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Ure Smith Pty Limited, 1992 Large book, international S&H may incur additional postage charges.
Kingfishers and Related Birds. Parts I and II de FORSHAW, Joseph M. and William T. COOPER
de FORSHAW, Joseph M. and William T. COOPER
Kingfishers and Related Birds. Parts I and II
de FORSHAW, Joseph M. and William T. COOPER
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Landsowne Editions. Leather Bound. Fine. Sydney: Lansdowne Editions, 1983-1993. Four volumes in two solander boxes with leather labels and velvet lined interiors, Folios. PART I: Alcedinidae (Kingfishers) 564 pp. with 52 color plates (both volumes). Volume 1: Ceryle to Cittura (includes the fish-eating and specialist kingfishers). Volume 2: Halcyon to Tanysiptera (includes woodland kingfishers and the beautiful racket-tailed or paradise kingfishers). PART II: Todidae to Phoeniculidae - Volume 3: Todidae, Momotidae and Meropidae (Todies, Motmots and Bee-eaters) 315 pp., 26 color plates. Volume 4: Leptosomatidae, Coraciidae, Upupidae and Phoeniculidae (Rollers, Hoopoes and Wood Hoopoes) 251 pp., 22 color plates. Each of the four volumes are hand-bound in imported leather and fabric and presented in two cloth-covered Solander boxes containing two volumes each. Solander box of first two volumes shelf worn. This set lacks PART III: Bucerotidae (Hornbills). Originally planned in an edition of 1,000 numbered sets with each volume signed by the author and illustrator on the limitation page. Part I, Volumes 1 and 2 being copy numbers 64, Part II a mixed set: Volume 3 being copy number 854 and Volume 4 being signed but un-numbered. The Australian publisher Lansdowne Editions published fine leather bound bird books in the late 20th Century. Most featured text by Joseph M. Forshaw and the paintings of William T. Cooper in signed limited editions.
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AUSTRALIAN PARROTS. second edition, 1992 many large color illustrations.
de Forshaw, Joseph M. (text) and William T. Cooper (illusts)
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Australian Parrots. Second Edition
de Forshaw, Joseph M. (text) and William T. Cooper (illusts)
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Melbourne; Ure Smith; 1992 Second Edition reprint. hardcover in very good condition, dustwrapper has one 1cm tear on corner. 312 pages, colour illusts
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The Birds of Paradise and Bower Birds
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Cloth covered boards with gilt title to spine and a very nice dustjacket. Housed in a beige cloth covered slipcase. Green endpapers. An attractive clean copy with no previous owners' names or other defacements. Please expect the possibility of extra postage as this is a large and heavy book.11.5 x 16.25 in (29 x 41 cm)
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Parrots of the World
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Narrabeen, New South Wales, Australia
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Melbourne: Lansdowne, 198. Revised 2nd edition. 0. Hardcover. Folio. hardcover. 616pp. index, colour & b/w illus, b/w maps. very good+ / very good+ d/w. .
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Parrots of the World
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Garden City, New York: Doubleday and Company, 1973. First American edition.. A fine copy in a near fine dust jacket.. Pp. 584, 158 fine color plates by noted bird artist William Cooper, 179 text figures and distribution maps. Publisher’s original dark red wine cloth, lettered in gilt on the spine, color pictorial dust jacket, folio (395 x 280mm). The scarce original printing of this ornithological classic. The work describes and illustrates all 340 species and some subspecies (500 birds illustrated). Provides descriptions of all species / subspecies include taxonomic measurements, information on distribution, status, habitats, general habits, movement, feeding, call-notes, and nesting habits. The color plates in this first edition are truly spectacular. This large and heavy volume is often found with cracked joints and the text block separated front the binding, this exceptional copy exhibits none of these defects. A fine copy in a tight binding.
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The Birds of Paradise and Bower Birds
de Cooper, William T. and Forshaw, Joseph M
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Iowa City, Iowa, United States
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Sydney, Australia: William Collins, 1977. First edition.. A fine copy in a fine dust jacket in a fine slipcase.. Pp. xii, 13-304, 60 fine color plates from painting by W. Cooper, 65 distribution maps, some black-and-white text-figures. Publisher’s original two-color cloth, lettered in gilt on the spine, color pictorial dust jacket, in the original cloth-covered slipcase, folio (16 x 11 1/4 inches). This is the definitive study of this magnificent group of birds based on the original field work of William T. Cooper in New Guinea and its islands. Inscribed by the co-author and artist, William T. Cooper, to Ron Sauey, the co-founder of the International Crane Foundation, Baraboo, Wisconsin on the title page. Small empty plain pocket on the rear endpaper and name stamp Ron Sauey Memorial Library on the half-title page and top page edge, no other ownership marks and no signs of use. An important signed copy with great associations.
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Kingfishers and Related Birds. Volume 1: Alcedinidae - Ceryle to Cittura. Volume 2: Alcedinidae - Halcyon to Tanysiptera
de FORSHAW, Joseph M. and William T. COOPER
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Adelaide, South Australia, Australia
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Melbourne: Lansdowne Editions, 1983. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good. Melbourne, Lansdowne Editions, 1983 to 1985. Imperial folio, two volumes, 284 pages with numerous illustrations, distribution maps and 26 full-page colour plates by William Cooper; and pages 285-564 with numerous illustrations, distribution maps and 26 full-page colour plates by William Cooper. Half blue morocco and blue cloth ruled in blind and gilt, with a contrasting leather title-label on the spines; a few small light stains to the cloth on both volumes; endpapers slightly discoloured by the leather turn-ins; minimal signs of age and use; an excellent set in the original Solander box bound in blue cloth with large leather labels on the spine and front cover (the cloth is slightly stained). Both volumes are numbered 104 of 1000 copies signed by the author and the artist. This important series eventually ran to six volumes published between 1983 and 1994. [2 items].
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