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London & Harleston: Bartlett & Co.,; R.R. Cann, 1888. Frontispiece, octavo, pp 157, very clean and tight internally, brown cloth, the lower corners very slightly bruised, the cloth foredge with a tiny bump, but otherwise a very good copy.. First Edition. Cloth. Very Good.

London & New York: Academic Press, 1980. Octavo, pp xii, 428, a very good copy, blue cloth very slightly rubbed. Dr Peter Moore's copy, with his small stamp on the front endpaper. [Effects of Moden Agriculture on Partridges; Aerial Heavy Metal Pollution and Terrestrial Ecosystems; Theories Dealing with the Ecology of Landbirds on Islands; Industrial Melanism and the Urban Environment; Studies on Grassland Leafhoppers and their Natural Enemies.]. First Edition. Cloth. Very Good.

1988. Very well illustrated, large quarto, pp 190, very clean internally, grey cloth in very good condition, the dustwrapper is just very slightly worn. [Russian text with just one page of English summary. The Aksu-Dzhabagly is the oldest nature reserve of Central Asia and Kazakhstan, in the Western Tien-Shan mountains. Most images have birds, plants and mamals identified with Latin names.]. First Edition. Cloth. Very Good/Very Slightly Worn.

New York and London: Watson-Guptill Publications & Phaidon Press, 1975. Well illustrated, large tall quarto, pp 224, fore-edge slightly thumbed, a good copy in a rather frayed and lightly torn dustwrapper.. First Edition. Cloth. Good/Rather worn and frayed.

Lugduni Batavorum: Westenium, 1769. Latin text throughout. Title page, dedication leaf, pp 506, (ii), with seven engraved folding plates and one folding table, (slight damage to the margin of the ornithological plate), a little age-toning generally, endpapers unevenly browned, but otherwise very clean internally, bound in full contemporary polished calf, slight wear at the corners, joints cracking slightly, lacking a small piece at the head of the spine. [The students whose names appear on the dissertations were not necessarily their authors; it was their function to present the dissertation and defend it in public debate, but the responsibility for the content of the dissertation was largely that of the professor, in this case Linnaeus. The fact that Linnaeus cited the Amoenitates as the place of publication for plant names he credited to himself indicates that he was generally the principal author of the work. At the end of this volume is a list of "Editiones operum auctoris", including… Read More

The Hong Kong Bird Watching Society, 1975. Third revised edition. Small 8vo, pp 82, map to rear endpapers, paperback, very slight signs of use, otherwise a very good copy. [From the library of the naturalist and conservationist Richard Fitter, with his stamp on the front endpaper.]. Paperback. Very Good.

London: The Trustees of the British Museum, 1967. Large quarto, pp xii, 68 + 15 plates, an exceedinly good copy in very good dustwrapper which is now protected in a removable cover. [The original price on the dustwrapper is neatly crossed out, and there are the remains of a small circular price sticker on the front endpaper.]. Cloth. Very Good/Very Good.

London: Country Life, 1978. Very well illustrated, small folio, pp 224, brown cloth, an absolutely fine copy in the original slipcase which is virtually as new. A beautiful book. [Very heavy - extra postage may be needed]. First Edition. Cloth in slipcase. As New.

London, Markham & New York: Allen Lane & Madison Press, 1981. Very well illustrated, large horizontal quarto, pp 178, very clean internally, blue embossed cloth in very good condition, the dustwrapper has the slightest signs of use and is very slightly faded on the spine. A heavy book - extra postage may be needed.. First Edition. Cloth. Very Good/Very Slightly Worn. Illus. by Robert Bateman.

T.F.H. Publications, 1992. Well illustrated with colour plates by Anne Hopkinson, and colour photographs of mainyenance and care, very large quarto, pp 144, very clean internally, pictorial boards, a little worn and marked, with some wear to the top left corner of the upper cover near the spine and the bottom left corner very slightly bruised. [A large and heavy book - extra postage will apply.]. First Edition. Boards. Good. Illus. by Anne Hopkinson.

