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BIODIVERSITY CONSERVATION USING UMBRELLA SPECIES
Written by Futoshi Nakamura.
Stock no. 1323003
Published by Springer. Nearly fine condition.

Blakiston's Fish Owl and the Red-crowned crane. Ecological Research Monographs series, edited by Nakamura. Glazed boards. ISBN: 9789811072024. Corners bumped else fine, still in original shrinkwrap.

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HARRIERS OF THE WORLD: THEIR BEHAVIOUR AND ECOLOGY
Written by Robert E. Simmons. Illustrated by John R. Simmons.
Stock no. 2139553
Published by Oxford University Press. 1ST 2000. Very good condition.

Card wraps. B/w illustrations. ISBN: 0198549644. Some grubby marks to covers; creasing to corners. Name and date to inside front cover. Browning to outer page edges.

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A NATURAL HISTORY OF OWLS
Written by Michael Everett.
Stock no. 2139083
Published by Hamlyn. 1st 1977. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Large format. Colour and b/w photos. ISBN: 0600365751. A few knocks along cover edges and to top of spine. Page edge and margin browning. Wrapper is a bit edge-creased.

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FALCONRY: CELEBRATING A LIVING HERITAGE
Written by Javier Ceballos.
Stock no. 2135369
Published by Motivate Publishing. 1st UAE 2009. Slightly better than very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Large oblong format. Glazed pictorial boards. Colour photos. ISBN: 9781860632761. Contents are excellent! Wrapper has some edge-creasing with a 1" closed tear to rear panel and sticky label.

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EAGLES, HAWKS AND FALCONS OF THE WORLD (2 VOLUMES)
Written by Leslie H. Brown; Dean Amadon. Illustrated by Roger Tory Peterson; et al..
Stock no. 1820533
Published by Country Life. 1979. Nearly fine condition.

Large format. 125 full-colour paintings. Brown/terracotta cloth boards, gilt titles and vignette. ISBN: 060043124X. Contained in publisher's slipcase with large brown pictorial onlay to all sides which is scuffed and rubbed at edges.

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FALCON
Written by Helen Macdonald.
Stock no. 1816661
Published by Reaktion Books. As new condition.

Whether loved, hated, or feared, whether worshiped as a god, valued as a hunting companion, or used as a corporate or heraldic symbol, falcons have fascinated humans for millennia. This book sheds compelling new light on this extraordinary bird, and on cultures through which it has flown. Cardwraps. ISBN: 1861892381. Still in original shrinkwrap.

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RAPTORS BIRDS OF PREY
Written by John Hendrickson.
Stock no. 1317460
Published by Chronicle Books. 1st 1992. Slightly better than very good condition.

A remarkable collection of intimate portraits and revealing statistics, compiled from over 30 years of researching, tracking, writing and photographing raptors. Full colour photos by the author. Pictorial card wraps. 85 pages includes index. ISBN: 0811800040. Spine corners very slightly rubbed, old price sticker on inside flap.

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BARN OWLS IN BRITAIN
Written by Jeff Martin. Illustrated by Kevin Baker.
Stock no. 1317459
Published by Whittet Books. 1st 2008. Slightly better than very good condition.

Theories as to why barn owls have declined, attempts to peer into the future to see how changes in population, agriculture and the coastal footprint will affect barn owls. All aspects of the life of barn owls are discussed. Red pictorial boards, B/w illustrations. 285 pages includes index. ISBN: 9781873580752. Slightly faded spine has bumped corners. Contents fine.

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GUIDE TO OWL WATCHING IN NORTH AMERICA
Written by Donald S. Heintzelman.
Stock no. 1317458
Published by Dover Publications. 1st 1992. Very good condition.

Pictorial card wraps. B/w illustrations. 191 pages includes index. ISBN: 048627344X. Corners slightly rubbed. Contents clean.

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PEREGRINE
Written by Emma Ford. Illustrated by Antony Rhodes.
Stock no. 2127954
Published by Fourth Estate. 1st 1993. Slightly better than very good condition.

Large, oblong format. Blue cloth boards, gilt title to spine, pictorial onlay to front. With original paintings by Anthony Rhodes and photos by Piers Cavendish. ISBN: 1857021053. SIGNED by Artist to title page. Foxing to endpapers, outer page edges and a few page margins. Rear endpaper is creased. Slip case is split along two sides with tape repairs.

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A NATURAL HISTORY OF OWLS
Written by Michael Everett.
Stock no. 2127813
Published by Hamlyn. 1st 1977. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Large format. Colour and b/w photos. ISBN: 0600365751. Page edge browning. Wrapper is edge-creased with a faded spine.

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BIRDS OF PREY
Written by Ian Newton; Penny Olsen. Illustrated by Tony Pyrzakowski.
Stock no. 2127745
Published by Facts On File. 1st USA 1990. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Large format. Brown boards, silver title to spine. Colour photos. ISBN: 0816021821. Bumping and wear to spine and cover edges. Bookplate to verso of front endpaper. From the personal library of Bryan L. Sage, distinguished naturalist and author. Some foxing. Wrapper is edge-creased with a faded spine.

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