New York: Abbeville Press, 1987. Hard Cover.
Jacket edges faintly toned, sticker remnant to front endpaper.
An account of his 1826 journey to England and Scotland to arrange the publishing of his Birds of America. Contains black-and-white reproductions of portraits and illustrations.
New York: Pantheon, 2002. First Edition. Large Hardcover.
First edition. Top of wrapper worn.
176 pp. Internationally acclaimed wildlife artist and naturalist Robert Bateman has sketched and painted bird life in every corner of the globe. And a lifetime of observing an extraordinary range of species has given him a......
New York: Pantheon Books, 2002. First Edition. Large Hardcover.
First edition. A near fine copy in a near fine jacket.
176 pp. Internationally acclaimed wildlife artist and naturalist Robert Bateman has sketched and painted bird life in every corner of the globe. And a lifetime of observing an extraordinary range.....
New York: Dodd, Mead & Company, 1947. First Edition. Hard Cover.
First edition. No jacket. Spine and top edge of front board foxed, pages ridges and some pages foxed.
x, 333 pp. A guide to North American gulls and terns and their habits.
Washington, D.C. U.S. Government Printing Office, 1953. First Edition. Soft Cover.
First edition. Some pages uncut. Three inch tear to corner of rear wrapper which has been mended with tape, rear wrapper creased.
ix, 734 pp. A guide to North American Wood Warblers and their habits.
Tours: Ad Mame et Cie, Imprimeurs-Libraires. 1843. Third Edition. Full-Leather.
Third edition. Gift bookplate on front endpaper, likely indicating this was a school prize (a common practice in the 19th century). Edges a bit rubbed, lightly foxed throughout.
262 pp. 12mo. French text. Green full leather, with intricate blind-stamped design.....
Cambridge: Nuttall Ornithological Club, 1886. First Edition. Half-Leather.
First edition. Bookplate of John E. Thayer on front endpaper. Thayer was an industrialist active in western railroad development, and also an amateur naturalist, collector, and author. He sponsored several scientific expeditions.
22, [22] pp. 4to. Leather spine and corners, marbled boards.....
Cambridge, Mass. The Nuttall Ornithological Club, 1906. First Edition. Large Hardcover.
First edition. No jacket. Author's bookplate laid in. Hinges starting, ink name on front free endpaper.
426 pp. Includes four plates and three maps. A study of the birds of Cambridge, Massachusetts. ABOUT THE AUTHOR: William Brewster (July 5.....
London: Longmans, Green & Co., 1892. Charlton, John; Moore, R.H.; Speed, Lancelot; Lodge, G.E. First Edition. Hard Cover.
First edition. Some pages foxed.
xiii, 413 pp. CONTENTS: Coursing: Introduction; The Waterloo Cup; A Treatise on Breeding; Practical Greyhound Breeding; Treatment of Saplings; The Greyhound in Training; Enclosed Coursing; Some Celebrated.....
West Chester, Pennsylvania: Schiffer Publishing, 1990. First Edition. Large Hardcover.
First edition. Signed by author on front free endpaper verso with inscription, "Fred, Wishing you flocks of success in all of your creative endeavors! Best regards." Light crease on rear jacket panel. Bookplate and address label on front free endpaper
.....![Item #2334169 Songbird Carving II [2]. Rosalyn Leach Daisey, Sina Patricia Kurman](https://yesterdaysmuse.cdn.bibliopolis.com/pictures/2334169.jpg?width=320&height=427&fit=bounds&auto=webp&v=1685200874)
Pennsylvania: Schiffer, 1987. Kurman, Sina Patricia. Large Hardcover.
Minor general wear.
272 pp. "Following the success of the first book about songbird carving, the authors revisit the subject with five new projects. Again, the carving techniques are exhaustively covered, illustrated with beautiful photographs and drawings. The songbirds include male and.....
New York: Doubleday, Page & Co., 1902. Dugmore, A. Radclyffe. Large Hardcover.
