Birds from Attic Books

Washington DC: The American Wildlife Institute, 1944. Hardcover. Good/Good. xii, 201 p. 23 cm. Colour frontispiece and b&w illustrations by the author. Green cloth in mylar-covered dustjacket. Small tears and creases to jacket edges, some spots on front panel, general soiling evient in white portions including the rear. Book has spots to cloth, light shelf wear. Offsetting… Read more about this item

Peterborough, UK: Langford Press, 2007. Hardcover. Fine/Near fine. 180 p. 32 cm. Colour paintings of birds. Blue cloth under mylar-covered pictorial dustjacket. Jacket a bit crumpled at spine head. James McCallum is a wildlife artist living and working in North Norfolk, England but he's best known for his watercolour paintings and sketches of birds in Northern and… Read more about this item

Lynx Edicions; Fundacio Mascort, 2015. Hardcover. Near fine/Fine. 599 p. 32 cm. Colour photos, illustrations and maps throughout. Green hardcover in mylar-covered dustjacket. One or two small spots inside but overall very clean and neat. A gorgeous book with accurate illustrations of all genera of the world's known birds, the text summarizing what is known about the life history and… Read more about this item

S. J. Reginald Saunders, 1945. First Edition. Hardcover. Very good/Good. 173 p. 22 cm. 28 b&w line drawings by MacDonald. Gold cloth in mylar-coloured dustjacket. Moderate wear to jacket. Inscribed by author on a front leaf. Louise de Kiriline Lawrence was a naturalist, author, and nurse who frequently contributed to Audubon magazine. This is a charming account of her special… Read more about this item

Toronto: McClelland & Stewart, 1971. Reprint. Hardcover. Very good/Very good +. 247 p. 34 cm. 56 colour plates by Lansdowne. Blue cloth in dustjacket. Jacket has some light stains to both panels and the lightest of wear to corners. Book itself has some shelf wear to lower edges. Ink inscription on title page.

Firefly Books, 2006. Hardcover. Near fine/Very good +. 153 p. 28 cm. Colour illustrations. Pictorial hardcover in matching dustjacket. Minor dents lower edges. Light scratching to jacket.

Toronto: McClelland & Stewart, 1977. Reprint. Hardcover. Very good +/Very good. 231 p. 34 cm. 52 colour plates. Blue cloth in dustjacket. Jacket has light soiling and wear. Ink inscription on half title.

Toronto: M. F. Feheley, 1976. Hardcover. Fine/Near fine. 175 p. 37 cm. 52 colour plates, 52 drawings. Beige cloth in mylar-covered dustjacket. Inscribed by Lansdowne on title. Foreword by S. Dillon Ripley.

Toronto: McClelland & Stewart, 1968; 1973. Vol. II a reprint. Hardcover. Very good/Near fine. 2 vols.: 231; 261 p. 34 cm. 93 colour plates Blue cloth in mylar-covered dustjackets. Both volumes signed by Lansdowne. Text block edges speckled, mainly on top. Light wear to edges. Small mark on spine of jacket vol. I.

Toronto: McClelland & Stewart, 1968; 1970. Hardcover. Very good/Very good. 2 vols.: 231; 261 p. 34 cm. 52 colour plates in vol. I and plates 53 to 112 in vol. II. Blue cloth under mylar-covered dustjackets. Some wear to jacket edges, crease in front panel of vol. 2 along with a bit of soiling. Books themselves… Read more about this item

Toronto: M. F. Feheley, 1976. Hardcover. Very good/Near fine. 175 p. 37 cm. 52 colour plates, 52 drawings. Beige cloth in mylar-covered dustjacket. Foreword by S. Dillon Ripley. Top edge speckled.

New York: Abbeville Press Publishers, 1990. Revised Edition. Hardcover. Near fine/Fine. The National Audubon Society Baby Elephant Folio. Unpaginated. 40 cm. 435 colour plates. Cream cloth in pictorial dustjacket in pictorial slipcase. Very light soiling and wear to extremities of slipcase.

Toronto: The Ryerson Press, 1923. Hardcover. Good/Fair. 178 p. 26 cm. B&w illustrations. Hardcover in dustjacket. Jacket has chips and tears to edges and spine ends as well as some soiling. Book itself has bumped lower corners a little softening to spine ends. Some foxing to rear pastedown and first leaves. A little thumbing. Original bookmark still tucked… Read more about this item

American Ornithologists' Union, 1983. Sixth edition. Hardcover. Near fine. xxix, 877 p. 24 cm. Maps on endpapers. Numerous signatures on a front page, including those of Thomas R. Howell, Ned K. Johnson, Richard C. Banks, etc. (committee members?).

Toronto: M. F. Feheley, 1977. Limited edition of 400 copies signed by author and illustrator of which this is copy no. 37.. Hardcover. Fine. xx, 406 p. 37 cm. 41 colour paintings by J. Fenwick Lansdowne. 17 distribution maps. Half burgundy leather with beige cloth boards. In matching slipcase. Includes a signed lithograph by Lansdowne and sample pages… Read more about this item

Noodrbergum: Uitgeverij 'Ornis', 1992. Hardcover. Very good. 232 p. 24 cm. Colour photos, b&w figures, maps. Corners bumped with light wear elsewhere. Ink mark on front free endpaper.

London, Ontario: Phelps Publishing, 2005. Softcover. Fine. iii, 60, 8 p. 28 cm. B&w illustrations. Stapled blue paper covers.

The University of Toronto Press, 1933. Rerinted from Transactions of the Royal Canadian Institute Vol. XIX Part 2, 1933. Softcover. Good. Pages 162-248, [3] p. 25 cm. Grey paper covers. Torn spine tail. Some soiling to covers and text block edge. Staples rusted.

Colorado Springs, CO: ABA Sales, 1988. Softcover. Very good. iii, 63 p. 22 cm. B&w maps and photos. Stapled card covers.

London: Published for "Cage and Aviary Birds" by Iliffe Books Ltd., nd. Booklet. Good. Unpaginated. 16 x 21 cm. Tan card covers. Grey card covers. Some discolouration, rusting staples. Unused. Each page allows user to fill in Ring No., Colour, Sex, In Pair No., By whom Bred, Sire, Dam, Remarks.