1st ed., 2 vols. w. continuous pagination, 945p., richly illustrated, orig. unif. cl., slipcase, 4to (fine). - AND 4 others on birds of prey, i.a. E. FORD, Gyrfalcon (London, 1999, profusely illustrated, orig. boards w. dustwr., obl. folio).
€ (70-90)
71/2254 Brown, L.H., Urban, E.K. and Newman, K. Birds of Africa. Vol. I-VII. London etc., Academic Press, 1982-2004, 7 vols., col. plates, num. ills., orig. unif. cl. w. dustwr., folio.
€ (200-300) 275
71 2255 Chapman F M 71 2255 Chapman F M
71/2255 Chapman, F.M. Camps and Cruises of an Ornithologist. London, Hodder & Stoughton, 1908, 1st ed., XVI,432p., col. photogr. frontisp., num. photogr. ills., orig. giltlettered and col. dec. cl.

- Both covers stained; trifle frayed.

Idem. Color Key to North American Birds. New York, D. Appleton & Company, 1912, X,356p., num. col. woodengr. ills., orig. giltlettered and col. dec. cl. - AND 3 others by the same, i.a. Autobiography of a Bird-Lover (New York/ London, 1933, num. photogr. ills., orig. giltlettered cl. w. (sl. dam.) dustwr.).

€ (60-80)
71/2256 Cheng, Tso-Hsin. (Distributional list of Chinese Birds). (Peking, Science Press, 1976), 1st ed., (4),XVII,(1),1218p., num. maps, orig. clothbacked boards.

- Corners bumped. = Chinese and English text.

Rensch, B. Eine biologische Reise nach Kleinen Sunda-Inseln. Berlin, Gebrüder Borntraeger, 1930, 1st ed., XII,236,(4)p., 58 ills., orig. giltlettered cl. Ripley, S.D. A Synopsis of the Birds of India and Pakistan together with those of Nepal, Sikkim, Bhutan and Ceylon. Bombay, Bombay Natural History Society, 1961, XXXVI,702,(1)p., map, orig. cl. - AND 11 others on Asian birds, incl. (sm.) publications by i.a. G.F. MEES and W.M. DOCTERS VAN LEEUWEN.

€ (50-70) 50
71/2257 Coates, B.J. The Birds of Papua New Guinea. Including the Bismarck Archipelago and Bougainville. Alderley, Dove Publications, 1985-1990, 2 vols., 464; 576p., 1049 (full-p.) col. ills., textills., orig. unif. rexine w. dustwr., 4to.

- Both vols. dustwr. sl. torn at spine-ends.

Beehler, B.M., Pratt, T.K. and Zimmerman, D.A. Birds of New Guinea. Princeton, Princeton University Press, 1986, XIII,(3),293,(2)p., 55 (col.) plates, 21 maps, ills., orig. wr.

= Standard reference work.

AND 3 others on New Guinea birds.

€ (100-150) 140
71 2258 Coates B J and Bishop K D 71 2258 Coates B J and Bishop K D
71/2258 Coates, B.J. and Bishop, K.D. A Guide to the Birds of Wallacea. Sulawesi, The Moluccas and Lesser Sunda Islands, Indonesia. Alderley, Dove Publications, 1997, 535p., col. plates by D. GARDNER, orig. cl. w. dustwr.

- Spine dustwr. sl. sunned.

AND 1 other: C.M.N. WHITE and M.D. BRUCE, The Birds of Wallacea (Sulawesi, The Moluccas & Lesser Sunda Islands, Indonesia) (London, 1986, maps, orig. wr.).

€ (50-70) 60
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