Very clean hardcover book in origianl dust jacket. Light green cloth boards with dark green cloth spine, gold lettering on cover and spine. No bumping or wear. Binding is tight and square, hinges are sound. Pages and edges are clean with clean endpapers - no names, writing or marks. Profusely illustrated with excellent full color and black & white photographs (331 color photographs, showing 266 species of North American birds. Printed on quality paper. Foreword by Gilbert Grosvenor, President, National Geographic Society, 1920-1954. 328 pages with Index. Clean dust jacket has light rubbing and... View More...
Clean solid hardcover first edition. Green cloth boards with red cloth spine, red lettering on spine with black lettering. A couple of very small spots of wear to cloth at base of rear board. Some fading to spine and edges. Binding is tight and square, hinges are sound - no cracking. Decorated endpapers - no names, writing or marks. Two flaps from the dust jacket laid in. Awesome color fronispiece - a Peregrine Falcon resting on a branch in front of the spectacular Taughannock Falls in Ithaca, NY. Many additional black & white photographs by the author throughout this book. Pages are ... View More...
Garden City: Halcyon House, 1943. Very Good+/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. View More...
New York: Franklin Watts, 1972. First Edition, First Printing. Near Fine/Very Good. John Hamberger, Illustrator. 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 qua... View More...
New York: Scribner, 1996. First Edition, Second Printing. Near Fine/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. View More...
Harmony, 2004. First Edition, First Printing. Fine/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 ... View More...
New York: Julian Messner, 1939. First Edition. Near Fine/Very Good. Elinore Blaisdell, Illustrator. 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 ar... View More...
New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1989. 1st Edition. Near FIne/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. View More...
Firt Printing in clean dust jacket. Clean blue boards with silver lettering on spine. No bumping or wear. Binding is tight and square, hinges sound. Previous owner name and date neatly penned on front fixed endpaper. No other marks. All pages clean; illustrated with beautiful full color photographs. 160 pages. Clean jacket has one closed tear at lower right corner of front panel. Essential reading for all those with an interest in birds, and to anyone seeking to understand one of the greatest marvels of nature. View More...
Clean hardcover book in clean unclipped dust jacket. Glossy color-illustrated boards - no fading or wear. Binding is tight and square, pages and edges are clean and bright. Clean deep blue endpapers. No names, writing or marks. Lavishly illustrated with full color photographs throughout. Introduction by Stephen W. Kress. Clean dust jacket is unchipped, no tears, not price clipped; enclosed in new archival quality removable mylar cover. This book is packed with useful information on using offers of food, water, and nesting sites to entice birds to visit. A photographic directory of 80 o... View More...
Boston/Toronto: Little Brown, 1970. Stated First Edition. Near Fine/Very Good+. 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 traini... View More...
Clean tan ribbed cloth boards with circular red and green cardinal illustration on cover, unchipped gold lettering on cover and spine. Light surface wear to corners, no fraying. Very light rubbing to cardinal decoration on cover. Binding is tight and square, hinges are sound. Pages and edges are clean with previous owner name and date (1926) neatly penned on front free endpaper. Pages are clean, lavishly illustrated with color and black & white drawings of birds on nearly every page (upward of 800 drawings). Preface by the author. 356 pages. View More...
Baltimore: Williams & Wilkins, 1938. First Edition. Very Good+/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 Mi... View More...
New York: Atlantic Monthly Press, 1991. Stated First printing. Fine/Fine. Don Almquist, Illustrator. Stated First Printing in unclipped original dust jacket. Very clean white/gray boards with image of flying bird of prey on cover, clean unfaded rust red cloth spine with gold lettering. No fading or wear. Binding is tight and square, hinges are sound, pages and edges are clean and bright. Clean endpapers illustrated with maps; no names, writing or marks. Illustrations by Don Almquist. 290 pages. Clean dust jacket is unchipped, no tears, not price clipped; enclosed in new archival quality remova... View More...
Very clean original spiral (plastic comb) bound book, illustrated with drawings. No chipping or tears. Small previous owner name neatly printed on lower margin of title page; no other marks. Recipes to please many types of birds, instructions for feeding, different types of receptacles for suet and seed mixtures, seasonal instructions for Spring, Summer, Winter, Fall. View More...
London: Blandford Press, 1948. Stated First Edition. Very Good/Very Good+. Roland Green, Illustrator. "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. Enc... View More...
New York: Scribner, 2005. First Edition, First Printing. Near Fine/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. View More...
Little, Brown And Company, 9-09. Later printing. 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. View More...
New York: Doubleday Page, 1902. Very Good/no dust jacket . 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. View More...
Taplinger Publishing Company, 1973. First Edition, First Printing. Fine/Near 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... View More...
