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Storm Petrel and the Owl of Athena

By: Halle, Louis Joseph

Price: $15.00

Publisher: Princeton, NJ, Princeton University Press: 1970

Seller ID: 028703

ISBN: 0691093490

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Very Good+

First Edition in unchipped dust jacket. Clean black cloth boards with gold lettering on spine. No bumping or wear. Binding is tight and square, hinges are sound - no cracking. Pages and edges are clean (slight foxing to endpapers), no names, writing or bookplates. Illustrated with drawings. 268 pages. Dust jacket is unchipped, price clipped at upper corner of front inside flap, very slight edge wear. Enclosed in new archival quality removable mylar cover.
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The Backyard Bird Watcher

By: Harrison, George

Price: $12.00

Publisher: New York, Simon and Schuster: 1979

Seller ID: 028806

ISBN: 0671226649

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Fine

Very clean later printing in clean unchipped dust jacket. Red boards with black cloth spine, silver lettering on spine. No bumping, fading or wear. Binding is tight and square, pages and edges are clean. Clean red endpapers - no names, writing or marks. Thoroughly illustrated with black and white and full color photographs. Introduction by Roger Tory Peterson. 284 pages with index. Clean jacket is unchipped, no tears, not price clipped. Enclosed in new archival quality removable mylar cover. A comprehensive, concise, and thoroughly enjoyable book on bird watching.
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Bird Hiking

By: Hausman, Leon Augustus

Price: $12.00

Publisher: New Brunswick, Rutgers University Press: 1948

Seller ID: 025299

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Very Good+

First Edition in dust jacket. Clean gray cloth boards with blue cloth spine, white lettering on spine. No fraying or wear-through to cloth boards. Binding is tight, no cracking; pages and edges are clean, and endpapers are intact. Tasteful bookplate and previous owner name and date on front pastedown. Illustrations by Harold Minton. 107 pages with index. Dust jacket is clean, has v-shaped chip at top of rear panel (2" at deepest point), small chip at base of rear panel near spine. Enclosed in new archival quality removable mylar cover. A charming, informal and practical book which i...
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The Rarest Bird in the World

By: Head, Vernon R. L. Head

Price: $25.00

Publisher: New York, Pegasus Books: 2015

Seller ID: 025762

ISBN: 1605989630

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Fine

First Edition, First Printing in as new condition. Very clean light blue boards with mustard yellow spine, gold lettering on spine. No fading, bumping or wear. Binding is tight and square, pages and edges are clean and bright with clean endpapers - no names, writing or marks. 243 pages. Clean bright dust jacket is unworn - no chipping or tears or rubbing, not price clipped. Enclosed in new archival quality removable mylar cover. Part detective story, part love affai8r, and pure adventure storytelling at its best - this book is a celebration of the thrill of exploration during the search ...
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Landscaping for Wildlife

By: Henderson, Carol

Price: $10.00

Publisher: Minneapolis, MN, Minnesota Department of Natural Resources: 1987

Seller ID: 028965

Binding: Paperback

Condition: Near Fine

Very clean spiral bound book - approx. size is 8-1/2" x 11. No soiling, chipping or tears. All pages are clean and bright. No names, writing or marks. Illustrated with beautiful full color photographs, drawings, graphs. 149 pages. A wonderful landowner's guide to developing backyard, farm, and woodlot habitats for wildlife in the midwest.
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A Season of Birds: a Norfolk Diary, 1911

By: James, Vincent; Lodge, George Edward

Price: $20.00

Publisher: New York, A & W Publishers: 1980

Seller ID: 022512

ISBN: 0894790684

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Very Good

First Edition in clean dust jacket. Green cloth boards with gold bird in flight on cover, gold lettering on spine. Fading to board edges. No bumping or wear. Binding is tight & square, no cracking; pages and edges are clean. Clean, map-illustrated endpapers (1910 ordnance survey map of the Hickling area). Previous owner name on back of front free endpaper at top edge. Over 90 beautiful watercolor illustrations by George E. Lodge. 152 pages with index. Dustjacket is price clipped at upper corner of front inside flap; no tears or chips, slight wear at one corner tip area. Jacket caligr...
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Top Flight: Speed Index to Waterfowl of North America [Duck Hunters' Top Flight Field Guide in Full Color]

By: John R. Ruthven, William Zimmerman

Price: $22.00

Publisher: Milwaukee, Wisconsin, Moebius Printing Co.: 1968

Seller ID: 029091

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Near Fine

Clean hardcover book; size approx. 4-3/4" wide x 11" tall. No bumping, fading or wear. Binding is tight and square, pages and edges are clean. No names, writing or marks. Maps of flyways on endpapers. Full color photographs throughout, conveniently indexed for quick identification according to bird colors. 112 pages.
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Our Bird Comrades

