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New York, NY: McGraw-Hill, 1987. First Edition, First Printing . Soft Cover/Flexible. COLLECTIBLE - NEAR FINE/None as Issued. Stated First Printing. Text/BRAND NEW. Illustrated (binoculars) flexible, gray plastic soft cover/Fine. Short half-sized book wrap.

Missoula, MN: Mountain Press, 1989. First Edition, 6th Printing . Soft cover. Near Fine/None as Issued. Herbert Clarke (Author-Photographer). Text/BRAND NEW & Bright. Illustrated (Scrub Jay), hi-gloss soft cover/NF. Introduction to some 215 frequently sighted birds in the eight southernmost counties of California. The outstanding photo portaits, taken by author, not only sharpens the eye, but heightens the wonderous beauty of different species.

Santa Barbara, CA: Capra Press, 1984. First Edition, First Thus . Soft cover. COLLECTIBLE - NEW/None as Issued. Karen Foster & Daniel Randolf (Illustrators). BRAND NEW Copy. Author signed. A guide to birding and its joys. Interesting lore, sprinkled with anecdotes, on top of much information on migration, spotting immatures, sharpening of ears to bird calls, and introduction to hiking paths the author has haunted.

Washington, D.C.: U.S. Gov't Printing Office, 1950. Soft Cover/Stapled. Very Good/None as Issued. Bob Hines (Illustrator). Text/BRAND NEW & Bright. Stapled soft cover/VG; Strong & sound w/minute closed nip to upper back corner & showing trace soiling. Light soiling to leading to all three leading edges, front cover verso & title page. First published 1939. Classic treatise on bird migration in North America. Contents: 1, The Mystery of Migration; 2, Advantages of Migration; 3, The Origin of Migration; 4, When Birds Migrate; 5, How Birds Migrate; 6, Where Birds Migrate; 7, Routes of Migration; 8, Evolution of Migration Routes; 9, Vertical Migration; 10, Vagrant Migration; 11, Perils of Migration; 12, Influence of the Weather on Migration; 13, Problems of Migration; and, 14, Conclusions, followed by Appendix I (List of Birds Mentioned in the Text) & Appendix II (Bird Banding). The treatise has been re-issued; this edition is enhanced by historical value in the study of changing… Leer más

Norman, OK: Univ of Oklahoma Press, 1992. First Edition, First Thus . Hardcover. New/Fine. BRAND NEW Copy. First Edition, First Thus. Autobiography of educator, photographer, filmmaker, and above all, ornithologist Olin Sewall Pettingill, Jr (1907 - 2001), noted Director of the Laboratory of Ornithology at Cornell University from 1960 through 1973. Pettingill reflects on memorable events of his early life that fostered his interest on birds; portions of the book were first published in periodicals.

New York, NY: Sunrise/E.P. Dutton, 1973. First Edition, First Thus . Hardcover. Near Fine/Very Good. Les Line (Photographer). Stated First Edition. Text/BRAND NEW. Blue boards/Fine. DJ/VG w/nips, closed tears to edges, faint creasing to rear inner flap, and showing discoloration. A dramatic portrait of birds along the northeastern coast of North America, from the Gulf of Maine north to the edge of the ice pack. Winging forceful winds sweeping land and sea, and breeding on islands ...the terns, puffins, gannets, gull and many others. Illustrated with photographs from Les Line.

Bangkok, Thailand: Applied Scientific Research Corp, 1973. First Edition, First Thus . Hardcover. Very Good/None as Issued. Text/BRAND NEW. Gilt embossed black boards/VG; Strong & sound with push to corner tips, surface rubs, and losses to upper/lower spine. LAID-IN : Erratum. Multi-national collaborative study of migratory Asian birds and pathology. More than 15,000 ectoparasitic specimens were collected from East Asian birds between 1963 and 1971. Avian hosts examined represented 743 species. Participating countries: United States, Korean, Japan, Taiwan, Hong Kong, the Phillippines, Indonesia, Singapore, and India. Strong copy.

New York, NY: Doubleday, 1991. First Edition, First Printing . Soft cover. COLLECTIBLE - NEW/None as Issued. BRAND NEW Cop w/trace wear to soft cover. Travel guide for birders featuring 20 vacations ... as birds migrate so can the bird watcher; wonderous when the two paths cross. Regions covered are Canada, United States, Trinadad, Southwest Spain, and Kenya.

New York, NY: Charles Scribner's, 1973. First Edition, First Printing . Hardcover. Near Fine/Near Fine. Text/BRAND NEW & Bright. Illustrated, gilt embossed sienna linen boards fine. DJ/NF w/light edge wear, under mylar. The numeral "3" is stamped to fEP. For years the rocky north-facing slope of Hawk Mountain in eastern Pennsylvania attracted scores of hunters who would shoot hawks, falcons, and eagles out of the sky. In 1934, Maurice Broun came to Hawk Mountain to establish the world's first sanctuary for birds of prey. Today, the mountain's famous lookout attracts thousands of birders, nature-lovers, and scientists to marvel at the river of raptors that annually comes streaming by. Harwood describes Hawk Mountain was transformed from a hunting hotspot to a sanctuary and thriving research centre dedicated to raptor conservation, and shear magic of watching these great birds.

New York, NY: Four Winds Press, 1972. First Edition, First Printing . Hardcover. Near Fine/Near Fine. EX-LIB. UNCIRCULATED Copy. Text/BRAND NEW. Blue linen boards/NF. DJ/NF; under library mylar. Life habits of some 16 birds. Parts first published in The Farm Quarterly, Boy's Life, and Field and Stream. Intriguing descriptions of how these birds ... the albatross, loon, high-stepping crane, osprey, wild turkey, condor, pelican, peregrine falcon, white swan, and others ... learn to fly, seek mates, hunt, and interact with other creatures. Author George Laycock, Field Editor for the Audubon magazine, took many of the photographs himself.

New York, NY: Alfred A. Knopf, 1986. First Edition, First Thus . Hardcover. Fine/Near Fine. Louis Agassoz Fuertes (Illustrator). Stated First Edtion. Text/BRAND NEW. Gilt embossed bi-color boards/Fine. DJ/NF w/trace edge rubs/NF; under mylar. Nature writer Joseph Kastner ( - 1997) is well known for his 1977 book, "A Species of Eternity,'' a study of early American naturalists. In this volume Kastner chronicles bird-watching in America and the individuals influencing it, beginning with the early watchers, who included military men and explorers, and continuing up to the mid-1980's, when 450,000 bird-watchers belonged to various affiliates of the National Audubon Society.

New York, NY: Times Books, 1977. First Edition, First Thus . Hardcover. Near Fine/Near Fine. Roger Tory Peterson (Painter & Illustrator). Text/trace soiling to title page verso, else BRAND NEW. Gilt enbossed blue linen boards/NF. Illustrated dust jacket/NF w/light nips, chips, rubs & closed tear to edges, and, price-clipped. Biography of native New Yorker, ornithologist, artist, naturalist and educator Roger Tory Peterson (1908 - 1996), recipient of many honored awards. His ground-breaking Field Guide to the Birds (1934) lead the modern genre of field guides. This narrative of his life is augmented by color plates of Peterson's paintings and b/w photographs remembrances of his life.