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Studies in Bird Migration

By: Clarke, William Eagle

Price: $50.00

Publisher: London, Gurney and Jackson: 1912

Seller ID: 843

1912 ILLUSTRATED MONOGRAPH ON BIRD MIGRATION BY BRITISH ORNITHOLOGIST WHO STUDIED MIGRATION ALONG COASTAL LIGHTHOUSES--COPY OF AMATEUR ORNITHOLOGIST WHO DONATED COLLECTION TO FIELD MUSEUM. Two volumes 8 1/2 inches tall, green cloth bindings, gilt title to spines, top edge gilt, pictorial bookplate of Henry Boardman Conover to front paste-down of each volume. Vol. I, frontis engraving of lighthouse at night with clouds of birds, tissue guard, xvi, 323 pp, 9 plates; Vol. II, frontis of lightship, tissue guard, vii, 346 pp, 16 plates; light wear to edges, very good in custom archival mylar covers...
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Inheritance in Poultry

By: Davenport, Charles B.

Price: $15.00

Publisher: Washington DC, Carnegie Institution: 1906

Seller ID: 675

1906 ILLUSTRATED STUDY OF THE INHERITANCE OF CHARACTERISTICS IN CHICKENS BY THE LEADER OF AMERICAN EUGENICS. 10 inches tall volume, printed paper covers, 17 plates and a few text-figures. pp. v, 136, stiff wrappers, front cover chipped. repaired tear and archival tape joining cover to spine, a small paper label & an ink number to spine; upper corner of a few preliminary leaves curled; library handstamp to front endpaper indicating withdrawl from institutional library, binding tight, text and plates crisp and unmarked. CHARLES BENEDICT DAVENPORT (1866 â€“ 1944) was a prominent American bio...
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Collection of offprints, 1912 - 1959

By: Oberholser, Harry Church

Price: $30.00

Publisher: 1912 - 1959

Seller ID: 687

1912-1959 OFFPRINTS MOSTLY ON BIRDS OF THE AMERICAS AND ASIA BY NOTED ORNITHOLOGIST. 62 offprints from various journals, including 32 reports on the Americas, 14 from Asia, 1 from Africa, as well as Bird banding as an aid to the study of migration (The Auk, 1923) and obituaries on Robert Ridgway (The Auk, 1933), and Henry Philemon Attwater (The Auk, 1932). Condition: paper age-toned, some with previous owner signatures or handstamps, overall very good. HARRY CHURCH OBERHOLSER (1870-1963) attended Columbia University, and was awarded degrees from the George Washington University in1914 AND rece...
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A Bird-Painter's Sketch Book

By: Rickman, Philip

Price: $300.00

Publisher: London, New York, Eyre and Spotswoode Ltd., Charles Scribner's Sons: 1931

Seller ID: 680

1931 PHILIP RICKMAN LIMITED SIGNED EDITION OF FINE PLATES OF BIRDS WITH ORIGINAL DRAWING BY AUTHOR/ARTIST. 12 1/4 inches tall hardbound, blue cloth covered board, vellum spine with gilt edge and gilt title, 150 pp, 11 colored and 23 black & white plates with tissue guards, text drawings. Number 55 of a limited edition of 125 numbered copies signed by the author, with an original fine pencil drawing of a duck on frontis page, initialed by the author/artist. Light wear to covers and spine, abrasion to front paste-down, facing small hole in front free endpaper, otherwise very good with clean and ...
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A Bibliography of Birds, with special reference to anatomy, behavior, biochemistry, embryology, pathology, physiology, genetics, ecology, aviculture, economic ornithology, poultry culture, evolution, and related subjects [4 parts bound as 3]

By: Strong, Reuben Myron

Price: $100.00

Publisher: Chicago, Field Museum of Natural History: 1939

Seller ID: 674

1939 COMPREHENSIVE BIBLIOGRAPHY OF BIRD PUBLICATIONS CROSS-REFERENCED ACROSS MULTIPLE DISCIPLINES, WITH AUTHOR, SUBJECT, AND FINDING INDEXES. Three volumes [4 volumes bound as 3], 9 1/4 inches tall hardcover, green cloth binding, gilt titles to spines, Vol. 1. Author Catalogue A to J, pp 1-464; Vol. 2, Author Catalogue K to Z, 465-937 pp; Vol. 3, Subject Index, pp 1-528 pp together with Finding Index, pp 1-186. Unmarked and in fine condition. REUBEN MYRON STRONG (1872-1964) earned his PhD from Harvard in 1901, after which he was instructor in botany and physiography in the University of Chicag...
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Homing and Related Activities in Birds together with The Acqusition of Skill in Archery

By: Watson, J. B. and Lashley, K. S.

Price: $50.00

Publisher: Washington, D.C., Carnegie Institution: 1915

Seller ID: 676

1915 TWO ILLUSTRATED MONOGRAPHS BY PIONEERS IN THE SCHOOL OF BEHAVIORISM: HOMING IN BIRDS AND ARCHERY SKILLS IN HUMANS. 10 inches tall hardcover, green cloth binding, blindstamped, gilt title to spine, institutional bookplate to front paste-down, Homing and Related Activities of Birds: frontis plate of flocks of shore birds, pp 1-104, 7 black & white photographic plates, 10 text figures; The Acqusition of Skill in Archery, pp 105-128, 2 plates, 9 text figures. Covers darkened with surface wear, small paper library label bottom spine, binding tight, pages age-toned but crisp and unmarked, very ...
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Wilson's American Ornithology with Additions Including the Birds Described by Audubon, Bonaparte, Nuttall, and Richardson

By: Wilson A;Brewer TM;

Price: $300.00

Publisher: Boston, Otis, Broaders, and Co.: 1840

Seller ID: 198

Binding: viii

1840 SUPERB ILLUSTRATED SINGLE-VOLUME AMERICAN BIRD BOOK WITH CONTRIBUTIONS BY AUDUBON AND OTHERS. 5 x 8 x 2 inch hardcover, viii, 746 pages, original blindstamped brown cloth binding, expertly rebacked, conserving original decorative gilt spine title and design, new endpapers, charming engraved half title page with decorative wreath of birds. 25 steel engraved plates with tissue guards, Tightly bound, contemporary owners' signatures to top of title page, very light scattered foxing, overall very good. From the 'Advertisement' [Preface]: 'The want of an edition of Wilson's Ornithology, adapted...
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