Search Results: Bird Monographs from Loe Books

London: T & A D Poyser, 1992. Book. Illus. by Ian Jones. Fine. Hardcover. First Edition. 8vo. 249 pages. b/w illustrations and plates throughout. Original dust fine, not price-clipped. Hard back binding fine. Contents clean and tight, very very faint dust soiling to the top of the text block only, no inscriptions, no foxing. A fine bright copy..

Aviornis, 1992. Book. Very Good. Paperback. First Edition. 8vo. single copy , b/w illustrations and photographs. Covers very good with light general wear only. Contents clean and tight, no inscriptions..

Aviornis, 1993. Book. Very Good. Paperback. First Edition. 8vo. single copy , b/w illustrations and photographs. Covers very good with light general wear only. Contents clean and tight, no inscriptions..

Aviornis, 1994. Book. Very Good. Paperback. First Edition. 8vo. single copy , b/w illustrations and photographs. Covers very good with light general wear only. Contents clean and tight, no inscriptions..

Aviornis, 1995. Book. Very Good. Paperback. First Edition. 8vo. single copy , b/w illustrations and photographs. Covers very good with light general wear only. Contents clean and tight, no inscriptions..

Wyoming: Western Sporting, 2005. Book. Fine. Hardcover. Revised. Sm 4to. pp 201 numerous photographic illustrations. Original dust jacket fine, not price-clipped. Hard-back binding, fine, no marks. Contents clean and tight, no inscriptions. A fine copy that appears unread from the library of David Hoskings, son of Eric Hosking both wildlife photographers.Letter included..

Sussex: Pica Press, 1999. Book. Illus. by Richard Richardson and others. Near Fine. Hardback. First Edition. Small 4to. 552 pages; 32 colour photographic plates and many b/w vignettes by richard Richardson and others. Dust Jacket near fine, not price clipped. Hard back binding fine. Contents clean and tight, very faint dust soiling to top of the text block only, no inscriptions. A near fine copy..

Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1989. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. First Edition. 4to. Complete in two volumes. The oscine Passerines and The suboscine Passerines; b/w and colour illustrations, end paper maps. Dust jackets fine; hardback binding fine; contents clean and tight, some dust soiling to the top edge of volume one only, otherwise unmarked. A very good set in fine jackets..

Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1989. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. First Edition. 4to. Complete in two volumes. The oscine Passerines and The suboscine Passerines; b/w and colour illustrations, end paper maps. Dust jackets fine; hardback binding fine; contents clean and tight, some spotting to the fore-edges otherwise unmarked. A very good set in fine jackets..

London: Hamlyn, 1969. Book. Illus. by Ken Lilly. Very Good. Paperback. Inscribed By the Authors. First Edition. 8vo. Inscribed to Eric Hosking by the authors on the reverse of the front cover. 159 pages, colour plates. Covers a little toned, very good. Contents clean and tight, unmarked. A fine copy. [ Eric Hosking, OBE, Hon FRPS, FBIPP (1909-1991) was widely acknowledged as one of the world's most eminent natural history photographers, "Perhaps the most famous bird photographer ever to have lived" (Gemma Padley). He was pioneering and developed new techniques, especially the use of flash photography and automatic shutter release technology, which enabled him to photograph birds at night and freeze birds in flight for the first time. Famously, when just 28 he lost an eye to a tawny owl while climbing up to a hide in rural Wales, the event which inspired the ingeneous title of his autobiography "An Eye for a Bird", 1970. Over his exceptionally long career he photographed… Read More

Leeds: Peregrine Books, 1996. Book. Near Fine. Hardcover. First Edition Thus. 8vo. xlv + 216 pages; b/w illustrations, folding map. Original dust jacket a little scuffed a long the top edge, otherwise fine. Hard back binding fine. Contents clean and tight, no inscriptions. A near fine copy. "Birds of the Spurn Peninsula Pt I by Chislett & Ainsworth was published in 1958, but the work remained unfinished at the time of Chislett's death in 1964. His manuscript notes for Pt II, rediscovered in 1992, are here published for the first time, together with a reprint of Pt I in facsimile form.".

Leeds: Peregrine Books, 1996. Book. Fine. Hardcover. First Edition Thus. 8vo. xlv + 216 pages; b/w illustrations, folding map. Original dust jacket a little rubbed to edges, otherwise fine, now protected in a clear removable archival sleeve. Hard back binding fine. Contents clean and tight, no inscriptions. A fine copy. "Birds of the Spurn Peninsula Pt I by Chislett & Ainsworth was published in 1958, but the work remained unfinished at the time of Chislett's death in 1964. His manuscript notes for Pt II, rediscovered in 1992, are here published for the first time, together with a reprint of Pt I in facsimile form.".

London: H. F. & G. Witherby LTD, 1947. Book. Illus. by C. A, Gibson-Hill. Very Good. Hardcover. First Edition. 4to. pp 143 b/w photos by the author. Dust jacket very good, no loss, not price-clipped. Contents clean and tight, a little foxing to the first blank pages and half title, no inscriptions or other marks. A very good copy in a near fine jacket..

United Kingdom: Whittet Books Ltd, 2008. Book. Near Fine. Hardcover. First Edition. 8vo. 285 pages. Hard back binding near fine. Contents clean and tight, no inscriptions. A near fine to fine copy..

Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1998. Book. Illus. by William T. Cooper. Fine. Hardcover. First Edition. 4to (25 x 19cm). Illustrations by William T. Cooper including14 colour plates. Dust jacket fine, no fading, protected in a clear removable archival sleeve; hardback binding fine; contents clean and tight, no inscriptions. A fine copy. [Part of the Oxford Bird Families of the World Series of which 17 titles have been published.] Scarce - the original first edition/first printing..

Cambridge, UK.: University press, 1941. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. First Edition. 8vo. Original paper wrapper with a little wear to spine. Contents clean and tight, a few pencil marks to front free endpaper, no inscriptions. A very good copy in original wrapper. This was a review copy sent to Seton Gordon by Nature requesting an article of the paper. Enclosed is a letter of request and copious pencil notes by Seton Gordon Please see images for the Seton Gordon review based on the pencil notes included with this item..

Staffordshire: The Fernhill Press, 1999. Book. Fine. Hardback. First Edition. 8vo. 214 pages; 16 colour photographic plates. Dust Jacket fine, not price clipped. Hard back binding fine. Contents clean and tight, no inscriptions. A fine copy in a fine as new jacket..

London: Natural History Museum Publications, 1986. Book. Illus. by Gillmor, Robert. Fine. Hardcover. Second Edition. Folio. Pp. 299 colour plates by Robert Gillmor, b/w in text illustrations. Dust jacket fine , not price-clipped. Hardback binding fine. Contents clean and tight, no inscriptions. A near fine copy. Please note a large heavy book and small postal surcharge may apply..

Aylesbury: Shire Publications Limited, 1987. Book. Very Good. Paperback. First Edition. 8vo. 24 pages, colour & b/w illustrations. Covers very good with minimal wear only. Contents clean and tight, no inscriptions. A very good copy. Number 23 in the Shire Natural History Series..

Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2005. Book. Illus. by Klitz, Karen. Fine. Hardcover. First Edition. 4to (25 x 19cm). "With a molecular genetic analysis of cuckoo phylogeny by Michael D. Sorenson and Robert B. Payne". 20 colour plates of which 16 by Karen Klitz and 4 photographic; black and white illustrations by John Megahan. Dust jacket fine, protected in a clear removable archival sleeve; hardback binding fine; contents clean and tight, no inscriptions. A fine copy. [Part of the Oxford Bird Families of the World Series of which 17 titles have been published.].