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Errol Porter
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AINLEY, David G.; Edmund F. O'Connor, Robert J. Boekelheide; The Marine
Ecology of Birds in the Ross Sea, Antarctica. Washington, American
Ornithologist's Union, 1984, 8vo; x, 98 pp, 26 full-page, & 14 other maps, 22
tables & figures, 5 appendices, orig blue printed wrappers, fine
Ornithological Monograph No 32. The only one of the series so far to deal
with Antarctic Birds.
$40.00 bookID 1224
ALLEN, Arthur A.; Stalking Birds with Color Camera. Washington, National
Geographic Society, [1951], roy 8vo; viii, 328, [i] pp, numerous color illus,
orig two part cloth, slight edge rubbing, near fine
$15.00 bookID 269
ALLEN, Robert Porter; Birds of the Caribbean. New York, The Viking Press,
1961, 4to; 256 pp, numerous color illus and plates, text printed on colored
paper, ep maps, orig pict gt cloth, dj, fine
The former director of the National Audubon Society and award winning
photographer, Allen has produced a comprehensive and beautifully illustrated
work, with references to earlier ornithological expeditions.
$40.00 bookID 1226
ASHWORTH, William (text); Art Wolfe (photos & drwgs); Penguins, Puffins, and
Auks; Their Lives and Behavior. New York, Crown Publishers, [1993], 4to, xvi,
208 pp, numerous magnificent color plates and illus, orig cloth, dj, fine
$40.00 bookID 1668
AUDOBON, John James; The Birds of America. New York, Macmillan Company, 1962,
4to; xxvi, 435 color plates with descriptions at bottom, orig cloth, hinges
repaired, some rubbing, else very good clean copy
$15.00 bookID 1349
AUDUBON, J. J., John Gould, Alexander Wilson (illus); Ducks, a Selection
from the Magnificent Illustrations of; first published in the nineteenth
century. [London], Wordsworth Editions, [1991], folio; 92 pp, 38 fine color
plates from original sources published by the artists, orig cloth, dj (light
fraying at spine end), fine copy
The plates represent some of the finest waterfowl illustrations ever printed.
$25.00 bookID 1761
AUDUBON, John James; The Birds of America. New York, Macmillan Company, 1937,
4to; x, [ii], 500 color plates, xiii-xxvi pp, orig pict cloth, fine
$70.00 bookID 275
AUDUBON, John James; The Birds of America. New York, Macmillan Company, 1962,
4to; xxvi, 435 color plates with descriptions at bottom, orig cloth, hinges
repaired, some rubbing, else very good clean copy
$15.00 bookID 276
AUDUBON, John James; Introduction by M. B. Davidson; The Original Water-Color
Paintings by John James Audubon for the Birds of America. New York, American
Heritage Publishing Co, 1966, folio; 2 volumes, color frontis (port), 431
color plates, index, orig cloth, gt, orig slipcase, cloth label, with some
edgewear, else very fine
This is the first time the original paintings have been reproduced, earlier
books being reprints of the engravings which were taken from these paintings,
which are now with the New York Historical Society. Also has some useful
introductory material and appendix.
$180.00 bookID 1227
BAILEY, Harold H.; The Birds of Florida; A Popular and Scientific Account of
the 425 Species and Sub-species that are Now, and that have been Found within
the State and its Adjacent Waters with Special Reference to their Relation to
Agriculture. Baltimore, Williams & Wilkins Company, 1925, 4to; xxi, [i], 146
pp, 76 color plates after the paintings of G. M. Sutton, fldg amp, illus,
orig cloth, light edgewear, fine
Wood p 216. Illustrates over 480 species. A presentation copy signed by the
author.
$190.00 bookID 1228
BAIRD, S. F.; T. M. Brewer, R. Ridgway; The Water Birds of North America.
