Birds – 47 books

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The moa. A study of the Dinornithiformes.

ARCHEY, Gilbert.
Bulletin of the Auckland Institute and Museum No.1, Auckland 1941.
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119p quarto, 15 plates and 15 figures in text. Wrappers. APC to H.H. Allen, Director of Botany Division and author of volume 1 of the NZ flora.

Price: $85
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order number: 23620




Birds of Fiji in colour.

BELCHER, W.T.
Collins Auckland 1972.
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A small 4to album of 24 watercolour plates with descriptive text by R.B. Sibson.

Price: $25
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order number: 22364




The illustrated book of canaries and cage-birds, British and foreign.

BLAKSTON, William A. SWAYSLAND, W. & WIENER, August F.Ê
Cassell, Petter & Galpin, London 1878.
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viii,448p quarto, 56 colour lithograph plates, and engravings in text. Red half calf binding with gilt decorated spine. Re-cased with new end papers. The first edition. Frontis damaged with some loss (see photo). Title page soiled, ink name on 1 plate, another with marginal tear (no loss). Some finger marks on margins of plates but little foxing.

Price: $200
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order number: 20211




The illustrated book of canaries and cage-birds, British and foreign.

BLAKSTON, William A. SWAYSLAND, W. & WIENER, August F.Ê
Cassell, London nd (1878).
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viii,448p quarto, 56 colour lithograph plates, and engravings in text. Red half calf binding with gilt decorated spine. A well preserved copy

Price: $450
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order number: 28226




Foreign birds for cage and aviary.

BUTLER, Arthur G.
Feathered World, London 1910.
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Two volumes small quarto; 205(ii) & 204(iii)p, plates, and engravings in text. Gilt titled green cloth binding. Name on title page.

Price: $75
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order number: 10863




Birds of the Gilbert and Ellis Islands Colony.

CHILD, Peter.
National Academy of Sciences, Washington 1960.
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38p cyclostyled A4. Stapled. Atoll Research Bulletin 74. Some ink corrections by the author.

Price: $15
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order number: 11470




Australian cage birds, weekly. Volume 1.

CORSELLIS, C.A. (ed).
Poultry Pty, Sydney 1936/7.
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36 numbers from September 1936 to August 1937. Well preserved in original covers. Lacking nos. 3, 8, 13, 15, 16, 17, 19, 21, 24, 26, 28, 30, 31, 45, 48, 49, 50 & 51 (of 52).

Price: $40
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order number: 10751




The Babbler.

COUNSILMAN, James J. (ed).
The editor, Indooroopilly 1977.
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Numbers 1 & 2 of a short-lived Australian ornithological journal. Museum stamp inside front wrappers.

Price: $30
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order number: 11429




Canton Island, South Pacific.

DEGENER, Otto & GILLASPY, Edwin.
National Academy of Sciences, Washington 1955.
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51p quarto. Stapled. Red crayon marks by P. Child in bird section. Atoll Research Bulletin 41.

Price: $20
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order number: 11491




Waterfowl of the world.

DELACOUR, J.
Country Life, London 1954-1964.
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4 quarto volumes, 66 colour plates by Peter Scott, and distribution maps. V.1 is the 3rd impression, the others are first editions. Good copies in dust wrappers.

Price: $450
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order number: 27986




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