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Indian Hill Birds

By: Ali, Salim

Price: $22.00

Publisher: London, Oxford University Press: 1949

Seller ID: 024706

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Very Good+

First Edition in original dust jacket. Clean unfaded yellow cloth boards with black lettering on spine. No bumping or wear. Binding is tight and square, no cracking. Pages and edges are clean, with map-illustrated endpapers. Small previous owner name neatly penned at top edge of front free endpaper. Beautifully illustrated with 64 color plates by G. M. Henry. 188 pages with index. Book size approx. 5" x 7-1/2". Clean dust jacket has slight wear at top and bottom spine edges, corners. Enclosed in new archival quality removable mylar cover. Beautiful book for the non-technical bi...
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The Audubon Guide to Attracting Birds

By: Baker, John H.

Price: $10.00

Publisher: Garden City, Halcyon House: 1943

Seller ID: 002843

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Very Good+

268 pgs. VG+ in VG DJ - new archival quality mylar cover. Clean turquoise cloth book with illustrated cover. Binding tight. No names or writing inside. Clean dustjacket with very minor edgewear. 8vo. Bird Watching.
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Vanishing Wings

By: Bancroft, Griffing

Price: $25.00

Publisher: New York, Franklin Watts: 1972

Seller ID: 016250

ISBN: 531-02041-X

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Near Fine

First Edition, First Printing, SIGNED by author. Clean unfaded gray cloth boards with black lettering on spine. No bumping or wear. Binding is tight & square, no cracking. Pages and edges are clean and bright. Clean endpapers, no names, writing or marks. Boldly signed by author on front free endpaper. 149 pgs. Clean dustjacket is not price clipped, has two edge chips on rear panel (top and bottom edge), small corner chip on front panel, slight edge wear. Enclosed in new archival quality mylar cover. A compelling novel where the main characters are three native American birds--an eagl...
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Eagle's Plume: The Struggle to Presesrve the Life and Haunts of America's Bald Eagle

By: Beans, Bruce E.

Price: $12.00

Publisher: New York, Scribner: 1996

Seller ID: 011062

ISBN: 0-684-80696-7

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Near Fine

Gray boards with blue cloth spine, bright gold lettering on spine. No bumping or wear. Binding is tight & crisp, pages and edges are clean. No names, writing or bookplates. 318 pgs. with index. Illustrated with photographs. Clean dustjacket is unchipped, no tears, not price clipped. Enclosed in new archival quality mylar cover. 8 vo.. Birds of Prey.
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The Wild Parrots of Telegraph Hill: A Love Story . . .with Wings

By: Bittner, Mark

Price: $12.00

Publisher: Harmony: 2004

Seller ID: 025580

ISBN: 0609610554

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Fine

First Printing in clean unclipped dust jacket. White boards with blue spine, silver lettering on spine. No bumping or wear. Binding is tight and square, pages and edges are clean and bright. No names, writing or marks. Illustrated with black and white photographs. 289 pages. Clean dust jacket is unchipped, no tears, not price clipped. Enclosed in new archival quality removable mylar cover. Inspiring story of how one man found his life's work--and true love--among a gang of wild parrots roosting in one of America's most picturesque urban settings.
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Falcon, Fly Back

By: Blaisdell, Elinore

Price: $25.00

Publisher: New York, Julian Messner: 1939

Seller ID: 017125

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Near Fine

First Edition. Clean unfaded red cloth boards with gold falcon illustration on cover, gold lettering on spine. No bumping or wear. Binding is tight & square, no cracking. Pages and edges are clean. Clean illustrated endpapers; No names, writing or marks. 178 pgs. with illustrations and page decorations by the author. Illustrated dustjacket is not price clipped, has very small shallow edge chips along front top panel edge, large corner chip at bottom right corner of rear panel. Enclosed in new archival quality mylar cover. A young boy and girl living in the medieval period get falcons ...
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Projects For The Birder's Garden - Over 100 Easy Things That You Can Make To Turn Your Yard And Garden Into A Bird-friendly Haven

By: Bradley, Fern Marshall

Price: $15.00

Publisher: Yankee Books: 2004

Seller ID: 027053

ISBN: 0899093922

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Fine

As new condition. Clean illustrated hardcover book with no bumping or wear. Binding is tight and square, hinges are sound, pages and edges are clean and bright. Clean endpapers - no names, writing or bookplates. Thoroughly illustrated with drawings. 311 pages with index.
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On The Wing, The Life of Birds: From Feathers to Flight

