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The Australian Birthday Book (Birds)
Australia Galah Paper First Stapled Card Covers Fine Birds, Flowers 71/2in x 51/2in
A charming little birthday book. One page per month, each month showing a full page painting of a named Australian bird and above the space left for birthday dates is a painting of an Australian flower of the month. Latin and English name. To the centre of the book is a family tree decorated with events from Australian history.
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3.00 GBP
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Anne Merrill Wings in the Wind
Toronto The Ryerson Press 1954 First Hard Back Good Poor Birds 8in x 51/2in H. T. Trevanna
Green boards. 172 clean, bright pages. Illustrated with lovely sketches throughout. Light wear to the very baseof the spine and the top edge of the spine. The jacket is worn with loss to the top back edge of one inch by half an inch , other smaller areas of loss, and rubbing and wear to all edges. Now protected from further loss by removable clear book covering.
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7.50 GBP
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Budd Schulberg Swan Watch
London Robson Books 1975 0903895579 / 9780903895576 First Hard Back Very Good Good + Ornithology 10in x 7in Geraldine Brooks
149 pages of wonderful photographs and text. With poetry and legend, the author traces the relationship between these noble birds and humans.He tells of how he and his wife set about befriending Loh and Grin (named in honour of Wagner's Swan Knight), and even learned how to feed them by hand. Spring brought mating season, and it was then that he became involved in the drama of the bird's lives. Here is the story of two such springs - the first idyllic, the second tragic- and the seasons that surrounded them. A beautiful book of Loh and Grin and their cygnets. -- Bird Club sticker to ffep. The jacket has some wear to the edges, but is now protected in clear mylar covering.
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8.00 GBP
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Charles Dixon The Birds of Our Rambles
London Chapman and Hall 1891 First Hard Back Very Good Collectable A. T. Elwes
A very handsome book with dark green boards which have a black indented sketch of birds and water reeds and bright gilt title.The spine also has the black line drawing and gilt title.Black endpapers. 249 rough-cut pages. Frontispiece and seven other beautiful illustrations.
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18.50 GBP
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Christian Zuber Noah's Ark - Animals in Danger
London Cassell 1974 0 304 30032 2 / 9780304300327 First Hard Back Very Good Good Wildlife - Animals 10 1/2in x 7in Zuber
287 very clean pages packed with photographs and text. Some chipping to the edges of the dust jacket. Neat name to ffep. --- This beautifully illustrated book is the result of ten years of photographing animals and birds in the wild. Christian Zuber has been on expeditions all over the world recording the lives of endangered species in his fight to protect them from extinction. Superb pictures of some of the few remaining Bengal Tigers, elephants from the diminishing herds of Africa and Asia, strange and beautiful birds in their paradise on Cousin island in the Seychelles, the gigantic turtes of Malaysia, massacred for their eggs and much more ----
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5.00 GBP
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David Stephen More Books and Their Eggs
London Collins Wonder Colour Books First Hard Back Very Good Birds / Collectable 8in x 6in Len Fullerton
A collectable bird book. no date but circa 1960. The back cover is slightly 'dusty'. Some wear to the corners. Internally the pages are clean and bright. 'This book belongs to ....' - not filled in.
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4.50 GBP
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Frank Townend Barton Pheasants in Covert and Aviary
London John Long 1912 First Hard Back Very Good Birds 10in x 7.5in H. Gronvold
Clean green boards with black title to the front and indented white drawing /sketch of a pair of white pheasants and grasses. The spine is complete with gilt title and gilt pheasant (readable but faded) The boards are solid and in very good condition. No wear to the edges. browning to the ffep and the 2nd blank page has some foxing. Beautiful colour plate to the frontispiece. 288 clean firm pages printed on high quality paper. 4 colour plates and 37 illustrations. Very neat name to inner board written with a period flourish. A beautiful book.
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28.00 GBP
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Gavin Weightman Brave New Wilderness - Wildlife in Britain Since the Industrial Revolution
London Weidenfield and Nicholson 0 297 81041 3 / 9780297810414 First Hard Back Fine Very Good Ecology 11in x 8in Mike Birkhead
An excellent copy of this book151 bright clean pages including index. Wonderful photographs throughout. - A great deal of research has gone into the production of this book. The text is in depth and is complimented by fabulous colour photographs.Suitable for ecology students or the general wildlife lover.
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7.00 GBP
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John Gooders Bird Seeker's Guide
London Andre Deutsch 1980 0 233 97297 8 / 9780233972978 First Hard Back Near Fine Very Good Birds
An excellent copy of this book. 208 very clean, tight pages. The jacket (now in protective milar clear book covering) is also in very good condition, with no faults, but it has been price clipped. --- This book tells the birdwatcher of the species of birds in the British Isles,and where and when they are likely to be found.The suggestions range from birdwatching classics, like the ospreys at Loch Garten or the avocets at Minsmere, to where to find the rarest and most exotic visitors to Britain.
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6.00 GBP
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John Wilson The Birds of Morecambe Bay
U K Dalesman Books 1976 0852063458 / 9780852063453 2nd Edition Card Cover Very Good Ornithology 71/2in x 5in
A very good, clean copy of this book.62 illustrated pages. This book has been neatly laminated by a previous owner, therefore the covers are clean and bright.
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3.50 GBP
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Matthew M. Vriends Cage and Aviary Birds
U K Macdonald 1988 0356106616 / 9780356106618 Trade Paperback Very Good Birds 71/2 in x 41/2in
A solid and heavy book of 320 pages. No creases to the spine or to the covers. - A colour guide to 206 species and varieties with full details of their characteristics, care and feeding requirements.
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4.50 GBP
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N. Duerden Scottish Birds - Book 2
U K Jarrold Colour Publications 1975 853066035 First Card Covered Book Near Fine Bird Watching 71/2 in x 5in
An excellent copy of this book. No creases to the covers. Bright, clean pages packed with photographs. 30 pages plus bright pictorial cover.
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3.50 GBP
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Nigel Sitwell The Shell Guide to Britain's Threatened Wildlife
U. K. Collins 1984 0 00 219050 8 / 9780002190503 First Hard Back Very Good Very Good Nature and Countryside 10in x 71/2in
A very good copy of this book. 208 very clean and bright pages. The jacket is also in very good condition. One very small sign of wear to the top back of the spine. Wonderfully illustrated throughout.
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5.50 GBP
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