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THE LIFE AND ART OF ATHOS MENABONI
Written by Barbara Cable Taylor.
Stock no. 1610668
Published by Mercer University Press. 1st 2000. Nearly fine condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper.

red cloth boards, gilt title to spine. B/w and colour illustrations. One of the world's finest illustrators and painters of bird life. ISBN: 0865547122.

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RATITES AND TINAMOUS (BIRD FAMILIES OF THE WORLD SERIES)
Written by S.J.J.F. Davies. Illustrated by Michael J. Bamford; Danika Loomes.
Stock no. 1815976
Published by Oxford University Press. 1st 2002. Nearly fine condition in a fine dustwrapper.

The author skillfully evokes the mystery surrounding these flightless birds, drawing out their similarities whilst simultaneously celebrating their individuality. Navy cloth boards, silver title to spine. Colour & b/w illustrations. xxiii and 310 pages. ISBN: 0198549962. Spine slightly cocked.

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THE HEN HARRIER
Written by Donald Watson. Illustrated by Donald Watson.
Stock no. 1815871
Published by T. & A.D. Poyser. 1st 1977. Slightly better than very good condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper.

Blue boards, gilt title and harrier vignette to spine. 4 colour plates, numerous b/w illustrations throughout. 307 pages including index. ISBN: 0856610151. Minor foxing to top edge of text block. Pictorial dustwrapper is lightly browned and lightly faded to spine.

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THE BIRDS OF YORKSHIRE
Written by John R. Mather.
Stock no. 2124706
Published by Croom Helm. 1st 1986. Slightly better than very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Distribution maps. B/w photos. B/w illustrations. ISBN: 0709935102. A few marks to outer page edges. Name in ink to front endpaper. Wrapper is edge-creased with slightly faded spine.

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THE BIRDS OF THE LIVERPOOL AREA
Written by Eric Hardy.
Stock no. 2124566
Published by T. Buncle & Co.. 1st 1941. Almost very good condition.

Green cloth. B/w photos. Merseyside Naturalists' Association Handbooks No. 1. Cup ring mark to front cover. Looks like a new front endpaper has been glued in. A little surface paper damage to front pastedown. Foxing to outer page edges.

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BIRDS OF KANSAS
Written by Max C. Thompson; Charles A. Ely; et al.
Stock no. 1815603
Published by University Press Of Kansas. 1st 2011. Slightly better than very good condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper.

Large, heavy format. A comprehensive source of the birds of Kansas, USA. Blue cloth boards, gilt title to spine. Yellow endpapers. Colour photos throughout. vii and 528 pages including index. ISBN: 9780700617821. Spine slightly cocked. Lower rear corner of boards bumped. Contents clean. Pictorial dustwrapper is lightly edge-creased.

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KAUFMAN FIELD GUIDE TO ADVANCED BIRDING
Written by Kenn Kaufman.
Stock no. 1815508
Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. 1st 2011. Very good condition.

Understanding What You See and Hear. Pictorial laminated cardwraps. Colour illustrations. 448 pages including index. ISBN: 9780547248325. Spine slightly cocked and covers lightly bowed. Rear cover has a light vertical crease.

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ADVANCED BIRD ID GUIDE: THE WESTERN PALEARCTIC
Written by Nils Van Duivenduk.
Stock no. 1815504
Published by New Holland. 1st 2010. Very good condition.

Every plumage of all 1,300 species and subspecies recorded in Britain, Europe, North Africa and the Middle East. Blue cardwraps. 304 pages including index. ISBN: 9781847736079. Spine slightly cocked.

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BIRDS OF SOMERSET
Written by Somerset Ornithological Society.
Stock no. 1815469
Published by Alan Sutton. 1st 1988. Nearly fine condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Black cloth, gilt title to spine. B/w photos and line drawings. viii and 264 pages including index. ISBN: 0862994713. Previous owner's embossed stamp to lower corner of front endpaper and front flap of dustwrapper. Dustwrapper spine is faded.

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ATLAS OF RARE BIRDS
Written by Dominic Couzens.
Stock no. 1610034
Published by New Holland; Birdlife International. 1st 2010. Nearly fine condition.

Large format. Glazed illustrated boards. 240 pages. Colour photos. ISBN: 9781847735355. Some bumping to spine and corners.

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BACKYARD BIRDING
Written by Randi Minetor.
Stock no. 1317143
Published by Lyons Press. 1st 2011. Slightly better than very good condition.

A guide to attracting and identifying birds of North America. Stunning colour photographs by Nic Minetor. Pictorial cardwraps. xiii plus 241 pages (including index). ISBN: 9780762771660. Corners of covers and pages slightly bumped. Contents fine.

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WHERE TO WATCH BIRDS NORTHERN AND EASTERN SPAIN
Written by Michael Rebane; Ernest Garcia.
Stock no. 1317142
Published by Christopher Helm. 1st thus 2008. Slightly better than very good condition.

The definitive guide. 2nd edition, completely revised, expanded and updated. Blue pictorial card wraps. B/w illustrations and maps. 368 pages includes index. ISBN: 9780713683141. Some slight rubbing to cover edges.

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