Ornithology from Charles Agvent
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THE ORNITHOLOGY OF THE STRAITS OF GIBRALTAR
by THORBURN, A(rchibald)
- Condition
- Used - Slight occasional foxing, not affecting the plates. Close to Fine
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- Second Edition
- Published
- 1916
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- Hardcover
- Quantity Available
- 1
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Fleetwood, Pennsylvania, USA
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$937.50
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London: Longmans, Green and Co., 1916. Second Edition. Hardcover. Slight occasional foxing, not affecting the plates. Close to Fine. Four volumes in later buckram (10-1/2" x 12-3/4") with gilt-lettered labels on the front cover and spine; vi, 143; vi, 72; vi, 87; vii, 107 pages. Illustrated with 80 fine color plates protected by tissue guards.
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$937.50
NESTS AND EGGS OF BIRDS OF THE UNITED STATES
by GENTRY, Thomas
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- Used - Fine, bright copy in a lovely binding with only a few minor rubs
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- First Edition
- Published
- 1882
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- Hardcover
- Quantity Available
- 1
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Fleetwood, Pennsylvania, USA
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$3,125.00
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Philadelphia: J. A. Wagenseller, 1882. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine, bright copy in a lovely binding with only a few minor rubs. Quarto (8-1/2" x 11-1/2") bound in publisher's full gilt-decorated red morocco leather with silk endpapers, gilt dentelles, all edges gilt. Illustrated with a detailed chromolithographic title page and 54 gorgeous chromolithographs of birds and their nests with… Read more about this item Item Price
$3,125.00
ORNITHOLOGICAL BOOKS IN THE YALE UNIVERSITY LIBRARY Including the Library of William Robertson Coe
by RIPLEY, S. Dillon & SCRIBNER, Lynetter
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- Used - Fine, issued without dustwrapper
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- Reprint
- Published
- [1993]
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- Hardcover
- Quantity Available
- 1
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Fleetwood, Pennsylvania, USA
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$31.30
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(Mansfield Centre, CT): (Martino Publishing), [1993]. Reprint. Hardcover. Fine, issued without dustwrapper. Green cloth; [x], 338 pages. Reprint of the 1961 edition. Illustrated with a few plates. Limited to 275 copies.
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$31.30
THE FEATHERED TRIBES OF THE BRITISH ISLANDS
by MUDIE, Robert
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- Used - Faint dampstains to the lower portions of and foxing to the title pages, text and plates generally clean. Light wear to the bind
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- Second Edition
- Published
- 1835
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- Hardcover
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- 1
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Fleetwood, Pennsylvania, USA
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$437.50
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London: Whittaker & Co., 1835. Second Edition. Hardcover. Faint dampstains to the lower portions of and foxing to the title pages, text and plates generally clean. Light wear to the bindings. Near Fine. Two duodecimo (4-3/4" x 7-3/4") volumes in later 19th Century green half morocco leather with matching corners and marbled boards and matching endpapers as… Read more about this item Item Price
$437.50
REPORT ON THE BIRDS OF PENNSYLVANIA. WITH SPECIAL REFERENCE TO THE FOOD-HABITS, BASEDON OVER FOUR THOUSAND STOMACH EXAMINATIONS
by WARREN, B. H
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- Used - Near Fine
- Edition
- Second Edition
- Published
- 1890
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- Hardcover
- Quantity Available
- 1
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Fleetwood, Pennsylvania, USA
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$375.00
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Harrisburg, PA: E. K. Meyers, 1890. Second Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine. Large octavo (6" x 9-1/4") in original publisher's green cloth. Illustrated with 99 color plates and one B&W plate. The preferred edition because of the additional color plates after Audubon not in the First Edition.
