2239 - 2389 ORNITHOLOGY
= 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.).
- First 2 vols. trifle wormholed. = Complete set.
- Spines sl. rubbed/ sunned. Fine set.
- Fine copy.
= 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.
- 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.).
= 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.
- 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.
- 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.).
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.).