By: Brooks, Bruce

Price: $15.00

Publisher: New York, Charles Scribner's Sons: 1989

Seller ID: 003805

ISBN: 0-684-19119-9

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Near FIne

190 pgs. Nr Fine in Fine DJ Clean green cloth boards with gold lettering on spine. Binding is tight & square, pages bright and clean. Gold endpapers. No names, bookplates or writing inside. Clean bright dustjacket has not been price clipped, is unchipped, unfaded. Folio. Bird Watching.
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Afield with the Seasons

By: Buckham, James

Price: $20.00

Publisher: New York, Thomas Y. Crowell: 1907

Seller ID: 028956

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Near Fine

First Edition, published September, 1907. Decorated American trade binding. Clean green cloth boards with gold land white decoration, gold lettering on cover and spine. No bumping, fading or fraying. Binding is tight and square, hinges are sound - no cracking. Pages and edges are clean with clean endpapers - no names, writing or marks. Gilt top page edges. Frontispiece photograph with clean tissue guard; 13 additional full page photographic illustrations. 174 pages. A delightful book on birds and nature.
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Source of the Thunder: The Biography of a California Condor

By: Caras, Roger A.

Price: $15.00

Publisher: Boston/Toronto, Little Brown: 1970

Seller ID: 012316

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Near Fine

Clean decorated brown boards with beige cloth spine, black lettering on spine. No bumping or fraying. Binding is tight & square, pages and edges are clean. Clean black endpapers. No names, writing or marks. 181 pgs. Illustrated with drawings by Charles Frace. Forword by Roland C. Clement. Clean dustjacket has tiny price sticker on front flap, a few surface nicks to edges, small closed edge tears. Enclosed in new archival quality mylar cover. Author follows the life cycle of a male condor from infancy through training and maturation to adulthood, when the spectacular bird is capable ...
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Camps and Cruises of An Ornithologist

By: Chapman, Frank M.

Price: $75.00

Publisher: New York, D. Appleton & Co.: 1908

Seller ID: 028299

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Very Good++

A gorgeous book - decorated American trade binding. Very clean green ribbed cloth boards with crisp stamped gold lettering, red flamingo on cover, along with small blind-stamped illustrations of a campsite and a sailing ship. No fading or fraying. Binding is tight and square, hinges are sound - no cracking. Pages and edges are clean, with some browning to endpapers and a few preliminary pages. A nice piece of the front panel of the dust jacket is laid in, along with a list of "Bird Books by Mr. Chapman" produced by the publisher. Illustrated with black and white photographs (250 ...
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The Log of Tanager Hill

By: Commons, Marie Andrews

Price: $40.00

Publisher: Baltimore, Williams & Wilkins: 1938

Seller ID: 017431

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Very Good+

First Edition. Clean unfaded red cloth boards with black lettering on spine. No fraying or wear. Binding is tight & square, no cracking. Pages and edges are clean, with clean endpapers; no names, writing or bookplates. 244 pgs. with original map in sleeve at rear of book in perfect condition. Dustjacket is not price clipped, has slight age-toning, a few very small chips and closed edge tears. Enclosed in new archival quality mylar cover. A diary of eight years' productive bird banding activities on the shores of Lake Minnetonka, Minnesota. 6-1/2" x 9-1/4". Birds.
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Wild Wings and Some Footsteps

By: Day, J. Wentworth

Price: $40.00

Publisher: London, Blandford Press: 1948

Seller ID: 019616

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Very Good

"First Edition 1948" on copyright page, in original unclipped jacket. Clean green cloth boards with gold lettering on cover and spine; some fading to boards and spine. No fraying. Binding is tight & square, no cracking. Pages and edges are clean. Illustrated endpapers (very small previous owner name at top edge of front free endpaper). 224 pp. illustrations by Roland Green, including eight full color plates. Clean jacket is not price clipped, a few tiny chips at top and bottom spine edges. Enclosed in new archival quality removable mylar cover.
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The World of Roger Tory Peterson: An Authorized Biography

By: Devlin, John C. And Grace Naismith (foreword By Elliot Richardson)

Price: $15.00

Publisher: New York, Times Books: 1977

Seller ID: 015560

ISBN: 0-8129-0694-2

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Very Good+

Clean blue cloth boards with gold lettering on cover and spine. No fraying or wear, very slight fading to board edges. Binding is tight & square, no cracking. Pages and edges are clean. Clean endpapers; no names, writing or bookplates. 266 pgs. with index. Illustrated with color plates by Roger Tory Peterson and with photographs. Clean bright dustjacket is unchipped, no tears, price clip to upper front inside flap corner. Enclosed in new archival quality mylar cover. Roger Tory Peterson's prints and paintings of birds are treasured in great collections everywhere, and this the story o...
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Birdsong: A Natural History