Boston, Little, Brown and Company, 1884, 4to; 2 volumes, xi, 537; [vi], 552
pp, profusely illustrated, orig gilt pictorial cloth, t. e. g., fine
Nissen 64, Wood p 218, Zimmer p 35
$550.00 bookID 1229
BEEBE, William; Pheasants; Their Lives and Homes. New York, Doubleday, Page &
Co, 1926, sm 4to, 2 volumes; xxviii, [1], 257, xv, [1], 309, 64 plates, many
in color, map, orig cloth, teg, spines rubbed, small embossed library stamps
on tp, cancels on reverse of tp but no other library stamps, good clean
copies
Beebe spent eight years developing this work, including extensive field work
in Asia and the East Indies. The New York Zoological Society, which oversaw
this study, considered it to be "by far the most important scientific
achievement as yet undertaken by the Society".
$150.00 bookID 279
BELL, Alan; Some Common Australian Birds. London, Melbourne, Wellington,
Oxford University Press, 1956, sm 8vo; xii, 210 pp, over 100 pages of color
illus, orig cloth, very good
$20.00 bookID 1231
BISHOP, Richard E., text and stories by Earl Prestrud and Russ Williams;
Bishop's Wild fowl. [St. Paul, Minnesota], Brown & Bigelow, [1948], 4to; 282
pp, color frontis, with 20 plates from drypoint, 6 plates from etchings, 3
plates from aquatint, 4 plates from etching and other, and 12 fine color
plates, all signed in the plate, orig pictorial handcrafted mission leather,
a. e. g., some light rubbing, mainly to corners and spine ends, else fine
attractive copy, with "limited edition" printed in gilt on spine
This first edition by the master bird artist was never available through book
stores. It reproduces a large collection of his fine etchings and paintings
in an elegant binding.
$180.00 bookID 1794
BLANCHAN, Neltje; Bird Neighbors; an Introductory Acquaintance with One
Hundred and Fifty Birds Commonly Found in the Gardens, Meadows, and Woods
About Our Homes. New York, Garden City Publishing, [1922], 8vo; x, 233,
[x]pp, illus incl numerous plates in color;, orig cloth, fine
$15.00 bookID 283
BLANCHAN, Neltje, with an introduction by G. O. Shields; Birds that Hunt and
are Hunted; Life Histories of One Hundred and Seventy Birds of Prey, Game
Birds and Water-Fowls. Garden City, New York, Doubleday, Page & Company,
1912, large 8vo [25 x 20 cm]; xiii, 359 pp, color frontis and 47 other color
plates, 16 half-tone plates, orig green cloth, spine faded and worn, cover
bit rubbed, leaf with light stain, light shelf wear, good+
$25.00 bookID 1851
BRASHER, Rex; Birds and Trees of North America with an Explanatory Text by
the Artist, Edited and Annotated by Lisa McGraw. New York, Rowman and
Littlefield, 1961, oblong folio; 2 volumes, 182 pp, few text illus, complete
with 848 color plates illustrating over 1000 bird species and over 380
species of trees, biographical sketch of artist, orig 1/4 cloth on paper
covered boards, gilt lettering on spine and cover, corners bumped and worn,
else a very good to fine set
This a reprint of the excessively scarce and expensive first edition of 1932,
published in an edition of 100 copies, with all of the plates of the
original. Anker's "Bird Books and Bird Art", describing the original
edition: "Brasher, who for a number of years has devoted himself to the task
of painting every species on North American bird from sketches executed
directly in the field under natural conditions. He has executed an extensive
series of paintings, good both from an artistic and a scientific point of
view, and has published them in life-size hand colored plates."
$275.00 bookID 1809
BURTON, Philip; illus by Trevor Boyer, Malcolm Ellis, David Thelwell; Birds
of Prey of the World. New York, Gallery Books, [1989], 4to; 208 pp, 286 color
illus, 286 distribution maps, appendix of each bird's size, bibliog, orig
cloth, dj, fine
Each of the 286 raptors are finely illustrated and each with a distribution
map, feeding and mating habits, annual migrations, etc. A comprehensive
survey.
$40.00 bookID 1676
CAVE, Colonel Francis O.; James D. Macdonald; Birds of the Sudan; their
Identification and Distribution. Edinburgh, London, Oliver and Boyd, 1955,
8vo; xxvii, 444 pp, 12 color plates with letterpress, each illustrating
several species, 2 maps incl one fldg, many illus and distributional maps in
text, orig cloth, spine lettering bit worn, front blank ep removed, else fine
clean copy
The best book on the subject.