By: Keyser, Leander

Price: $50.00

Publisher: Rand McNally & Co.: 1907

Seller ID: 011446

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Very Good++

Very clean green cloth boards with bright white lettering on cover, clean bright color paste-on illustration of cardinal on cover (unchipped). White lettering to spine (mostly worn off). No bumping or fraying. Slightest hint of wear at spine edges. Binding is tight & square, no cracking. Pages are clean and bright ( light foxing on pages across from illustrations) page edges are clean. Short inscription dated 1917 on front free endpaper in lovely penmanship. Beautifully illustrated with full color plates. 197 pgs. A beautiful first edition of this lovely book. 6-1/4 x 7-1/4". Bird...
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Fowls of the Air

By: Long, William J.

Price: $30.00

Publisher: Boston / London, Ginn & Co. / Atheneum Press: 1901

Seller ID: 019319

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Very Good

Decorated American trade binding (signed binding - TBH - Theodore Hapgood). Green silk cloth boards with gold decoration and lettering on cover and spine. No bumping or fraying; sunning to spine cloth and a few spots to spine. Binding is tight & square, no cracking. Pages are clean, with gilt top page edges. Clean endpapers; no names, writing or marks. Illustrated by Charles Copeland. Preface by the author dated 1901. 310 pp. Lovely full page black & white plates, black and white drawings and page decorations.
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At the Turn of the Tide: A Book of Wild Birds

By: Perry, Richard

Price: $15.00

Publisher: New York, Taplinger Publishing Company: 1972

Seller ID: 011325

ISBN: 0-8008-0506-2

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Fine

Very clean green boards with turquoise cloth spine, bright gold lettering on spine. No bumping or wear. Binding is tight & square, pages and edges are clean and bright. No names, writing or bookplates. 256 pgs. with index. Illustrated with drawings. Clean bright dustjacket is unchipped, no tears, not price clipped. Enclosed in new archival quality mylar cover. Gift quality. 8vo. Birds.
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Solitary Goose

By: Plum, Sydney Landon

Price: $20.00

Publisher: University of Georgia Press: 2007

Seller ID: 028799

ISBN: 0820329665

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Fine

Very clean first edition in unchipped dust jacket. Light beige boards with with black cloth spine, silver lettering on spine. No bumping, fading or wear. Binding is tight and square. Pages and edges are clean and bright. Clean endpapers, no names, writing or marks. 135 pages. Clean dust jacket is unchipped, no tears, not price clipped; enclosed in new archival quality mylar cover.
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The Life of the Skies: Birding at the End of Nature

By: Rosen, Jonathan

Price: $12.00

Publisher: New York, Farrar, Straus And Giroux: 2008

Seller ID: 028802

ISBN: 0374186308

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Fine

Fine First Edition, first printing in clean unchipped dust jacket. White boards with ivory spine, silver lettering on spine. No soiling, bumping or wear. Binding is tight and square, pages and edges are clean and bright, unmarked. No names or bookplates. Black and white illustrations. 326 pages. Clean dust jacket is unchipped, no tears, not price clipped. Enclosed in new archival quality removable mylar cover. A beautiful mixture of memoir, nature writing, history, and philosophy, this is an illuminating look at the complex relationship humans have with biards and a history of America ...
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Argen the Gull

By: Russell, Franklin

Price: $15.00

Publisher: New York, Alfred Knopf: 1964

Seller ID: 025338

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Very Good+

Stated First Edition in clean original dust jacket. Very clean unfaded blue cloth boards with blind-stamped lettering on cover, bright gold lettering on spine. No fraying or wear; very slight bump to one corner. Binding is tight and square, no cracking. Pages and edges are clean, with clean endpapers (tasteful previous owner bookplate on front free endpaper). Illustrated with photographs by the author. 239 pages. Clean dust jacket is unfaded, has very slight edge chipping and a few short closed edge tears, price clip at upper corner of front inside flap. Author's photo and biography on...
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Top Flight: Speed Index to Waterfowl of North America

By: Ruthven, John A. and William Zimmerman

Price: $25.00

Publisher: Milwaukee, Wisconsin, Ruthven and Zimmerman (Printed by Moebius Printing Co.): 1968

