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Alaska Bird Trails: Adventures of an Expedition by Dog Sled to the Delta of the Yukon River

by Brandt, Herbert

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Cleveland: Bird Research Foundation, 1943. First edition.. A fine copy in a slightly edge worn but very good dust jacket.. Pp. xviii, 464, 12 color plates by Allan Brooks and E. Kalmbach, 51 photos and pen and ink sketches. Publisher's decorated brown cloth with flying bird in gilt on front cover and a gilt title on the spine, pictorial dust jacket with an owl and a dog sled on the front cover, lg 8vo. Records an expedition by dogsled to the delta of the Yukon River to document the local avifauna. Bookplate of Frederick L. Ott on the front endpaper. Name stamp of the Ron Sauey Memorial Library on the top page edge, no other institutional marks to the text or cloth binding. Ron Sauey was co-founder of the International Crane Foundation, Baraboo, Wisconsin.
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Artist and Naturalist in Ethiopia

by Fuertes, L. A. and Osgood, W. H.

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New York: Doubleday Doran and Co., 1936. First edition.. Light rubbing to cloth at the head and foot of the spine, a tight copy in very good condition.. Pp. xi, 249, 16 color plates by Fuertes. Publisher’s black cloth, lettered in gilt on the spine, and with gilt scene of kingfisher on the front cover, lg 8vo. A day-by-day account of the 1926 Field Museum Zoological Expedition to Ethiopia. The color plates by Louis Agassiz Fuertes are superb. No ownership marks.
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Beitrag zur Fauna Centralpolynesiens. Ornithologie der Viti-, Samoa- und Tonga- Inseln.

by Finsch, O. and Hartlaub, G.

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Halle, Germany: H.W. Schmidt, 1867. First edition.. Small bumps to two outer corners before binding was put on, front wrapper (bound in at rear) is a little soiled and with one small stain, last two color plates show some old soiling along the bottom margin with no effect to the color images, text is bright and clean and recent calf binding is very attractive; a tight copy in very good condition.. Pp. xxxix, (1), 290; 14 hand-colored lithographed plates drawn and lithographed by Otto Finsch (9 plates of birds and 5 plates of eggs). Recent one-half green calf leather, spine with five raised bands that is lettered in gilt in two compartments, over green French marbled boards with pale green endpapers (original printed front wrapper bound in at rear), lg 8vo (260 x 170 mm, 10 1/4 x 6 5/8 inches). This work presents the ornithology of Viti, Samoa and Tonga Islands in central Polynesia. Wood (341) observes "this monograph is of especial interest to students of Polynesian ornithology. Anker… Read More
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Birds in Yamanishi, Japan.

by Nakamura, Tsukasa and Yoda, Masauo

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Kofu: Yamanishi Niti-Niti Press, 1977. First edition.. A fine copy in a near fine dust jacket.. Pp. 377, (1); 29 color photo-plates, 3 maps, 125+ text-figures (black-and-white photos and line-drawings), 3 maps. Pale green stiff wrappers lettered in black, color pictorial dust jacket, sm 8vo (7.75 x 5 inches). This is a field guide to the birds of Yamanashi Prefecture, located in the Chubu region of the main island of Honshu in Japan. The text is in Japanese with a 2 page summary in English at the end. Latin names and common names in English appear at the top of the page for each bird described in Japanese. Inscribed by the first author, Nakamura, to ornithologist Oliver L. Austin (past Director of the Austin Ornithological Research Center in Wellfleet, Massachusetts and past Curator of Ornithology at the Florida Museum of Natural History), on the front endpaper.
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The Birds of California. A Complete, Scientific and Popular Account of the 580 Species and Subspecies of Birds Found in the State, the Booklovers’ Edition, limited to 1000 copies, in four volumes