$150.00 bookID 1236
CHALMERS, Patrick R.; Winifred Austen (illustrator); Birds Ashore and
A-foreshore. London, Collins, 1935, 4to; 180 pp, 16 fine color plates plus
text illus by Winifred Austen, orig cloth, spine bit faded, light wear on
rear cover, else fine
$200.00 bookID 1237
CHAPMAN, Frank M.; The Autobiography of a Bird-Lover. New York and London, D.
Appleton-Century Company, 1933, 8vo; xiii, 420 pp, frontis (port), numerous
illus & plates from photos, bibliog of author's work, orig cloth, fine
The author was one of the most influential ornithologists, having written
many books which have become standards. This book describes his interesting
career and travels, mostly in North and South America.
$40.00 bookID 1238
CHAPMAN, Frank M.; The Warblers of North America. New York, D. Appleton &
Company, 1914, roy 8vo; ix, 306pp, illus, 24 col plates, orig cloth, fine
Nissen 190
$40.00 bookID 295
DALGLIESH, Gordon; Familiar Indian Birds. London, West, Newman & Co, 1907, sm
8vo; viii, 69 pp, frontis, illus, orig cloth, light wear on ends of spine,
very good
Wood 308: "A popular little book with a pleasing account of common Indian
birds."
$20.00 bookID 1239
DE KAY, James E.; Zoology of New York; or the New-York Fauna, part II Birds.
Albany, Carroll and Cook, Printers to the Assembly, 1844, 4to; xii, 380 [i],
141 hand-colored lithographed plates, orig blind-stamped cloth, gilt
vignette, joints worn, 2 inch tear, hinges cracked, ow very clean, very good
Sabin 53784, Sitwell Birds p 90, Bennet p31 (noting "only 300 copies were
colored"). Issued as part of the Natural History of New York series, but
complete in itself. The fine hand-colored plates are from drawings by John
William Hill and are largely pairs of single species.
$950.00 bookID 311
DIXON, Charles; Jottings about Birds. London, Chapman and Hall, 1893, 12mo;
vii, 239 pp, fine color lithographed frontis after J. Smit, illus from
photos, orig cloth, edgewear, corners bit worn, partly unopened, very good
Freeman 1003, Zimmer p173, Wood p320. Covers many topics on birds including
a large chapter on the birds of Algeria.
$35.00 bookID 1241
DIXON, Charles; The Migration of British Birds, including their Post-Glacial
Emigrations as Traced by the Application of a New Law of Dispersal being a
Contribution to the Study of Migration, Geographical Distribution and Insular
Faunas. London, Chapman and Hall, 1895, 8vo; xvi, 320 pp, 6 fldg color maps,
charts, orig pict cloth, light soiling on spine, some pencil notes, very good
Wood p321, Irwin p236. The author was important English ornithologist who
investigated migration of birds from Britain to Africa and Europe
$60.00 bookID 1242
DUNNING, John S.; Portraits of Tropical Birds. Winnewood, Penn, Livingston
Publishing Company, 1970, 4to; xx, 153pp, illus, 72 color plates from photos,
orig cloth, dj with short tear, fine
$30.00 bookID 318
ETCHECOPAR, R. D.; Francois Hue; The Birds of North Africa from the Canary
Islands to the Red Sea. Edinburgh & London, Oliver & Boyd, 1967, thick 8vo;
xx, 612 pp, 25 plates, all but 2 in color, all with explanatory page, maps,
numerous illus and distributional maps in text, orig cloth, dj (sl worn),
fine
$90.00 bookID 1243
FENNESSY, Rena (illus); Leslie Brown (text); Birds of the African Bush.
