Washington DC: Carnegie Institution of Washington, 1936. vi, 159p., illustrated from b&w photography (mostly site photos), softbound in plain printed 10x6.5 inch grey wraps. A little toned and edgeworn, two ownership names in ink, a clean sound copy. Publication no. 481. More
Cat.No: 240363
Harmondsworth: Penguin Books, n.d., circa 1950s. Pamphlet. 32p., self-wraps, profusely illustrated with doublespreads that alternate color with b&w. Unusually good sketches and color art, the critters shown being vigorous (hopping, touching, preying) . Males often are drawn with visible if not explicit genitalia. The text is quite informative about familiar..... More
Cat.No: 296731
Oakland: Regent Press, 2003. Paperback. 103p., very good in wraps. Poetry by the octagenarian Sonoma County poet, mostly (astute) observations of birds and small mammals. More
Cat.No: 139706
[Tehran]: [Iranian Government], 1997. Magazine. Unpaginated, perhaps eighty pages total of which 20p. are devoted to the topic per title, the remainder being tourist and investment toutings; both the essay on ancient roadbuilding and the ads are on coated paperstock and heavily photoillustrated in color. Softbound in magazine format, 11x8.5..... More
Cat.No: 189281
Chicago: Field Museum of Natural History, 1926. Pamphlet. 51p., 5.5x8.5 inches, bibliographical references, illustrations, small chip on front cover otherwise very good booklet in stapled tan pictorial wraps. Anthropology Leaflet 23. More
Cat.No: 165475
Bathurst Australia: Robert Brown & Associates (Aust) Pty. Ltd., 1987. Paperback. Unpaginated, about thirty pages long, each plate numbered, 72 in all. Profuse color plates (very clear photos), find a fullpage line map inside back cover, softback in stapled 9.5x7 photodecorated wraps. A little crimped with handling, unmarked and clean..... More
Cat.No: 241002
Stanley, Rose-Hill, Mauritius: Editions de l'océan Indien, 1992. x, 46 pages, slender paperback, third edition, light shelfwear. More
Cat.No: 247354
Kingsville ONT: The Jack Miner Migratory Bird Foundation, 1969. Hardcover. lxxvii, 304p., text permeated with vignette-size b&w snapshot photos reasonably well-reproduced, hardbound in 9x6 inch black boards lettered silver and enclosed in the dust jacket. Very good copy: jacket a bit edgeworn, cased book slightly worn with handling else perfectly..... More
Cat.No: 306530
Berkeley: the author, c/o Moe's Books, 1998. 14p., 4.75x8 inches, very good pamphlet in stapled gray printed wraps. Pamphlet by the locally well-known co-founder of Moe's Books, on the reasons for and means of controlling pigeons in Berkeley. Includes a series of letters explaining how pigeons push out other birds..... More
Cat.No: 165014
New York: Vantage Press, 1976. Hardcover. 216p., cloth-covered boards, 5.5x8.5 inches, illus. with the author's b&w drawings of pigeons, very good first edition in like dj with the price removed from the front flap with a hole punch. Inscribed and signed by Mysels on the free front endpaper. Defense of..... More
Cat.No: 276138
Kennett Square, PA: KNA Press Inc, 1977. Pamphlet. v, 33p., yellow pictorial wraps, 6x9 inches; in very good condition. More
Cat.No: 279969
Dakar, Senegal: Organisation, [1967]. 43p, 6x7.75 inches, fold-out map of area of regional area of intervention in Africa for OCLALAV at rear, wraps faintly soiled with fold to front cover else good condition. Text in French. Pamphlet describes this organization, founded in 1965, devoted to bird and locust control in..... More
Cat.No: 180108
Stinson Beach, CA: Point Reyes Bird Observatory, 1990-1991. Magazine. Three issues of the journal, a complete run for the period between Summer/Fall 1990 and Spring/Summer 1991. Issues present are Numbers 89-91. 23, 15, and 15 pages respectively, all 8.5 x 11 inches in stapled wraps. All with address labels on..... More
Cat.No: 240873
Stinson Beach, CA: Point Reyes Bird Observatory, 1989. Magazine. 15p., stapled wraps, 8.5 x 11 inches, illus., address label and small stain on rear wrap else very good condition. More
Cat.No: 242419
Bolinas: Point Reyes Bird Observatory, 1989. Pamphlet. 14p., 8.5 x 11 inches, illustrated with b&w photos and diagrams, stapled wraps, address label on rear wrap else very good condition. More
Cat.No: 242330
Bolinas: Point Reyes Bird Observatory, 1988. Pamphlet. 14p., 8.5 x 11 inches, illustrated with b&w photos and diagrams, stapled wraps, address label on rear wrap else very good condition. More
Cat.No: 242329
New York: Weintraub Gallery, 1971. Paperback. Plates as called for, first struck between 1936 and 1942, and published 1942. Each reproduction is from the cancelled image, showing the large superimposed "X" that cancels. Unpaginated, each plate shown fullpage, ergo 31 pages plus additional materials also unpaginated. Nice condition; softbound in..... More
Cat.No: 316848
New York: Philomel Books, 2001. Glossy Pictorial Cover. [40]p., 8.5x11 inch children's book, first printing, no dj. Children's story about a black elementary school principal dealing with an angry racist white child via a mutual love of birds. More
Cat.No: 125690
Melbourne: Melbourne University Press, in association with the University of Papua and New Guinea, 1972. Hardcover. xv, 568, 589 to 1231, 83 (with "lift-out" folded color map). Matched hardbound set, casebound in 10x7 inch naugahyde boards gilt. Encyclopaedia volumes are illustrated with scattered b&w vignettes, the index features another map..... More
Cat.No: 296990
Tokyo: Saeki Institute of Japanese classics, 1962-1976. Three slender hardcover volumes, each 10.5x7.5 inches, very good in worn slipcases. Photographs, some in color, of birds visiting plants and feeders, with English captions. More
Cat.No: 217005
Oakland: San Francisco Bay Regional Water Quality Control Board, 1994. 236 p., softcover in 11x8.5 inch illustrated wraps, a very presentable unworn copy but has pen underlining on two pages, and the "perfect" style binding has started to crack. As is, remains a useful and handleable item. More
Cat.No: 117983
London: Longman, Rees, Orme, Brown, Green, & Longman, 1833. Hardcover. viii, 168p., illustrations, boards. 6.75 x 4.25 in. Second edition. Bound in publisher’s green cloth; printed spine title label. Edges rubbed; minor separation of covers at head of spine. Very Good. Guide to British birds by the ornithologist, Liberal MP..... More
Cat.No: 314132
Bolinas, CA: Point Reyes Bird Observatory, 1969. Magazine. 22p., stapled once at upper left, 8.5 x 11 inches, wraps worn, horizontally creased else good condition. More
Cat.No: 252415
San Anselmo: California Garden Clubs, Inc., 1941. 31p., 4.75x7 inches, foreword, b&w photos, sources, credits, very good in original cream, stapled wraps. Bird essays by Joseph Grinnell, W. Lee Chambers, Clinton G. Abbott, George M. Wright, James Moffit, and Harold W. Clark, reprinted from The Gull and The Condor. More
Cat.No: 87984
Indianapolis: The Bobbs-Merrill Company, Inc., 1953. Hardcover. xii, 234p., scattered line drawings, first edition (so stated) orange cloth boards lettered in bright yellow. Mild external handling wear with some flecking to spine panel, which is also mildly faded. A previous owner has bookmarked with scraps of paper, an ancient napkin..... More
Cat.No: 240753