by Dawson, William Leon

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San Diego, CA: South Moulton Company, 1923. First edition.. Light edge wear to cloth, a bright and clean copy in near fine condition.. Pp. xvii, 2121, 48 color plates and 44 drawings by Alan Brooks, 16 photogravures, 32 full page duotone plates and 1100 half-tone text-figures. Publisher’s original green fabricoid binding - a group of western gulls is stamped in high relief on the front cover and spine of each volume, top page edges in gilt, 4to. This is the Booklovers’ Edition which was limited to 1000 numbered copies, this copy is un-numbered. Bookplate of Frederick L. Ott on the front endpaper of each volume. No other ownership marks and few signs of use.
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The Birds of the Lake Umbagog Region of Maine, in 4 Parts, complete, bound in one volume

by Brewster, William and Griscom, Ludlow

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Cambridge, MA: Museum of Comparative Zoology, 1924-1938. First edition.. A fine, as new, copy.. Pp. 620. Early red cloth, lettered in gilt on the spine, 8vo. Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology, volume 46, no. 1-4. A complete guide to birds of Lake Umbagog on the Maine and New Hampshire border. Part 4 by Griscom is compiled from the diaries and journals of William Brewster. Name stamp Ron Sauey Memorial Library on rear endpaper and the top page edge, plain pocket on the rear endpaper, no other ownership marks to the text or cloth binding. Ron Sauey was co-founder of the International Crane Foundation, Baraboo, Wisconsin.
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Birds of Idaho

by Burleigh, T.D.

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Caldwell, Idaho: Caxton Printers, 1972. First edition.. A fine copy in a slightly edge-worn dust jacket.. Pp. 467, 12 color plates, 51 photo and pen sketches. Publisher’s original tan cloth, lettered in blue on the spine and front cover, color pictorial dust jacket, lg 8vo. Detailed account of the avifauna of the northern Rocky Mountains and the migratory birds of the Pacific flyway. Small call number of the International Crane Foundation on the spine of the dust jacket and name stamp of the Ron Sauey Memorial Library on rear endpaper and top page edge, no other institutional marks to the text or cloth binding. Ron Sauey was co-founder of the International Crane Foundation, Baraboo, Wisconsin.
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The Birds of Australia, Supplement No. 2 - Check List of the Birds of Australia, Part 2: Order Passeriformes (Part) + Supplement No. 3 - Check List of the Birds of Australia, Part 3: Order Passeriformes (Concluding Part)

by Mathews, Gregory M.

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London: H. F. & G. Witherby, 1923-1924. First edition.. Light edge wear to the outer edges of the wrappers; a tight and clean copy in near fine condition.. Pp. xvi, 117-156; pp. viii, 157-244. Original printed pale green stiff wrappers, folio (14 x 10 inches). This is supplement no. 2 and 3 only of the 5 part supplement set of The Birds of Australia. The first part "Supplement No. 1 - Check List of the Birds of Australia, Part 1: Orders Casuariformes to Meenuriformes + Order Passeriformes (part)" is not present. Also not present is "Supplement No. 4 and 5: Bibliography of The Birds of Australia" which completes the five supplement set. Only supplement no. 2 and no. 3 are offered here. No ownership marks and no signs of use.
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Birds of the Macquarie Marshes, New South Wales.

by Cooper, Roy P.

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Melbourne: W. M. Houston, 1955. First edition.. Tight and clean copy in very good condition.. Pp. 137-173; 18 black-and-white photo-plates. Original printed gray-green wrappers, sm 4to. Memoirs of the National Museum Melbourne, no. 19. The first detailed published account of the avifauna of this vast low-lying region adjacent to the Macquarie River of New South Wales. The whole issue (173 pages) of Mem. Nat. Mus. Melbourne, no. 19 is offered here; this issue contains 4 other articles. The journal title is written in the spine. No ownership marks.
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Birds of La Plata, in two volumes, housed in the original slipcase

by Hudson, W.H.

