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1944Best.-Nr. 016550Wien: Selbsverlag Der Wissenschaftlichen Staatsmuseen 1944. ix 272pp 26 bw plates folding map index notes. Or gray thin card wraps. Some toning to covers with small chip at bottom of spine page edges/margins toned. Scarce wartime monograph in German on shorebirds. First Edition. Soft Cover. Very Good. Small 4to. Selbsverlag Der Wissenschaftlichen Staatsmuseen Paperback
1994Best.-Nr. 051024Austin: University of Texas Press 1994. HEAVY. xii 814pp index bibliography appendix col ills distribution maps endpaper maps. Or green cloth in jacket. Slight thumb soiling to bottom corner-an excellent copy. Includes overnbirds woodcreepers antbirds gnateaters tapaculos tyrant flycatchers manakins and cotingas. . First Edition. Hard Cover. Near Fine/Fine. Illus. by Tudor Guy. 4to. University of Texas Press Hardcover
1967Best.-Nr. 014042Cape Town: A. A. Balkema for S.A. Bird Book Fund 1967. 351pp index gazetteer bibliography 24 maps 10 col plates 91 bw photos 40 line drawings gramophone record at rear. Or tan cloth in pictorial jacket. Prev owners name on front free endpaper. Some toning and rubbing to jacket. Detailed examination of the sunbirds sugarbirds white-eyes and spotted creeper of southern Africa. Includes a 45rpm recording of sunbird calls and songs in pocket at rear. Each family is introduced by a comprehensive general review followed by detailed notes on the biology and taxonomy of each species. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. 4to. A. A. Balkema (for S.A. Bird Book Fund) Hardcover
2026Best.-Nr. LRB8000967Paris: Editions Recreasoft 2026 Language: English. Approximately 540 pages. English : Print-on-demand reprint. Original edition : 1874-98. Catalogue naturaliste de référence consacré aux oiseaux conservés au British Museum présentant un inventaire scientifique systématique de la collection avec nomenclature ordonnancement taxonomique et intérêt bibliographique pour l'étude de l'ornithologie du XIXe siècle. Reference natural history catalogue devoted to the birds held at the British Museum offering a systematic scientific inventory of the collection with nomenclature taxonomic arrangement and enduring bibliographic value for the study of nineteenth-century ornithology. Book images are non-contractual. Editions Recreasoft. Softcover. New. Editions Recreasoft paperback
2026Best.-Nr. LRB25046104Paris: Editions Recreasoft 2026 Language: English. Approximately 598 pages. English: Print-on-demand reprint. Original edition : 1874-98. Text in English. This monumental work is a comprehensive catalogue of the bird specimens held in the British Museum's Natural History collection. It provides detailed descriptions classifications and distribution data for a vast array of avian species making it an invaluable resource for ornithologists and naturalists. The catalogue is organized systematically offering insights into the taxonomy and geographical range of birds during the late 19th century. Book images are non-contractual. Editions Recreasoft. Softcover. New. Editions Recreasoft paperback
2026Best.-Nr. LRB25046108Paris: Editions Recreasoft 2026 Language: English. Approximately 588 pages. English: Print-on-demand reprint. Original edition : 1874-98. Text in English. This comprehensive catalogue documents the extensive avian collections housed in the British Museum. Compiled by the Department of Zoology it provides detailed taxonomic descriptions and classifications of bird species reflecting the state of ornithological knowledge in the late 19th century. A valuable resource for historians of science and natural history enthusiasts. Book images are non-contractual. Editions Recreasoft. Softcover. New. Editions Recreasoft paperback
1870Best.-Nr. D21123Long Island 1870s. Hardcover. Fair. Manuscript album belonging to an N. T. Lawrence dated 1873 at the front. Small quarto. Marbled paper over boards front board detached. Pages numbered to 159 but all blank after p. 48. Many birds with no entries. Roughly 20 leaves with entries the Latin name of the bird at the top and specific measurements given for the unfortunate bird. Sold as is. hardcover
