HANDBOOK OF THE BIRDS OF THE WORLD VOLUME 7: JACAMARS TO WOODPECKERS
Written by Josep Del Hoyo; Andrew Elliott; Jordi Sargatal; et al. Illustrated by Clive Byers; Hilary Burn; John Cox; et al..
Stock no. 1830891
Published by Lynx Edicions. 1st 2002. Slightly better than very good condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper.

Large format. Burgundy cloth boards, gilt titles. Colour plates, photographs and distribution maps. 613 pages including index. A heavy tome. ISBN: 8487334377. Minor mark to front board and light bump to lower corner of front board. Else boards clean. Minor foxing to top of text block. A few grubby marks to prelimms else contents clean. White pictorial dustwrapper has a few minor marks. Includes laminated alphabetical list of Non-passerines loosely inserted. Overall, a very nice copy.

HANDBOOK OF THE BIRDS OF THE WORLD VOLUME 3: HOATZIN TO AUKS
Written by Josep Del Hoyo; Andrew Elliott; Jordi Sargatal; et al. Illustrated by Norman Arlott; Hilary Burn; Robert Bateman; et al..
Stock no. 1830890
Published by Lynx Edicions. 1st 1996. Slightly better than very good condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper.

Large format. Burgundy cloth boards, gilt titles. Colour plates, photographs and distribution maps. 821 pages including index. A heavy tome. ISBN: 8487334202. Boards clean. Lower front corner of board bumped. Some minor foxing to top edge of text block. Contents clean. White pictorial dustwrapper is lightly creased at bumped corner and has a few minor marks. A very nice copy.

WADERS OF EUROPE
Written by Lars Gejl.
Stock no. 1830860
Published by Bloomsbury Publishing Plc. 1st 2016. Slightly better than very good condition.

A photographic guide to wader identification, ecology and biology. Waders are spectacular members of our avifauna. They are epecially prevalent along coasts and in wetlands during the spring and autumn migration periods, when members of several species may form dramatic flocks that wheel and turn in flight. Packed with information on the lives of these birds. Oblong format. Matt pictorial boards. Colour photography throughout. 368 pages including index. ISBN: 9781472947055. Boards very lightly scuffed else a lovely copy.

THE BIRDS OF JAMAICA
Written by Philip Henry Gosse.
Stock no. 1208942
Published by John Van Voorst. 1st 1847. Almost very good condition.

Dark green cloth boards, gilt title to spine. Publisher's advert to front fly for 'The Canadian Naturalist: A series of conversations ion the natural history of Lower Canada' by Philip Henry Gosse plus further publications overleaf. x and 447 pages including index. Not illustrated. Vertical edges of spine worn and frayed. Corners rubbed and worn. A few marks to boards. Joints starting to crack. Endpapers grubby and marked. Browning to page edges and fly leaf. Some evidence of insect damage. Hinges pulled but binding still tight.

THE BIRDS OF GLOUCESTERSHIRE
Written by Gordon Kirk; John Phillips.
Stock no. 1830680
Published by Liverpool University Press. 1st 2013. Nearly fine condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper.

One of the most comprehensive accounts of Gloucestershire's birds ever produced, covering all the species recorded in the county in modern times. Large, heavy format. Glazed pictorial boards. Colour photos. B/w illustrations. xi and 451 pages including index. ISBN: 9781846318085. Text block is very slightly grubby. Contents clean. Picotrial dustwrapper is lightly creased at edges, tiny closed tear (no loss) to lower front panel corner.

THE PHEASANTS OF THE WORLD
Written by Paul A. Johnsgard. Illustrated by Henry Jones.
Stock no. 1830252
Published by Oxford University Press. 1st 1986. Very good condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper.

Distribution, status, and biology of 49 species of pheasants. 53 colour plates in the books show adults of all the pheasant species. Large format. Blue boards, gilt title to spine. Colour plates, b/w illustrations. xii and 300 pages including index. ISBN: 0198571852. Pale foxing to dustwrapper flaps and endpapers. Text block a little grubby. Contents clean. Pictorial dustwrapper is slightly faded to spine.

A SECOND BOOK OF BRITISH BIRDS AND THEIR NESTS
Written by Brian Vesey-Fitzgerald. Illustrated by Allen W. Seaby.
Stock no. 1329937
Published by Wills & Hepworth Ltd.. 1st 1954. Almost very good condition in a almost very good dustwrapper.

Ladybird Series 536. Buff boards with colour vignette and titles. Colour illustrations. Spine and corners bumped. Some browning to covers. Endpapers lightly browned. Fingering to contents. Dustwrapper is foxed on verso, is edge rubbed/worn and a little marked to rear panel.

WILDFOWL (NN 110)
Written by David Cabot.
Stock no. 1829990
Published by Collins. 1st 2009. Fine condition in a nearly fine dustwrapper.

New Naturalist series 110. An overview of these fascinating birds that have become icons of our diminishing wilderness areas. Green cloth boards, gilt title to spine. Colour photos. Blue endpapers with repeating New Naturalist logo. xiii and 460 pages including index. ISBN: 9780007146581. A lovely copy. Pictorial dustwrapper is very slightly grubby to rear panel and is NOT faded to spine (as is often the case).

AFRICAN BIRDS OF PREY
Written by Warwick Tarboton. Illustrated by Peter Pickford; Beverly Pickford.
Stock no. 1329825
Published by Cornell University Press. 1st USA 1990. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Wonderful colour photos throughout by the Pickfords. Square format. Pale blue boards, gilt title to spine. 227 pages. ISBN: 0801425158. Spine and corners slightly bumped and rubbed. Contents fine. Dustwrapper is lightly creased to spine and corners.

THE WILDFOWL & WETLANDS TRUST (THE ARCHIVE PHOTOGRAPHS)
Written by Diana Fowler; Simon Eckley.
Stock no. 1829408
Published by Chalford. 1st 1996. Slightly better than very good condition.

The story of the Wildfowl Trust at Slimbridge. Archive Photographs series. Pictorial card wraps. B/w photos. 128 pages. ISBN: 0752406167. Slight fading to spine. Contents clean.

MORNING FLIGHT A BOOK OF WILDFOWL
Written by Peter Scott. Illustrated by Peter Scott.
Stock no. 1329009
Published by Country Life Limited. 1950. Very good condition in a good dustwrapper.

Blue cloth, gilt titles. 9 x 11.5". 138 pages. Written with charm and vigour. Exquisite colour plates. B/w illustrations. 11th impression. Spine and corners bumped and rubbed. Tiny booksellers sticker to rear pastedown. Front endpapers have been professionally replaced. Foxing to textblock, rear endpapers and some page margins. Some pale page edge browning, generally contents clean. Dustwrapper is edge chipped with slight loss, has large tear (repaired) and crease to rear panel and is a bit grubby.

THE SWANS
Written by Peter Scott. Illustrated by Peter Scott.
Stock no. 1329007
Published by Michael Joseph Ltd. 1st 1972. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Blue boards, gilt title to spine and vignettes to front cover. B/w illustrations and photos. Comprehensively and scientifically dealing with all eight species of swans. ISBN: 0718107071. Slight bumping and wear to spine and corners. Foxing to textblock. Dustwrapper is browned on verso, edge worn with slight lifting of laminate and a small tear to lower edge of rear panel.