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The Naturalist in La Plata
London: Chapman and Hall, 1892. First edition. Presentation Copy. Inscribed on the front flyleaf: "To Miss C.V. Hall/... Read More about The Naturalist in La Plata
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Some Birds and Mammals of North America.
London: The Tryon Gallery, in association with George Rainbird, 1971. First Edition, No. 354 of 550 numbered copies. Axel Amuchastegui was born in Cordoba, Argentina in 1921. He was self-taught and developed his own technique using Chinese inks and brushes. His work appeared in a number of publications including Pajaros..... Read More about Some Birds and Mammals of North America
Price: $600
The Birds of America, from Drawings Made in the United States and Their Territories.
New York & Philadelphia: J. J. Audubon and [vols. I-V] J. B. Chevalier, 1839-40-44. First octavo edition. First octavo edition of Audubon's “Great National Work”, the first complete edition and the first American edition; the original double-elephant folio was published in Edinburgh and London between 1827 and 1838. A very..... Read More about The Birds of America, from Drawings Made in the United States and Their Territories
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Notes on a Collection of Birds from Yunnan. Offprint from Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology at Harvard College...
Cambridge. Mass, U.S.A: Printed for the Museum, April, 1914. Offprint. Read More about Notes on a Collection of Birds from Yunnan. Offprint from Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative...
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Birds of California in Relation to the Fruit Business. Part I.
Washington: GPO, 1907. First edition. Read More about Birds of California in Relation to the Fruit Business. Part I
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Pheasant Jungles.
[Lower Basildon, Reading, Berk.]: World Pheasant Association, [1994]. Special leather-bound edition, Number 19 of 50 copies. Read More about Pheasant Jungles
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Pheasants, their Lives and Homes.
New York: Published under the Auspices of the New York Zoological Society by Doubleday, Doran & Company, 1931. Read More about Pheasants, their Lives and Homes
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Pheasants, their Lives and Homes.
New York: Published under the Auspices of the New York Zoological Society by Doubleday, Doran & Company, 1936. First one volume edition. Read More about Pheasants, their Lives and Homes
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Pheasants, their Lives and Homes.
New York: Published under the Auspices of the New York Zoological Society by Doubleday, Doran & Company, 1936. Read More about Pheasants, their Lives and Homes
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Birds of the Russian Tundra
Birds of the Eurasian Tundra.
Boston: Boston Society of Natural History, 1928. Memoiors of the Boston Society of Natural History, Volume 6, Number 3. Birds of the Russian Tundra. A large, scholarly work, based on the Russian Polar Expedition of 1900-1903 undertaken by the St.Petersburg Academy of Sciences. Read More about Birds of the Eurasian Tundra
Price: $400
Oceanic Birds of South America.
New York: The American Museum of Natural History, 1936. First edition. Read More about Oceanic Birds of South America
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Oiseaux d'Afrique Tropicale (Première Partie).
Paris: Office de la Recherche Scientifique et Technique Outre-Mer, 1955. First edition. Read More about Oiseaux d'Afrique Tropicale (Première Partie
Price: $100
Arizona and Its Bird Life. A Naturalist's Adventures with the Nesting Birds on the Deserts, Grasslands, Foothills, and Mountains of...
Cleveland, Ohio: The Bird Research Foundation, 1951. First edition. Read More about Arizona and Its Bird Life. A Naturalist's Adventures with the Nesting Birds on the Deserts,...
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Birds of Great Britain and Ireland Order Passeres.
London: Caxton Publishing Company, Clun House, Surrey Street, Strand, [1907-1908]. Read More about Birds of Great Britain and Ireland Order Passeres
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Illustrations of the Birds of California, Texas, Oregon, British and Russian America.
Philadelphia: J.B. Lippincott & Co, 1862. Second edition. The second edition, after the first of 1853-56, with the same content, of this important American color plate and ornithological work. Cassin intended his work to supplement that of Audubon. He had originally suggested to Audubon's sons a plan for extending the..... Read More about Illustrations of the Birds of California, Texas, Oregon, British and Russian America
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A Popular Handbook of the Ornithology of the United States and Canada. Based on Nuttall's Manual.
Boston: Little Brown, 1891. First Edition. Read More about A Popular Handbook of the Ornithology of the United States and Canada. Based on Nuttall's Manual
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Hand-Colored
Uncle Joseph's Pretty Stories about Birds.
New York: J. Q. Premble, [1860s]. First edition. Hand-Colored. A scarce publication: OCLC locates only a single holding, at New York State Library. J. Q. Premble also published, 'Uncle Joseph's Pretty Stories About The Camel'. Read More about Uncle Joseph's Pretty Stories about Birds
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Connett’s ‘Woodcock’
Etching of a Woodcock Head.
N.p: n.d. Edition of 15. Connett’s ‘Woodcock’. Superb original etching by sportsman and Derrydale Press publisher Eugene V. Connett 3rd, whose few artworks give evidence of his keen eye and innate talent. This etching — one of only two he ever did, by all accounts — is an attractive head..... Read More about Etching of a Woodcock Head
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The Birds of Haiti and San Domingo.
Boston: Estes and Lauriat, [1884-1885]. First edition, one of 300 copies. Comprises 18 plates of birds, and 1 plate of a nest, only (without any of the text, the map or the three plates of bird heads). Read More about The Birds of Haiti and San Domingo
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Zoology of New York or the Fauna … Part II. Birds.
Albany, NY: Printed for Carroll and Cook, Printers to the Assembly, 1844. Read More about Zoology of New York or the Fauna … Part II. Birds
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Bygone Days in India.
London: John Lane The Bodley Head, 1922. First edition. Historical accounts of life and travel in India by the noted ornithologist. Wide ranging and well written. Read More about Bygone Days in India
Price: $250
Contributions to an Avifauna of Baden. [At head of title:] Reprinted from 'The Zoologist' for May, 1894.
[London]: The Zoologist, 1894. First edition. The author's second separately published work, an offprint, printed in an edition of "about fifty copies for private distribution". Uncommon. Read More about Contributions to an Avifauna of Baden. [At head of title:] Reprinted from 'The Zoologist' for...
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Zur Fauna Santorins [drop title]. [At head of title:] Separat-Abdruck aus dem »Zoologischen Anzeiger« No. 407. 1892.
[Leipzig: Akademische Verlagsgesellschaft Geest & Portig], 1892. First edition. The first separately published work by Norman Douglas, with his surname misspelled, an offprint limited to “about 50 copies for private distribution” and preceded only by periodical appearances. Written by Norman Douglas following a brief visit to the island of Santorin..... Read More about Zur Fauna Santorins [drop title]. [At head of title:] Separat-Abdruck aus dem »Zoologischen...
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