1965Best.-Nr. 27351Caracas Venezuela: Banco Central De Venezuela. Near Fine in Poor dust jacket. 1965. Hardcover. DJ is badly rubbed & chipped around the edges ; Folio 13" - 23" tall; 138 pages . Banco Central De Venezuela hardcover
1950Best.-Nr. 142933Grand Rapids MI: Grand Rapids Art GALLERY 1950. Softcover. VG- Very clean tight text but catalogue has mailing stamp and address to original art museum. Yellow and grey stapled wraps with black lettering. 4.5x11 inches. 24 pp. with 10 bw illus. Catalogue of 67 works exhibited by as many artists from a total of 198 submitted for consideration from Jan. 8 to Feb. 14. The exhibition was held during the gallery's 50th anniversary year before it was renamed the Grand Rapids Art Museum and moved into new premises. Grand Rapids Art GALLERY paperback
1958Best.-Nr. 010081New York: Thomas Y. Crowell 1958 44 pgs. Yellow cloth hard cover with slight spine lean and prev. owner's bookplate else fine; photo-illustrated dust jacket with chips tears and wear original price intact $2.75. Text and b&w photographs following the goings-on of a nest of robins including the appearance of eggs and the eventual hatching and growth of the chicks. The photographer Myron E Scott is best known as the inventor of the Soap Box Derby and is credited for coming up with the name "Corvette" for Chevrolet. . First Printing. Cloth Hard Cover. Near Fine/Good. Illus. by Myron E. Scott Photography. Square 8vo. Thomas Y. Crowell hardcover
1924Best.-Nr. 014513Cambridge: Museum of Comparative Zoology 1924. Part One pp.1-210 covering Holboell's Grebe through Coot; Part Two pp. 211-402 covering Red Phalarope through Hawk Owl. Compiled from the diaries and journals of William Brewster by Ludlow Griscom. Note: four parts were issued separately over a 14 year period. In original paper wraps. Vol. 1 has a few chips. First Edition. Original Wraps Softbound. Very Good. Museum of Comparative Zoology Paperback
1968Best.-Nr. 008082New York: McGraw-Hill 1968. In two volumes. 946pp. ills color plates maps. Diurnal birds of prey of the world ecology habits identification taxonomy. 125 full-page color plates by 11 artists including Peterson Eckelberry Kelly Cohealeach etc. Nice slipcase. Book edges lightly rubbed. Cloth. Very Good/Slipcase. Illus. by Peterson R.T.P.et.al. ill. 4to. McGraw-Hill Hardcover
1931Best.-Nr. 014674New York: Appleton-Century-Crofts Inc. 1931. Photos drawings by Francis L. Jaques index 416 pages. Barro Colorado Island in the Panama. Canal Zone. Gilt bird on cover. Nice clean crisp copy. Dust jacket pasted in on rear flyleaf/inside cover. Hard Cover. Very Good. Appleton-Century-Crofts, Inc. Hardcover
1964Best.-Nr. 007077Edinburgh: Oliver and Boyd 1964. Color plates illustrations photos fold-out map index 511 pages. As is often the case the box with the title on the spine has partially rubbed off. Otherwise a nice tight copy. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Oliver and Boyd Hardcover
1912Best.-Nr. 012677London and Edinburgh: Gurney and Jackson/Oliver and Boyd 1912. Ex-Library. Very Good. Cloth. First Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Olive cloth lettered in gilt on spine panel top edges in gilt deckled edges. De-accessioned from non-circulating museum collection minimally marked/stamped clear-coated spine panel slightly age-toned with handwritten call number on lower spine. Modest shelf wear surfaces a bit rubbed. Contemporary review mounted on front endpapers. xvi323 vii346 pp. illus. with maps weather charts and other illustrations 25 plates spread over both volumes. Solid copy. Gurney and Jackson/Oliver and Boyd Hardcover
1986Best.-Nr. 003178Oxford: Oxford Univirsity Press 1986. Color plates photos ills. maps biblio 722pp. Hard Cover. New/New. 4to. Oxford Univirsity Press Hardcover