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$375.00
STUDER'S POPULAR ORNITHOLOGY. THE BIRDS OF NORTH AMERICA: DRAWN AND COLORED FROM LIFE and ORNITHOLOGY; OR, THE SCIENCE OF BIRDS. FROM THE TEXT OF DR. BREHM
by STUDER, Jacob and JASPER, Theodore
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- Used - Contents fresh, one long closed tear to a text page in the second volume. Rubbing with some splitting to the leather along the s
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- First Edition
- Published
- 1878
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- Hardcover
- Quantity Available
- 1
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Fleetwood, Pennsylvania, USA
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$2,250.00
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Columbus, OH: Jacob H. Studer & Co., 1878. First Edition. Hardcover. Contents fresh, one long closed tear to a text page in the second volume. Rubbing with some splitting to the leather along the spine edge of the front cover of the first volume but covers firm. Some loss of cloth to the second volume. Very Good with clean,… Read more about this item Item Price
$2,250.00
PARROTS IN CAPTIVITY
by GREENE, W. T
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- Used - A few plates with light foxing in the margins and a bent corner here or there, some plates trimmed closer than others, but overa
- Edition
- First Edition
- Published
- 1884
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- Hardcover
- Quantity Available
- 1
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Fleetwood, Pennsylvania, USA
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$5,625.00
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London: George Bell and Sons, 1884. First Edition. Hardcover. A few plates with light foxing in the margins and a bent corner here or there, some plates trimmed closer than others, but overall bright and clean and quite scarce in this format. A portfolio containing the title page and 79 lovely color xylographic plates (6-3/4" x 10") with… Read more about this item Item Price
$5,625.00
![ORNITHOLOGIE OU METHODE CONTENANT LA DIVISION DES OISEAUX EN ORDRES, SECTIONS, GENRES, ESPECES & LEURS VARIETES. A LAQUELLE ON A JOINT UNE DESCRIPTION EXACTE DE CHAQUE ESPECE, AVEC LES CITATIONS DES AUTEURS QUI EN ONT TRAITE, LES NOMS QU'ILS LEUR ONT DONNES, CEUX QUE LEUR ONT DONNES LES DIFFERENTES NATIONS, & LES NOMS VULGAIRES [bound with:] SUPPLEMENTUM ORNITHOLOGIAE
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ORNITHOLOGIE OU METHODE CONTENANT LA DIVISION DES OISEAUX EN ORDRES, SECTIONS, GENRES, ESPECES & LEURS VARIETES. A LAQUELLE ON A JOINT UNE DESCRIPTION EXACTE DE CHAQUE ESPECE, AVEC LES CITATIONS DES AUTEURS QUI EN ONT TRAITE, LES NOMS QU'ILS LEUR ONT DONNES, CEUX QUE LEUR ONT DONNES LES DIFFERENTES NATIONS, & LES NOMS VULGAIRES [bound with:] SUPPLEMENTUM ORNITHOLOGIAE .
by BRISSON (Mathurin Jacques)
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- Used - One plate with partial closed tear, most plates with some offsetting from being folded. Near Fine, handsome set
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- First Edition
- Published
- 1760
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- Hardcover
- Quantity Available
- 1
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Fleetwood, Pennsylvania, USA
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$12,500.00
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Paris: Jean-Baptiste Bauche, 1760. First Edition. Hardcover. One plate with partial closed tear, most plates with some offsetting from being folded. Near Fine, handsome set. Six quarto volumes (7-1/2" x 10") bound in contemporary marbled calf leather, rebacked with later gilt decorated spines. Dual title-pages in French and Latin with parallel text in French and Latin, engraved woodcut… Read more about this item Item Price
$12,500.00
SKANDINAVIENS FUGLE, MED SAERLIGHT HENSYN TIL DANMARK OG DE NORDLIGE BILANDE
by KJAERBOLLING, N
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- Used - Rather heavy foxing to the text volume, less so to the atlas plate volume which has light foxing to most plates, heavy to a hand
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- First Edition
- Published
- 1875-1877 and [1879]
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- Hardcover
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- 1
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Fleetwood, Pennsylvania, USA
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$1,875.00
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Copenhagen: Forfatterens Forlag, 1875-1877 and [1879]. First Edition. Hardcover. Rather heavy foxing to the text volume, less so to the atlas plate volume which has light foxing to most plates, heavy to a handful, and where the text block is broken in a couple of places. Overall Very Good. Octavo (5" x 7-1/2") text volume and small folio… Read more about this item Item Price
$1,875.00
NESTS AND EGGS OF BIRDS OF THE UNITED STATES
by GENTRY, Thomas
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- Used - Rear cover split and loose but holding; plates vary from clean to lightly foxed. Very Good
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- First Edition
- Published
- 1882
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- Hardcover
- Quantity Available
- 1
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Fleetwood, Pennsylvania, USA
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$1,187.50
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Philadelphia: J. A. Wagenseller, 1882. First Edition. Hardcover. Rear cover split and loose but holding; plates vary from clean to lightly foxed. Very Good. Quarto (8-1/2" x 11-1/2") bound in publisher's decorated cloth, lacking the spine which is here covered with binder's tape. Illustrated with a frontispiece portrait of the author, a detailed chromolithographic title page, and 54… Read more about this item Item Price
$1,187.50
![HISTORIAE NATURALIS DE QUADRUPEDIBUS. [bound with] DE PISCIBUS ET CETIS. [bound with] DE EXANGUIBUS AQUATICIS. [bound with] DE AVIBUS. [bound with] DE INSECTIS. [bound with] DE SERPENTIBUS](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/037/860/610860037.0.m.jpg)