By: Don Stap

Price: $10.00

Publisher: New York, Scribner: 2005

Seller ID: 025592

ISBN: 0743232747

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Near Fine

First Edition in unclipped dust jacket. Clean cream boards with beige cloth spine, brown lettering on spine. No bumping or wear; binding is tight and square, pages and edges are clean, with clean endpapers. Remainder mark (small black line) on bottom text block edge. 261 pages. Dust jacket is clean, unchipped, no tears, not price clipped. Enclosed in new archival quality removable mylar cover.
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The Hummingbird Book - The Complete Guide to Attracting, Identifying, and Enjoying Hummingbirds

By: Donald Stokes; Lillian Stokes

Price: $15.00

Publisher: Little, Brown And Company: 9-09

Seller ID: 026303

ISBN: 0316817155

Binding: Paperback

Condition: Fine

Very clean, as new large paperback (approx. size: 8-1/2" x 11"). No creasing, chipping or wear. Illustrations and range maps by Donald Stokes (many beautiful full-color photographs). With a special section on attracting Orioles, as well. 89 pages. Wonderful, informative book with clear information on attracting hummers, identifying the various types, creating a hummingbird habitat, planting hummingbird flowers, hummingbird facts and myths, photographing hummingbirds.
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Image for Bird Homes - The Nests, Eggs and Breeding Habits of the Land Birds Breeding in the Eastern United States; With Hints on the Rearing and Photographing of Young Birds

Bird Homes - The Nests, Eggs and Breeding Habits of the Land Birds Breeding in the Eastern United States; With Hints on the Rearing and Photographing of Young Birds

By: Dugmore, A. Radclyffe

Price: $20.00

Publisher: New York, Doubleday Page: 1902

Seller ID: 025895

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Very Good

Beautiful old book with very light library markings (no markings to spine, binding or text block edges). Gilt top page edges. Attractive Rochester Museum bookplate on front fixed endpaper. Sleeve on rear fixed endpaper. Beige buckram cloth boards with leather title box with gold lettering on spine. Some chipping to edges and corners of leather label. No wear to cloth. Binding is tight and square, hinges are sound - no cracking. Beautifully illustrated with photographs in black & white and full color by the author. 183 pages with index.
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Hawks in Flight - The Flight Identification of North American Migrant Raptors

By: Dunne, Pete; David Sibley, Clay Sutton

Price: $25.00

Publisher: Boston, Houghton Mifflin: 1988

Seller ID: 022320

ISBN: 0-395-42388-0

Condition: Near Fine

Early printing, SIGNED by author Pete Dunne, in original unclipped jacket. Very clean dark blue cloth boards with silver lettering and small silver decoration on cover, silver lettering on spine. No bumping, fading or wear. Binding is tight & square, pages and edges are clean. Inscribed and signed on title page by author Pete Dunne: "Helen & Bob - Who are two of my favorite people - With Best Wishes, Pete." Clean illustrated endpapers. Illustrated throughout with excellent photographs and drawings, making in-flight identification of raptors perfectly clear. 254 pages with index...
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Bird infirmary

By: Engholm, Eva

Price: $12.00

Publisher: Taplinger Publishing Company: 1973

Seller ID: 026836

ISBN: 0800807421

Binding: Unknown

Condition: Fine

First Edition in clean unclipped dust jacket. Clean blue boards with yellow cloth spine, black lettering on spine. No fading, bumping or wear. Binding is tight and square, hinges are sound - no cracking. Pages and edges are clean with clean endpapers - no names, writing or marks. Illustrated with black and white photographs. 176 pages with Appendix. Clean dust jacket is unchipped, not price clipped, no tears, hint of very slight sunning to spine. enclosed in new archival quality removable mylar cover. An account of the author's adventures as a caretaker and healer for wounded and abandon...
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Parrot's Wood

By: Fisk, Erma J

Price: $25.00

Publisher: New York, W. W. Norton & Co: 1985

Seller ID: 028858

ISBN: 0393019977

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Near Fine

First Edition, First printing, SIGNED by the author, in clean unclipped dust jacket. Very clean green cloth boards with gold lettering on spine. No bumping or wear. Binding is tight and square, hinges are sound. Pages and edges are clean. Flat-signed by author on title page: "Erma J. Fisk" and also inscribed and signed on front free endpaper as follows: "For Edna Whiteman with best wishes - Erma J. Fisk." Small return address label of Edna Wightman at bottom corner of front free endpaper and at top corner of rear pastedown. 240 pages. Clean dust jacket is unchipped, not price clipped,...
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