London, Collins, 1971, folio, [xiv], [108p], illus, 24 fine color plates from
paintings, orig sim leather in dj (worn), ow clean, fine condition
Very attractive color plates
$125.00 bookID 323
FITTER, R. S. R.; illus by R. A. Richardson, forward by Peter Scott; The
Pocket Guide to British Birds. London, Collins, 1952, 12mo [20 x 13 cm]; xvi,
240 pp, 112 plates, mostly color, each illustrating several species, orig
cloth, lightly used, else clean quite good
$15.00 bookID 1914
FORSHAW, Joseph M.; illus by William T. Cooper; Parrots of the World. New
Jersey, TFH Publishers, [1977], sm folio; 584 pp, over 120 fine color plates,
numerous illus in text, distribution maps, bibliog, indices, orig pictorial
bds, fine
A comprehensive and detailed work.
$85.00 bookID 750
FROHAWK, F. W.; British Birds. London and Melbourne, Ward, Lock & Co, 1951,
cr 8vo; xxvi, 27-256pp, col frontis, 30 col plates, illus in text, orig
cloth, very good
$30.00 bookID 327
FUERTES, Louis Agassiz and Wilfred Hudson Osgood; Artist and Naturalist in
Ethiopia. Garden City, New York, Doubleday, Doran & Company, 1936, 4to; xi,
[iii], 249 pp, 16 fine color plates, incl frontis, from Agassiz's paintings,
map of ethiopia, orig cloth, gilt dec, light edge rubbing, dj (very worn &
chipped, although usually lacking), hinges cracked but firm, good
A scientific expedition to Ethiopia by one of the greatest naturalists
painters and Osgood, the curator of zoology at Field Museum of Chicago,
presents scientific details but also a description of the people and life and
the authors' adventures, written in a very interesting and readable style.
The color plates are largely of birds but also of antelope and wolf.
$165.00 bookID 1815
GIBBONS, Felton; Deborah Strom; Neighbors to the Birds; A History of
Birdwatching in America. New York, W. W. Norton & Company, 1988, 8vo; 364 pp,
illus, orig 1/2 cloth, dj, fine
Well-written book which includes useful chapters on literature of birding,
artists, women and bird conservation, early history, etc.
$25.00 bookID 1764
GOODERS, John; Roger Tory Peterson (introduction); Where to Watch Birds.
London, Andre Deutsch, 1968, 8vo; 313pp, illus, maps, orig cloth, fine
Excellent reference for watching birds in Britain.
$10.00 bookID 333
GORDON, Seton; Edward Grey of Fallodon and His Birds. London, Country Life
Ltd, 1937, 8vo; [viii], 20pp, frontis and 16 charming plates, orig 2 part
cloth, fine
$40.00 bookID 334
GOULD, John; Archibald Thorburn, Edward Lear, J. J. Audubon, Alexander Wilson
(illus); Owls; a selection of beautiful illustrations by John Gould etc.
London, Wordsworth Editions, [1991], folio; 92 pp, 40 fine color plates from
original sources published by the artists, orig cloth, dj (light fraying at
spine end), fine copy of book depicting this fascinating bird by 5 of the
most famous bird artists
$25.00 bookID 1675
GREENEWALT, Crawford H.; Hummingbirds. New York, The American Museum of
Natural History, 1960, 4to; xvi, 250, [xvii]-xxi pp, illus, tipped in color
plates, orig cloth, dj (worn, small tears), fine
The classic study, with its superb photos, made an important scientific
contribution.
$225.00 bookID 336
GRISCOM, Ludlow; Audubon's Birds of America. New York, The Macmillan Company,
1950, 8vo; 320 pp, 288 color plates from Audubon, orig 1/4 cloth, shelf wear,
quite good
$12.00 bookID 786
GROSSMAN, Mary Louise and John Hamlet, photographs by Shelly Grossman; Birds
of Prey of the World. New York, Clarkson N. Potter, nd [1964], 4to (32 x 25
cm); 496 pp, 70 color and 283 bw plates and illus, 425 distribution maps, 646
flight silhouettes, bibliog, orig cloth, dj (tears, chips), fine in good dj
One of the more comprehensive books on birds of prey, including raptors,
hawk-like birds and owls and includes their evolutionary history, involvement
in religion, mythology and folklore, their habits, habitats, migration, modes
of flight, adaptations, reproduction, etc,
$65.00 bookID 1844
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