HISTORIAE NATURALIS DE QUADRUPEDIBUS. [bound with] DE PISCIBUS ET CETIS. [bound with] DE EXANGUIBUS AQUATICIS. [bound with] DE AVIBUS. [bound with] DE INSECTIS. [bound with] DE SERPENTIBUS
by JONSTON, Johannes
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- Used - A book that usually suffered from much use, this copy is certainly above the average normally encountered. One plate bound upsid
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- Second Edition
- Published
- 1657 & 1665
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- Hardcover
- Quantity Available
- 1
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Fleetwood, Pennsylvania, USA
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$9,375.00
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Amsterdam: J. J. Schipper, 1657 & 1665. Second Edition. Hardcover. A book that usually suffered from much use, this copy is certainly above the average normally encountered. One plate bound upside down; small tape stains on a handful of plates; one plate with a neatly repaired tear; another plate with slight loss of image. Generally clean and crisp, handsomely… Read more about this item Item Price
$9,375.00
AMERICAN ORNITHOLOGY; OR THE NATURAL HISTORY OF THE BIRDS OF THE UNITED STATES
by WILSON, Alexander [HAND-COLORED PLATES]
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- Used - Some offsetting of plates onto text, unevenly browned, some spots and stains. One plate is nicked in the outer edge, another wit
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- First Edition
- Published
- 1808-1814
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- Hardcover
- Quantity Available
- 1
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Fleetwood, Pennsylvania, USA
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$23,125.00
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Philadelphia: Bradford and Inskeep, 1808-1814. First Edition. Hardcover. Some offsetting of plates onto text, unevenly browned, some spots and stains. One plate is nicked in the outer edge, another with an early repair along the gutter, neither affecting the image. Spines lightly faded, extremities a bit worn, some inner hinges cracked. Very Good set of this attractive and historic… Read more about this item Item Price
$23,125.00
ORNITHOLOGICAL BIBLIOGRAPHY
by COUES, Elliot
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- Used - Fine
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- Reprint
- Published
- [1995]
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- Hardcover
- Quantity Available
- 1
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Fleetwood, Pennsylvania, USA
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$156.30
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(Mansfield): M. Martino, [1995]. Reprint. Hardcover. Fine. Octavo; 859 pages. Limited to 100 copies. Approximately 5000 books and articles on American ornithology are listed, many with annotations.
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$156.30
THE BIRDS OF ALASKA
by GABRIELSON, Ira & LINCOLN, Frederick
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- Used - Small owner stamp on front endpaper. Near Fine in a price-clipped, about Very Good dustwrapper
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- First Edition
- Published
- (1959)
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- Cloth
- Quantity Available
- 1
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Fleetwood, Pennsylvania, USA
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$93.80
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Harrisburg, PA & Washington DC: The Stackpole Company & Wildlife Management Institute, (1959). First Edition. Cloth. Small owner stamp on front endpaper. Near Fine in a price-clipped, about Very Good dustwrapper. Olaus J. Murie and Edwin R. Kalmbach. A comprehensive account including a history and a 54-page bibliography. Illustrated with color plates by Olaus J. Murie and Edwin… Read more about this item Item Price
$93.80
BIRDS OF THE SEASHORE
by MASSINGHAM, H. J
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- Used - Occasional light foxing. Minor wear. Very Good, lacking the dustwrapper
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- First Edition
- Published
- (1931)
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- Cloth
- Quantity Available
- 1
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Fleetwood, Pennsylvania, USA
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$62.50
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London: T. Werner Laurie, (1931). First Edition. Cloth. Occasional light foxing. Minor wear. Very Good, lacking the dustwrapper. Eric Daglish. Illustrated with 69 drawings by Eric Daglish, J. Abbey, and E.E. Clarke.
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$62.50
REPORT ON THE BIRDS OF PENNSYLVANIA. WITH SPECIAL REFERENCE TO THE FOOD-HABITS, BASEDON OVER FOUR THOUSAND STOMACH EXAMINATIONS
by WARREN, B. H
- Condition
- Used - Near Fine
- Edition
- Second Edition
- Published
- 1890
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- Hardcover
- Quantity Available
- 1
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Fleetwood, Pennsylvania, USA
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$250.00
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Harrisburg, PA: E. K. Meyers, 1890. Second Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine. Large octavo (6" x 9-1/4") in original marbled boards with a new black leather spine and corners. Illustrated with 98 (of 99) color plates and one B&W plate. Plate #24 of the Kingfisher is lacking. The preferred edition because of the additional color plates after Audubon not… Read more about this item Item Price
$250.00
MUMMIES OF BIRDS
by [BINION, S.]
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- Used - VG
- Published
- [1887]
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- 1
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Fleetwood, Pennsylvania, USA
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$43.80
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[1887]. VG. B&W litho. 24" x 19". From Binion's book on Egypt, this litho. contains 10 images of varying mummified remains.
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$43.80
