Kingfishers and Related Birds. Volume 1: Alcedinidae - Ceryle to Cittura. Volume 2: Alcedinidae - Halcyon to Tanysiptera by FORSHAW, Joseph M. and William T. COOPER - 1983

Ure Smith Pty Limited, 1992 Large book, international S&H may incur additional postage charges.

Melbourne; Ure Smith; 1992 Second Edition reprint. hardcover in very good condition, dustwrapper has one 1cm tear on corner. 312 pages, colour illusts

New York: Doubleday & Company, 1973. First American Edition. Hardcover. Very good/As new. Cooper, William T.. Very good hardcover in dust jacket. First American edition of one of the most lavish of bird monographs with color plates by Bill Cooper and text by Joseph Forshaw, a prolific Australian team. Small folio (15½'x 21').

Cloth covered boards with gilt title to spine and a very nice dustjacket. Housed in a beige cloth covered slipcase. Green endpapers. An attractive clean copy with no previous owners' names or other defacements. Please expect the possibility of extra postage as this is a large and heavy book.
11.5 x 16.25 in (29 x 41 cm)

Melbourne: Lansdowne, 198. Revised 2nd edition. 0. Hardcover. Folio. hardcover. 616pp. index, colour & b/w illus, b/w maps. very good+ / very good+ d/w. .

Garden City, New York: Doubleday and Company, 1973. First American edition.. A fine copy in a near fine dust jacket.. Pp. 584, 158 fine color plates by noted bird artist William Cooper, 179 text figures and distribution maps. Publisher’s original dark red wine cloth, lettered in gilt on the spine, color pictorial dust jacket, folio (395 x 280mm). The scarce original printing of this ornithological classic. The work describes and illustrates all 340 species and some subspecies (500 birds illustrated). Provides descriptions of all species / subspecies include taxonomic measurements, information on distribution, status, habitats, general habits, movement, feeding, call-notes, and nesting habits. The color plates in this first edition are truly spectacular. This large and heavy volume is often found with cracked joints and the text block separated front the binding, this exceptional copy exhibits none of these defects. A fine copy in a tight binding.

Sydney, Australia: William Collins, 1977. First edition.. A fine copy in a fine dust jacket in a fine slipcase.. Pp. xii, 13-304, 60 fine color plates from painting by W. Cooper, 65 distribution maps, some black-and-white text-figures. Publisher’s original two-color cloth, lettered in gilt on the spine, color pictorial dust jacket, in the original cloth-covered slipcase, folio (16 x 11 1/4 inches). This is the definitive study of this magnificent group of birds based on the original field work of William T. Cooper in New Guinea and its islands. Inscribed by the co-author and artist, William T. Cooper, to Ron Sauey, the co-founder of the International Crane Foundation, Baraboo, Wisconsin on the title page. Small empty plain pocket on the rear endpaper and name stamp Ron Sauey Memorial Library on the half-title page and top page edge, no other ownership marks and no signs of use. An important signed copy with great associations.

Nokomis, 2016. Hardcover. New. This book is the final collaboration of Joseph M. Forshaw and William T. Cooper and combines the finest Cooper artwork with an updated, authoritative Forshaw text. Presented as a deluxe edition, this book is truly a combination of art and science presenting many previously unpublished Cooper drawings, sketches and paintings. Containing more than 300 artworks, it is fully cased in grey Ballantine cloth, with black blocking and marbled endpapers. The book is landscape format printed on fine quality satin art paper and the size is 350 mm x 305 mm. Well before the Australian coastline was first sighted, European voyagers coming to the 'Spice Islands' in Southeast-Asia were told of a great land to the south where there occurred many parrots a 'Land of Parrots'. From the time of European settlement Australian parrots have fascinated naturalists and artists, with species found in the vicinity of Port Jackson featuring in the Collection of First Fleet Artwork. Approximately… Read More

Landsowne Editions. Leather Bound. Fine. Sydney: Lansdowne Editions, 1983-1993. Four volumes in two solander boxes with leather labels and velvet lined interiors, Folios. PART I: Alcedinidae (Kingfishers) 564 pp. with 52 color plates (both volumes). Volume 1: Ceryle to Cittura (includes the fish-eating and specialist kingfishers). Volume 2: Halcyon to Tanysiptera (includes woodland kingfishers and the beautiful racket-tailed or paradise kingfishers). PART II: Todidae to Phoeniculidae - Volume 3: Todidae, Momotidae and Meropidae (Todies, Motmots and Bee-eaters) 315 pp., 26 color plates. Volume 4: Leptosomatidae, Coraciidae, Upupidae and Phoeniculidae (Rollers, Hoopoes and Wood Hoopoes) 251 pp., 22 color plates. Each of the four volumes are hand-bound in imported leather and fabric and presented in two cloth-covered Solander boxes containing two volumes each. Solander box of first two volumes shelf worn. This set lacks PART III: Bucerotidae (Hornbills). Originally planned in an edition of 1,000… Read More

Landsowne Editions, 1994. First edition. Leather Bound. Fine. Sydney: Lansdowne Editions, 1983-1994. Six volumes in three Solander boxes with leather labels and velvet lined interiors, Folios. Each volume is hand-bound in imported leather and fabric, and presented in a cloth-covered Solander box. Only 1,000 sets printed, this set is number 816. Signed by the author and illustrator on the limitation page of each volume. PART I: Alcedinidae (Kingfishers) 564 pp. with 52 color plates (both volumes). Volume 1: Ceryle to Cittura (includes the fish-eating and specialist kingfishers). Volume 2: Halcyon to Tanysiptera (includes woodland kingfishers and the beautiful racket-tailed or paradise kingfishers). PART II: Todidae to Phoeniculidae - Volume 3: Todidae, Momotidae and Meropidae (Todies, Motmots and Bee-eaters) 315 pp., 26 color plates. Volume 4: Leptosomatidae, Coraciidae, Upupidae and Phoeniculidae (Rollers, Hoopoes and Wood Hoopoes) 251 pp., 22 color plates. PART III: Bucerotidae (Hornbills) 437 pp.… Read More