No jacket. Loss to spine label, board soiled, hinges starting, one plate loose but included.
xvi, 183 pp. Color and black-and-white plates. CONTENTS: Introductory; Birds' Nest and Eggs; Egg-collecting and Its Object; Photographing Nests and Young Birds; Hints.....
Albany: The University of the State of New York, 1914. Fuertes, Louis Agassiz. Large Hardcover.
VOLUME TWO ONLY. Presentation copy from assemblyman Charles Gallup with his ink stamp on front endpaper, lightly stained along top edge, binding a bit shaken.
719 pp. Volume 2 of 2. Includes color plates 43-106.....
New York: McGraw-Hill Book Company, 1988. 1st Printing. Soft Cover.
First printing. Includes belly-band. Covers soiled.
317 pp. Contains over 700 color photographs alongside complementary text coverage of all North American species of birds and classifications that enable the reader to become a master at the art of field identification.....
New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1983. 1st Printing. Soft Cover.
First printing. Edges of all volumes lightly rubbed.
An advanced field handbook to the birds of North America in three volumes. Covering 835 species of birds recorded on the continent. 1245 full color photographs, 193 paintings, 442 drawings and 650.....
New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1983. Soft Cover.
Second printing, second printing, first printing. Minor general wear.
Three volume set. An advanced field handbook to the birds of North America in three volumes. Covering 835 species of birds recorded on the continent. 1245 full color photographs, 193 paintings, 442 drawings.....
New York: HarperCollins, 1992. First Edition. Large Hardcover.
First edition. Sticker on front jacket flap.
144 pp. "Shows the life cycle of the kingfisher, describes its range, and looks at territorial instincts, courtship behavior, feeding habits, and the development of the young."
Massachuesetts: Massachusetts Department of Agriculture, 1925. Fuertes, Louis Agassiz; Forbush, Edward Howe; et al. Reprint. Large Hardcover.
3rd, 2nd, and 1st printings, respectively. Boards a bit rubbed with loss of gilt from first volume, related article laid in.
Three volume set. Green cloth boards with gilt titles. Illustrated with colored.....
New York: Liveright, 2021. First Edition. Hard Cover.
First edition. An exceptional copy.
For nearly eighty years, a huge portion of coastal South Africa was closed off to the public. With many of its pits now deemed “overmined” and abandoned, American journalist Matthew Gavin Frank sets out across the infamous.....
Washington: Government Printing Office, 1930. Soft Cover.
Spine creased, ink mark on spine, front wrapper and first few pages lightly crinkled.
xiii, 516 pp. A report of the birds collected by the Childs Frick Expedition to Ethiopia and Kenya Colony.
. Privately Published. Stapled Binding.
No publisher date. Near fine.
20 pp. "The south shore of Lake Ontario is an important staging area for migrating birds during the spring. It serves as both corridor and concentration point to northbound birds who depend on its forested and brushy areas for food.....
Philadelphia: Published by the Author, 1876. First Edition. Hard Cover.
First edition. Presentation copy, inscribed but not signed by the author on volume one front flyleaf ('With compliments of author'). The recipient was William D. Doan, author of Birds of West Virginia (1858). One page corner repaired with clear tape.....
Garden City, New York: The American Museum of Natural History / Doubleday & Company, Inc., 1960. First Edition. Large Hardcover.
First edition. Jacket edges bumped, small tears to jacket edges, front jacket flap creased. Top page ridge foxed, address label on front free endpaper.
x, 250 pp. xxi pp. With.....
Cambridge, Massachusetts: Privately Printed, 1901. Limited Edition. Hard Cover.
Limited edition. Numbered 152 of 450 copies (remaining 50 in paper). No jacket. Top page ridge foxed.
154 pp. CONTENTS: Introduction; Discussion of Faunal Areas; Explanatory Note; Annotated List of Species; List of Extirpated Series; List of Extinct Species; List of.....
Philadelphia: Courage Books, 1998. Bond, Terance James. Large Hardcover.
Faint edge wear to jacket.
A major collection of paintings by an ornithological artist is ideal for fans and includes more than sixty full-color paintings and text on more than fifty bird species.