Search Results: Nature: Birds from The Owl at the Bridge

"An account of his journey to England and Scotland to arrange the publication of The Birds of America. Transcribed from the original, in the collection of Henry Bradley Martin, and with a Foreword and Notes, by Alice Ford." Hardcover. 447 pages, illustrations; 24 cm. Sticker remains on first flyleaf; Very Good in VG dust jacket. Stock #28151/h.

Barron's / David Bateman [1993]. Hard Cover. 288 p., color photos, illus., index; 34 cm. Contents include The Life of the Bird; Birds of the World; Birds and People. Includes bibliographical references. Evolution, behavior, species, physiology, preservation, the bird as symbol in history & art. Color pictorial dj; VG+; gift quality. stock#44651 oversize.

N.Y., Bonanza, [1984]. Hard Cover. x, 917 p.illus., 24 cm. "With 25 halftone illustrations and 6 full-color plates." Illustratde by Gordon Morrison. First pub. 1982. Stock# 32,161. Vg/ dj vg.

N.Y., Lyons & Burford, c1992. A collection of essays on birds and nature. The catchy, and misleading, title is taken from the second essay, which is more about human psychology than ornithology. Hard Cover. x, 179 pages, 23.5 cm. Vg/dj vg. Stock#101751.

Written and illustrated by David Lank. "This little book is intended for that Gawk of Birders who love ornithological trivia." Bibliography, pages 158-160. Softcover. 160 pages, illustrations throughout, index; 15 x 22 cm. Bound in heavy tan paper; near Fine. stock#27876x/h.

Georgian House, Melbourne [1950]. Hard Cover. 62 p., monochrome marginal vignettes throughout, 2 color botanical plates, 22.5 cm. Written and Illustrated by Mervinia Masterman. Endpaper map. With two handmade bookmarks by the author, each with a small botanical color sketch. A profile of the Sanctuary for Fauna and Flora off the South Coast of Australia near Adelaide. Contents include The Apiary and Bees, Spiny Anteaters, Wallabies, Koala Bears, The Sooty Kangaroo, 'Possums, Goannas, Birds of the Chase, Wild Flowers and Trees, Cape du Couedic and the Remarkable Rocks. Stock# 39,333. Vg, pictorial paper-covered boards lightly soiled, spine edges chipped. Natural science, zoology, botany.

Washington, GPO, 1922. United States Dept. of Agriculture Farmers' Bulletin no. 506. Soft Cover. 33 p., illus.; 23 cm. Cover title. Revised from 1912 edition. Some illus. by Louis Agassiz Fuertes. Stock#40250. Vg/ paper.

New York, NY, HarperCollins, c1992.. Hard Cover. 87 p., col. illus., index, 24 cm. A book on birdhouses. Practical and aesthetic. Stock#40,101. Fine/ dj fine,

New Haven, Yale UP, 1988. Hard Cover. 465 p., illus., 26 cm. Diurnal Raptors (Part 2). Includes Hawks, buzzards and eagles, kestrels and falcons. Stock# 30,181. Vg (a Brown University librarian had started to stamp and label this but was carried off by a raptor before a third step could be achieved)/ dj vg.

NY, Christie, Manson & Woods, 26 May 1977. Hard Cover. 53 p., 5 color plates, illus.; 26 cm.; 112 lots. Stock#47055. Vg / hard cover.

N.Y., Bramhall House, c1955. Hard Cover. xxii, 552 p. 96 color illustrations, 29.5 cm. Revised and Abridged with the addition of over one hundred new species by John Richard May. Stock # 32,160. Vg/ dj vg.

London: Cassell, 1962, c1960. Hard Cover. xii, 167 p., [16] leaves of plates, 50 illus., maps; 21.5 cm. "The most endearing and comic of birds, the penguin is difficult to observe... but Sewall Pettingill, an American ornithologist, and his wife found that it was possible to study three kinds of penguins, the gentoo, rockhopper and jackass in the Falkland Islands." Stock#47053. Vg / dj vg.

Boston, Houghton Mifflin, 1963. Hard Cover. 6 p.l., 157 p. illus., 24 cm. "Third Printing" Studies the nature of the raptor by means of a novel about the life of one falcon held in captivity. Stock# 32,093. Vg/ no dj.

NY, Parke-Bernet Galleries, 1969. Periodical. [vi], 38 p., illus.; 23.5 cm.; 237 lots. Title continues: "and other Rare Ornithological Works, with Natural History and Books on the Dance from the Distinguished Collection of Edward L. Chalif, Short Hills, New Jersey, and Fine Books, including Press Books, Rackham illustrations, Jeweled and other Fine Bindings, from the Estate of the late Dr. Lynval E. Davidson..." Stock#45319. Paper; pencil notations on front cover; good.

NY, Dutton, 1974. Hard Cover. x, 175 p., illus.; 22 cm. "With a loving and scientific eye, John Hay has studied every aspect of these remarkable birds." ISBN (10) 087690116X. Stock#46498. Vg / dj vg.

Washington, D.C., National Geographical Society, 1961. Hard Cover. viii, 328 p., illus., 26 cm. 331 color photographs, showing 266 species of North American birds. Stock# 32,162. Good+, old orange tape marks on dj and fly leaves/ dj vgood+..

The New Yorker, 1967. Periodical. in The New Yorker, 27 May (pp. 40-102) & 3 June (pp. 42-105), 1967. Stock#40,152. Vg/ paper.Natural science; ornithology; shorebirds.

Boston, Mass. State Board of Agriculture, 1908. Hard Cover. xx, 437 p., index, 171 text figures, 56 plates incl. color front.; 24 cm. Containing brief descriptions of the more common and useful species of Massachusetts, with accounts of their food habits, and a chapter on the means of attracting and protecting birds. Illustrated by the author, C. Allan Lyford, Chester A. Reed, and others. Third Edition. Contents include The Value of Birds to Man; The Utility of Birds in Woodlands; Birds as Destroyers of Hairy Caterpillars & Plant Lice; The Economic Service of Birds in the Orchard; Song Birds of Orchard & Woodland; Songless Birds of Orchard & Woodland; Birds of Field and Garden; Birds of the Air; Birds of Marsh and Waterside; Checks upon the Increase of Useful Birds; The Protection of Birds; Papers on Ornithology, published by the Massachusetts State Board of Agriculture. Green cloth sunned, spine ends worn; ex library, with more damage done by librarians than readers; good+. Stock#21317.

Washington, GPO, 1964. Hard Cover. xii, 770 p. illus., fold. map, 24 cm. U.S Department of the Interior. Bureau of Sport Fisheries and Wildlife. Fish and Wildlife Service. 69 articles on ducks, geese, awans and other water fowl. Stock# 30,184. Vg/ no dj.