Sao Paulo: Dalgas-Ecotec Ecologia Tecnica e Comercio Ktda, 1981. Well illustrated, large octavo, pp 353, slight foxing of the endpapers, faux leather very slightly marked, otherwise a very good. copy in very slightly used dustwrapper. [Portuguese text] . [From the library of the naturalist and conservationist Richard Fitter, with his stamp on the front endpaper, and a presentation inscription signed by the author on the half-title..]. Signed by Author. Faux-leather. Very Good/Very Slightly Worn.

Brazil: I.C.I., 1986. Illustrated with full page plates from watercolours, quarto, pp (6), 86, a short inscription on the first blank page, otherwise clean internally, green cloth in good condition, the dustwrapper is just very slightly used and age-toned. Text in English and Portuguese. Apparently a limited edition - this copy is numbered 658 on the rear endpaper.[Mantiqueira Mountains of southeastern Brazil. Text in English and Portuguese.]. First American Edition.. Cloth. Very Good/Very Slightly Worn.

Washington: Smithsonian Institution Press, 1999. Illustrated, quarto, pp viii, 344, vey clean internally, paperback, the coves with very slight signs of use.. First Edition. Paperback. Very Good.

Washington: Smithsonian Institution Press, 1970. Small quarto, pp viii, 119, endpapers foxed, cloth slightly browned marked and worn.. First Edition. Cloth. Good.

Switzerland, 1870. A rare early Swiss ornithological bibliography. Large slender octavo, 30 pages (paginated 91 - 119), a little used, age-toned and creased throughout, corners turned, green paper covers rather worn, an unknown contemporary name on the upper cover. RARE. Originally published in Bulletin de la Société Ornithologique Suisse (ii. pp. 90-119). [The Oates/Selborne copy with labels inside the front cover, and the discrete circular Oates stamp on the first and last page. The library was formed by Robert Washington Oates. This book was originally presented to the Newton Library in the Department of Zoology, University of Cambridge. It was later transferred in 1955 to the Gilbert White Museum at Selborne, from which it was sold in the early 1990's.]. First Edition thus. Paperback. Fair.

London: The Trustees of the British Museum, 1941. Quarto, pp (30), paperback, a very good copy indeed, almost as new.. First Edition. Paperback. Very Good.

Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1987. Illustrated with maps, charts and a few line drawings, large octavo, pp x, 214, clean internally, blue cloth in good condition. [With extensive sections and contributions on neotropical plants, butterflies and birds.]. {The once accepted theory that the Amazonian forests have remained stable for millions of years can no longer be held in the light of contemporary information. This is a critical appraisal of the available evidence on the history of Amazonia during the last 1.8 million years, reviewing the geology, geomorphology, palaeoclimatology, pedology, botany and zoology. There is special emphasis on neotropical birds, butterflies and plants. Much new material is introduced, along with background information and alternative hypotheses from other sources. The significance of the biogeographical studies for human activities is also discussed.}. First British edition. Cloth. Good.

Washington: Programa Regional de los Cientifico y Tecnologia, 1980. Second edition, illustrated, pp vi, 122, lower corner slightly bumped, otherwise clean internally, paperback, covers a little faded,. Second edition. Paperback. Very Good.

The Hague: Dr. W. Junk, 1968. [Chapters in several languages, but primarily English.]. Two volumes, illustrated, octavo, pp xvi, 946, an owner's neat signature on each front endpaper, otherwise extremely clean internally, brown cloth, the front cover of the second slightly bleached, otherwise both volumes with just slight signs of use. . First Edition. Cloth. Good.

Lansing: Michigan Geological and Biological Survey, 1911. Illustrated, pp 347, one folding map, the first few pages worn and chipped at the lower margin and corner, otherwise fairly clean and tight internally, cloth-backed paper covers, very worn fragile and browned, lacking many pieces, lower cover with horizontal tear. SCARCE. [Flora, mollusca, thysanoptera and orthoptera, mallophaga, fish, birds, mammals, amphibians and reptiles.]. First Edition. Cloth-backed paperback. Fair.