1964Best.-Nr. 068482Narberth PA: Livingston Publishing Co. for the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia 1964. Book. Illus. by Earl L. Poole and George Miksch Sutton. Near Fine. Hardcover. 1st Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Light green cloth lettered in gold foil. Near Fine text block edges a bit tanned by age otherwise about as issued. Color illus. dust jacket VG with mild foxing/soiling in a few areas mild surface rubbing corners and extremities a bit rubbed now in mylar. 2nd ptg. xvi430 pp. illus. Livingston Publishing Co. for the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia Hardcover
2000Best.-Nr. 57635Chelsea MI: Ann Arbor Press. Very Good. 2000. First Printing. Softcover. Tight unmarked book in bright covers.; 8.9 X 6.0 X 0.8 inches; 352 pages . 1575041138 . Ann Arbor Press paperback
1925Best.-Nr. 071149Pennsylvania German Society 1925. Book. Very Good. Original Wraps. First Edition. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. PGS Vol. XXXI 31. Softcover blue stiff paper wraps lettered in dark blue rough-cut text block edges. Several mild indentations to front cover appears to be from binding twine otherwise typical rubbing along extended cover edges. Binding is firm and square with the expected stress creasing surface paper tanned. This volume also contains a summary of and reports from the annual meeting in Ephrata. Limited to 600 copies. 483 pp. illus. w/ plates. Pennsylvania German Society Paperback
Best.-Nr. 071600Book. Fine. Original Wraps. Facsimile Reprint Edition. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Stiff light blue wraps lettered in black. Uncredited facsimile reprint of Pennsylvania-German Society Vol. XXXI 31 Autograph Edition limited to 200 copies originally copyrighted in 1925. xii483 pp. illus. w/ plates. Essentially as issued. Paperback
1917Best.-Nr. 059550Rochester NY: Stecher Litho. Co. 1917. Book. Illus. by Will. F. Stecher. Near Fine. Soft cover. 1st Edition. Folio - over 12" - 15" tall. Stiff color litho wraps stapled binding. 16 pp. alternating full color and red/blue/gray spreads with a bird for every letter of the alphabet. A lovely copy showing only slight handling wear. Stecher Litho. Co. Paperback
2004Best.-Nr. 049354Falsterbro Sweden: Falsterbro Bird Observatory 2004. Book. As New. Soft cover. 1st Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Stiff color pictorial wraps French flaps. 180 pp. color photos. As issued. Text in English translated from original Swedish. Very scarce. Falsterbro Bird Observatory Paperback
1994Best.-Nr. 16944Cambridge MA: Candlewick Press 1994. Signed by the author. First U.S. edition / First printing. Pictorial laminated boards. Very fine in very fine dust jacket. Penelope Lively won the 1973 Carnegie Medal from the Library Association recognising the year's best children's book by a British subject. She won the 1976 Whitbread Children's Book Award. She won the 1987 Booker Award. Candlewick Press, hardcover
2017Best.-Nr. 045847Zagreb: Profil Knjiga 2017 Book. As New. Soft cover. First Thus. ". the saga of a grieving daughter who found healing in training a goshawk. Now she digs deeper into the world of these raptors by following a family in the wild and raising a goshawk of her translation of "H is for Hawk" into Croatian by by Sasa Drach. 294p. bibliography NO copy found in Croatian . Profil Knjiga paperback
1971Best.-Nr. 56491NY: Harper and Row. Very Good in Good dust jacket; Page bottoms foxed owner name on front . pastedown endpaper jacket price-clipped with tape repair on the reverse . of the front panel. 1971. First Printing. Hardcover. 0060127759 . Cream cloth. xi 220pp. Foreword black and white illustrations and colored plates. In addition to sixty handsome plates there are also reproduced dozens of sketches in pen and ink pencil and stunning black-and-white wash which show Fuertes at his informal best. rear jacket panel. Foreword by Dean Amadon introduction by Roger Tory Peterson. ; Folio 13" - 23" tall . Harper and Row hardcover