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New York: E. P. Dutton, 1920. First U.S. edition.. A fine copy in fine dust jackets in a rubbed slipcase.. Pp. xvii, 244; ix, 240; 22 fine color plates by H. Gronvold. Publisher’s original green cloth, lettered in gilt on the spine and with gilt decoration on the front cover, original tan dust jackets lettered in dark brown on the spine and front cover, housed in the original green cloth-covered slipcase with printed label on the front cover, sm 4to (9 3/4 x 7 inches). The U.S. edition was limited to 1500 copies. Signature of August Derleth, Wisconsin author and founder of Arkham House Publishing in Sauk City, WI, on the front endpaper.
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Birds of the Victor Emanuel and Hinderberg Mountains, New Guinea: Results of the American Museum of Natural History Expedition to New Guinea in 1954.

by Gilliard, E. T. and LeCroy, M.

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New York: American Museum of Natural History, 1961. First edition.. A bright and clean copy in near fine condition.. Pp. 86, 17 full-page photo-plates, 1 map. Contemporary green cloth, lettered in gilt on the spine, decorated page edges, lg 8vo. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History, volume 123, article 1. The entire 421 page volume 123 is offered here; it includes six other articles including "A Synopsis of the Lizards of the Sexlineatus Group (Genus Cnemidophorus)", article 3, pages 155-210, with 8 full page photo-plates. Bookplate of Reading Public Museum on the front endpaper, name stamp of the same museum on the title page, rear endpaper and page edges, small blind-stamp on title page and small gilt call number on the spine. No signs of use.
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The Birds of Minnesota, in two volumes (first edition)

by Roberts, Thomas S.

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Minneapolis: University of Minnesota Press, 1932. First edition.. Small bumps to two outer corners, some wear to cloth along the outer joints, a very good copy.. Pp. xxxviii, 1512, 92 fine color plates by A. Brooks, G. Sutton, A. Fuertes, and others, 606 text-figures, 5 maps. Publisher’s original dark green cloth, lettered in gilt on the spine and front cover, 4to. Still the most comprehensive review of the Minnesota avifauna. Long personal inscription from Glenn O. Sensiba on the second front endpaper. No other ownership marks.
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Birds of Cyprus

by Bannerman, David A. and Bannerman, W. Mary

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Nicosia, Cyprus: K. Rustem and Brother, 1989. Second edition.. A tight and clean copy in near fine condition in a lightly rubbed but very good dust jacket.. Pp. lxix, 384; 16 full page color plates from paintings by D. M. Reid-Henry and Roland Green, 15 halftone plates after paintings by Major Henry Jones, numerous text-figures, large color folding map at rear. Original dark green cloth, lettered in gilt on the spine, color pictorial dust jacket, lg 8vo. This work covers 342 species and subspecies that inhabit the island; only a small portion of these species are permanent inhabitants. This edition is a new printing of the work published in 1989 for distribution in Cyprus. The original London first edition was published in 1958. No ownership marks.
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Birds of Isla Grande (Tierra del Fuego).

by Humphreys, P.S., Bridge, D, Reynolds, P.W. and Peterson, R.T.

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Washington: Smithsonian, 1970. Small bump to one corner, otherwise near fine.. Pp. 411, 21 plates, 8 maps. Stiff wraps, 4to.
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Birds of the Galapagos Archipelago.

by Ridgway, Robert

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Washington: Government Printing Office, 1896. First edition.. A tight and clean copy in near fine condition.. Pp. 459-670; 2 full page monochrome plates, 7 text-figures, 50+ distribution maps of birds on the Galapagos isles. Original printed pale green wrappers, 8vo. An early monograph on the avifauna of the Galapagos. From: Proceedings of the U.S. National Museum, volume 19. From the research library of ornithologist and mammalogist Arthur H. Howell with his signature on the front wrapper. Rare work especially in the original pale green wrappers.
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Birds of the Labrador Peninsula and Adjacent Areas: A Distributional List