Seller ID: 027237

Second Edition. Tall narrow hardcover book (size approx. 11" x 4-3/4"). Light rubbing; no fraying or wearthrough. Binding is tight, hinges are sound - no cracking. Pages and edges are clean. Clean map-decorated endpapers - no names, writing or marks. 112 pages. Duck Hunters' field guide in full color of birds in flight and afloat; very helpful special cross reference index at rear (such as "green on head" , "light blue wing patches", "unusual bill shape" to help you name that duck!
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Blind Jack

By: Ryder, Stephanie

Price: $15.00

Publisher: Boston, Houghton Mifflin: 1961

Seller ID: 018601

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Very Good+

"First Printing" stated on copyright page. Clean charcoal gray cloth boards with silver lettering on cover and spine. Very light surface wear to corners; no bumping or fraying. Binding is tight & square, pages and edges are clean. Black endpapers, with previous owner name at top edge of front free endpaper. 145 pgs. Illustrated with black & white photographs. Clean dustjacket is not price clipped, has two very small edge chips. Enclosed in new archival quality removable mylar cover. A wonderful true account of an injured Jackdaw bird, nursed back to life after being injured and...
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DIARY OF A PIGEON WATCHER

By: Schwerin, Doris

Price: $15.00

Publisher: New York, Morrow: 1976

Seller ID: 020660

ISBN: 068803019X

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Very Good

First Edition, First Printing, in clean unclipped jacket. Clean beige boards with beige cloth spine, red lettering on spine. Binding is tight, no cracking, very slight lean. Pages and edges are clean, with clean red endpapers (small previous owner name neatly penned on front free endpaper). 288 pp. Clean dustjacket is unchipped, no tears. Author's photo on rear panel. Enclosed in new archival quality removable mylar cover. While recovering from the trauma of a serious illness, the author obersed the daily drama of the pigeons from her New York City apartment window. From the dead of wi...
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Perdix the Partridge

By: Sprake, Leslie

Price: $75.00

Publisher: London, H.F.& G. Witherby: 1934

Seller ID: 019320

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Very Good+

"First Published 1934" on copyright page, in original unchipped jacket. Clean blue cloth boards with green line-border on cover, green lettering on spine. No fraying or wear. Binding is tight & square, no cracking. Pages and edges are clean. Clean endpapers; no names, writing or bookplates. Frontis photo of Perdix and another partridge with clean tissue guard, additional black & white plates. 164 pp. with index. Clean jacket with original price (on spine) is unchipped, enclosed in new archival quality removable mylar cover. Life history of a hand-reared partridge. Scarce book.
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That Quail, Robert

By: Stanger, Margaret A.

Price: $15.00

Publisher: Philadelphia, J. B. Lippincott: 1966

Seller ID: 028884

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Fine

Beautifully clean 7th printing in clean original dust jacket. Rust brown boards with bright unchipped gold lettering on spine. No fading or wear. Binding is tight and square, hinges are sound. Pages and edges are clean with clean endpapers - no names, writing or marks. Illustrated with drawings by Cathy Baldwin. 127 pages. Clean dust jacket is unchipped, no tears, not price clipped. Enclosed in new archival quality removable mylar cover. The true story of a wonderful bird who hatched in the Cape Cod home of Dr. and Mrs. Thomas C. Kienzle. Rescued from an abandoned nest and mothered by...
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A Parrot Without a Name: The Search for the Last Unknown Birds on Earth

By: Stap, Don

Price: $20.00

Publisher: New York, Alfred A. Knopf: 1990

Seller ID: 028740

ISBN: 0394555961

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Fine

Stated First Edition in clean unclipped dust jacket. Clean teal paper-covered boards with light green cloth spine, gold lettering on spine. No bumping or wear; binding is tight and square, pages and edges are clean and bright. Clean endpapers - no names, writing or marks. 240 pages. Clean dust jacket is unchipped, tiny closed tear on spine, not price clipped. Enclosed in new archival quality removable mylar cover. In this riveting and richly detailed account, Don Stap brings us into the heart of the Peruvian rainforest in the company of two remarkable ornithologists, and takes us into so...
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Birds in Our Lives

By: Stefferud, Alfred (Editor)

Price: $20.00

Publisher: Washington, D.C., U.S. Department of the Interior: 1966

Seller ID: 010746

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Near FIne

Very large book. Clean green cloth boards with gold illustration on cover, gold lettering on spine. No bumping or wear. Very slight fading to extreme bottom spine edge. Binding is tight & square, no cracking. Pages and edges are clean and bright. Clean green endpapers. No names, writing or marks. 561 pgs. with index. Beautifully illustrated with photographs and drawings. Clean bright dustjacket is unchipped, has one 1/4" closed edge tear, slight wear at top of spine. Enclosed in new archival quality mylar cover. Folio. Bird Watching.
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Category: Birds