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Societe ornithologique de France, 1991. Book. Fine. Hardcover. First Edition. 8vo. 575 pages; colour plates and line drawings. Original dust jacket very good, a little faded on the spine, not price-clipped. Hard back binding fine. Contents clean and tight, no inscriptions. A near fine copy..

Brussel: Koninklijk Belgisch Instituut voor Natuurwetenschappen, 1988. Book. Near Fine. Paperback. First Edition. 8vo. 395 pages; colour and b/w charts. Covers very good, fading to the spine. Contents clean and tight, no inscriptions. A very good copy..

Melbourne: Merehurst Press Reprinted By Lansdowne Press, 1985. Book. Illus. by William T. Cooper. Fine. Hardcover. Second Revised. Folio. 312 pages, coloured plates by William T. Cooper; numerous b/w. illustrations and maps. Original dust jacket fine. Hardback binding fine. Contents clean and tight, no inscriptions. A fine copy. This revised edition contains detailed descriptions of every species and subspecies. "The first edition was illustrated with colour photographs and five plates of illustrations. This edition comprises 55 plates of illustrations by W.T. Cooper plus b/w. photographs and vignettes".

Pershore: The Hong Kong Bird Watching Society, 2001. Book. Near Fine. Hardcover. First Edition. 4to. 563 pages, numerous colour maps and photographic plates. Original laminated boards, near fine with a very small scuff to the top of the spine. Contents clean and tight, unmarked, no inscriptions. A fine tight copy..

Paris: Delachaux Et Niestlé, 2015. Book. Near Fine. Hardcover. First Edition. 4to. Slip case containing volumes one and two. Hard back bindings fine, slip case a little marked. Contents clean and tight, unmarked, no inscriptions. A fine copy in a very good slip case. Very heavy so may require and extra postage charge..

London: T & A. D. Poyser, 1976. Book. Illus. by Robert Gillmor, Leslie Baker, Hilary Burn, D. J. F. Coombs, Crispin Fisher, P. J. Grant, R. A. Richardson, D. A. Thelwell, Donald Watson and Ian Willis. Near Fine. Hardcover. First Edition. 4to. Loosely inserted in their printed folder are the "Transparent Overlays of Environmental Factors." 374 pages. Colour frontispeice & b/w illustrations throughout. Original dust jacket near fine, yellowed, not price-clipped. Hard back binding fine. Contents clean and tight, no inscriptions, no foxing. A near fine bright copy..

London: Collins, 1975. Book. Near Fine. Hardcover. First Edition. 8vo. 284 pages. colour plates throughout. Original dust jacket near fine, a hint of toning and fading to spine, not price-clipped. Hard back binding near fine. Contents clean and tight, no inscriptions, no foxing. A fine bright copy..

London: Chapman & Hall, 1954. Book. Illus. by Arthur Christiansen. Very Good. Hardcover. First Edition. 8vo. Signed by Robert Gillmor to the half title. 208 pages. Original dust jacket good, with some general wear and rubbing to edges, not price-clipped, now attractively presented in a loose-fitting clear archival sleeve. Hard-back binding, very good. Contents clean and tight, no foxing. A very good copy with a good dust jacket. [ Robert Allen Fitzwilliam Gillmor MBE (6 July 1936 - 8 May 2022) was a British ornithologist, artist, illustrator, author, and editor. He was a co-founder of the Society of Wildlife Artists (SWLA) and was its secretary, chairman and president. He contributed to over 100 books, and received numerous awards].

London: Oliver and Boyd, 1958. Book. Fine. Hardcover. First Edition. Large 8vo. Dust jacket very good, with slight rubbing to edges only, spine somewhat faded. Hardback binding fine. Contents clean and tight, no inscriptions. A fine copy in a very good dust jacket..

fifth edition: American Birding Association, 2007. Book. Illus. by 187878823X. Fine. Paperback. 432 pges, maps, b/w illustrations. A fine copy with slight wear only. Contents clean and tight, no inscriptions..

Edinburgh, London: Oliver and Boyd, 1953. Book. Illus. by Gronvold, Henrik. Very Good. Hardcover. First Edition. 8vo. Two volume set in original jackets. Fine plates by Henrik Gronvold, throughout many in colour. Original dust jackets with a pasted-on colour illustration to the front panel, near fine, not price-clipped, a few spots tot he reverse only otherwise exceptional jackets for their age, now attractively presented in loose-fitting clear archival sleeves. Hard-back bindings, fine. Contents clean and tight, uncut fore-edges spotted, endpapers clean, no inscriptions. A superb set with unusually bright jackets. .

Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1989. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. First Edition. 4to. Complete in two volumes. The oscine Passerines and The suboscine Passerines; b/w and colour illustrations, end paper maps. Dust jackets fine; hardback binding fine; contents clean and tight, some dust soiling to the top edge of volume one only, otherwise unmarked. A very good set in fine jackets..

Edinburgh & London: Oliver and Boyd, 1967. Book. Illus. by P. Barruel. Very Good. Hardcover. First Edition. Small 4to [small A4]. Translated by P. A. D. Hollom. Illustrated by P. Barruel; pp. xx, 612; 24 colour + 3 b/w plates, text figures and maps. Dust jacket very good with a little general wear and some rubbing to edges, price-clipped, now protected in a clear removable archival sleeve. Hardback binding very good, contents clean and tight, no inscriptions. A very good copy. Translated from the French edition of 1964. A guide to the birds of Morocco, Algeria, Tunisia, Libya, Egypt and the Canary Islands..

Philadelphia: The American Ornithologists' Union and The Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia, 2002. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. First Edition Thus. Folio. Volume 18 from the set of 18. Nos. 681, great Frigatebird to 716, Dark eyed Junco. Complete with table of contents and cumulative index 1- 716. Slip-case very good, short crack to bottom edge, with very slight rubbing. Contents clean and tight, unmarked, no inscriptions, pages crisp, the staples are firm, but show signs of rusting, booklets appear unread. A very good volume from this huge work on The birds of North America in a very good slip-case..

Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1989. Book. Illus. by Sherif M. Baha El Din. Fine. Hardcover. First Edition. 4to. pp.551; 6 colour plates, b/w illustrations, maps and tables; map end papers. Original dust jacket near fine, no fading, minimal wear, not price clipped. Hard back binding fine. Contents clean and tight, unmarked, no inscriptions. A fine copy in a near fine jacket..

Melbourne: Hill House, 1991. Book. Fine. Hardcover. Facsimile Edition. Elephant Folio. Limited facsimile edition, this copy stamped no. 177 to the front paste-down. A fine copy in the publisher's original packing box; a little faint spotting to the title page. Original green Japanese Saifu cloth gilt; pp. [iv], plus 97 fine coloured plates with accompanying text. One of a series of remarkably exact same-size facsimile of the original in the British Library, printed by offset lithography on acid-free matt art paper and hand-bound. The Hill House series contained the only authentic full-size facsimiles of the works of John Gould - this volume is one of the original printings and now out of print. A fine copy. Publisher's blurb thus "They are not reproductions, because no camera was used in transferring the images from the B.M.(N.H.) originals. Indeed the originals are taken by Museum security courier to the repro-house in Singapore, where they are subjected to the preparation of new… Read More

London: Collins, HarperCollins, 1998. Book. Illus. by Gustavo Carrizo, Aldo A. Chiappe, Luis Huber & Jorge R. Mata. Near Fine. Paperback. First Edition. 8vo. 304 pages, numerous colour illustrations. Paperback binding, near fine just a yellowing on the spine, corners rounded. Contents clean and tight, no inscriptions. A near fine copy..

London: Collins, 1977. Book. Illus. by Talbot Kelly, Chloe. Very Good. Hardcover. 160 pages, endpaper maps, "with 12 plates and line drawings by Chloe Talbot-Kelly.Original laminated boards very good with slight wear, contents clean and tight, no inscriptions. A very good copy. Still one of the best guides to the unique avifauna of the islands with background information on habitat and history..

London: British Ornithologists' Union, 1983. Book. New. Paperback. First Edition. 8vo. 174 pages. Covers fine. Contents clean and tight, no inscriptions. A fine new copy. An annotated check list.

,Colombo: Jetwing Eco Holidays, 2007. Book. Very Good. Paperback. First Edition. Large 4to (30 x 21 cm). 64 pages, colour photographic illustrations throughout. Covers fine. Contents clean and tight, just a few species neatly ticked and minimal hand-written notes, a few lines of "the details of sessions" completed, but hardly used, in fine condition. A very useful illustrated guide and checklist. "A lavishly produced checklist with photographic plates facing the checklist pages. Photographs of 281 species. The checklists contain a map of key birding sites in Sri Lanka, a booklist, a discussion on the uses of a checklist and the nomenclature, taxonomy and the status of birds as used in the checklist.".