Birds of the Labrador Peninsula and Adjacent Areas: A Distributional List

by Todd, W.E. Clyde

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Vermillion, SD: Buteo Books, 1980. Second edition.. A fine (new) copy.. Pp. xii, 822, 8 color plates, one color folding map, numerous distribution maps and black-and-white photos (un-numbered). Publisher's red cloth, lettered in gilt on the spine, thick sm 4to. This is an exhaustive treatment based on the author's observations and fieldwork in Labrador conducted between 1901 and 1958. At the end of the text there is a Gazetteer of Localities, an Index to Families and an index to the Names of Birds. This work was originally published by the Carnegie Museum in Pittsburgh in 1963. The work was re-issued by Buteo Books in 1980 with a new binding, a biographical note by Kenneth C. Parkes, and a new errata sheet at the end of the work. No ownership marks and no signs of use.
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Bower-Birds: Their Displays and Breeding Cycles, A Preliminary Statement
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Bower-Birds: Their Displays and Breeding Cycles, A Preliminary Statement

by Marshall, A. J.

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London: Oxford University Press, 1954. First edition.. Spine is canted, light sunning to upper edge of front cover, a clean copy in very good condition.. Pp iv, (v-viii), 208; 26 plates (black-and-white photos). Publisher’s original dark blue cloth, lettered in gilt on the spine and with gilt panel lines, lg 8vo. From the research collection of American herpetologist Lauren E. Brown with his signature on the front free endpaper and his name printed lightly on the page edges.
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Buller’s Birds of New Zealand: A History of the Birds of New Zealand by Sir Walter Lawry Butler

by Turbott, E. G. (Editor)

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Honolulu: East-West Center Press, 1967. First edition.. A fine copy in a very good dust jacket with some old tape repairs.. Pp. xviii, 261, 48 fine tipped-in color plates reproducing in six-color offset from the 48 stone-plate lithographs by J.G. Keulemans. One-quarter black cloth over textured blue-gray cloth boards with a gilt bird on the upper third of the cover, marbled endpapers, color pictorial dust jacket, folio (14 1/2 x 10 1/4 inches). This volume contains all of the color plates from the 1888 edition of Buller’s ‘Birds of New Zealand.’ Small call number of the International Crane Foundation on the spine of the dust jacket, plain pocket on the rear endpaper and name stamp Ron Sauey Memorial Library on rear endpaper and top page edge, no other institutional marks to the text or cloth binding. Sauey was co-founder of the International Crane Foundation, Baraboo, Wisconsin.
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A Celebration of Birds: C.G. Finch-Davies’s Final Album of Southern African Birds (the Collector’s edition limited to 200 numbered copies)

by Finch-Davies, Claude Gibney

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Johannesburg, South Africa: Natural History Books, 1990. Limited edition.. A fine copy in a fine slipcase. . Pp. (15), (42), 21 full page color plates from paintings by C.G. Finch-Davies, each accompanied by a page of hand-written notes in facsimile, covering the period 28 March 1918 to 4 April 1920, pp. 21 (descriptions of birds), (10, index). One-half brown leather over marbled boards, lettered in gilt on the spine, housed in a beige cloth-covered and leather-tipped slipcase, as issued, sm 4to (7 1/2 x 10 1/2 inches). This is the Collector’s edition limited to 200 numbered copies, this volume is no. 93 of the edition. The name of the original subscriber, Maude de Matteis, is neatly printed on the limitation page by the editor. Her name also appears in the printed list of subscribers for the Collector’s edition at the end of the volume.
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The Collection of Famous Paintings on the Early Showa Era (in Japanese)

by Tanaka, Ryosuke (editor)

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Tokyo: Tokyokai, 1935. First edition. A tight and clean copy in fine condition in a near fine folding box.. Pp. 140; 65 full page halftone plates. Brown cloth-covered limp boards, lettered in gold-lined label on the front cover, sewn with silk cord on the right side, in blue cloth-covered folding hard slipcase with two bone clasps that close the box, oblong folio (7 3/4 x 13 1/2 inches). Text is Japanese. No ownership marks and no signs of use.
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