Published by 2nd. Rev. Rep. Ed. Pub. Merehurst Press. 1988, 1988
Seller: C. Arden (Bookseller) ABA, Hay-on-Wye, United Kingdom
First Edition
pp.312 with colour plates and dist. maps throughout. Large 4to. New hardback in new dw. This revised edition contains detailed descriptions of every species and subspecies. The first edition was illustrated with colour photographs and five plates of illustrations. This edition comprises 55 plates of illustrations by W.T. Cooper plus b/w. photographs and vignettes.
Published by Lansdowne, Melbourne, 1978
ISBN 10: 0715376985 ISBN 13: 9780715376980
Seller: PEMBERLEY NATURAL HISTORY BOOKS BA, ABA, Iver, United Kingdom
Condition: Fine. 616, full-page colour plates, text figs, distribution maps. . HB. 4to (310x223mm), orig. boards (art. leather), near fine in d/w. Second edition. Fine colour plates by William T. Cooper illustrate all 340 species and some subspecies (500 birds illustrated). Descriptions of all species / subspecies include taxonomic measurements, information on distribution, status, habitats, general habits, movement, feeding, call-notes, nesting habits. [9780715376980].
Published by CSIRO, 2015
ISBN 10: 0643096337 ISBN 13: 9780643096332
Seller: PEMBERLEY NATURAL HISTORY BOOKS BA, ABA, Iver, United Kingdom
Condition: New. 360, col illus. 270x305mm. HB. NEW. . A highly illustrated volume depicting all thirty native species of pigeons and doves to be found in Australia.Possibly the most successful urban birds, pigeons and doves in the Order Columbiformes are one of the most easily recognised groups. They are an ancient and very successful group with an almost worldwide distribution and are most strongly represented in tropical and subtropical regions, including Australia. In most species simple plumage patterns feature mainly grey and brown with black, white or dull reddish markings, but the highly colourful fruit-doves include some of the most beautiful of all birds.From dense rainforests of north Queensland, where brilliantly plumaged Superb Fruit-Doves Ptilinopus superbus are heard more easily than seen, to cold, windswept heathlands of Tasmania, where Brush Bronzewings Phaps elegans are locally common, most regions of Australia are frequented by one or more species. For more than a century after arrival of the First Fleet, interest in these birds focused on the eating qualities of larger species. In addition to contributing to declines of local populations in some parts of Australia, excessive hunting brought about the extinction of two species on Lord Howe Island and another species on Norfolk Island.In Pigeons and Doves in Australia, Joseph Forshaw and William Cooper have summarised our current knowledge of all species, including those occurring on Christmas, Norfolk and Lord Howe Islands, and with superb artwork have given readers a visual appreciation of the birds in their natural habitats. Historical accounts of extinct species are also included. Detailed information on management practices for all species is presented, ensuring that Pigeons and Doves in Australia will become the standard reference work on these birds for ornithologists and aviculturists. [9780643096332].
Published by Pub. Doubleday. 1973, 1973
Seller: C. Arden (Bookseller) ABA, Hay-on-Wye, United Kingdom
pp.584 with 158 colour plates. Folio. With neat dedication to title page. Nr. fine hardback in thor. vg. The fine colour plates by William T. Cooper illustrate all 340 species and some subspecies (500 birds illustrated). Descriptions of all species / subspecies include taxonomic measurements, information on distribution, status, habitats, general habits, movement, feeding, call-notes, nesting habits.
Published by Lansdowne, Melbourne, 1973
ISBN 10: 0701800240 ISBN 13: 9780701800246
Seller: PEMBERLEY NATURAL HISTORY BOOKS BA, ABA, Iver, United Kingdom
First Edition
Condition: Good. William T. Cooper (illustrator). 584, 158 full-page colour plates, 179 text figs, distribution maps. . HB. Folio (395x280mm), orig. cloth. Vg in d/w (spine very slightly faded; short scratch to rear panel). 1st edition. Fine colour plates by William T. Cooper illustrate all 340 species and some subspecies (500 birds illustrated). Descriptions of all species / subspecies include taxonomic measurements, information on distribution, status, habitats, general habits, movement, feeding, call-notes, nesting habits. [9780701800246].
Published by Nokomis, Melbourne, 2002
ISBN 10: 0958174202 ISBN 13: 9780958174206
Seller: PEMBERLEY NATURAL HISTORY BOOKS BA, ABA, Iver, United Kingdom
Condition: New. 224, 26 full-page colour plates, 25 b/w illustrations. 287x210mm. HB. NEW. . The first true monograph on this spectacular group since Schlegel and Westerman De Toerako's published 1860. This book is yet another wonderful collaboration between the meticulous pen of Joseph Foreshaw and the artwork of one of the best bird illustrator of the twentieth century, William Cooper. The foreword is by Hilary Fry with a chapter on Turacos in aviculture by Robert Berry and William Todd. [9780958174206].
Published by Pub. Doubleday. 1973, 1973
Seller: C. Arden (Bookseller) ABA, Hay-on-Wye, United Kingdom
pp, 584 with fine illus. by W.T. Cooper plus figs. & numerous distribution maps. Folio. Hardback. A vg. copy in vg. dw.
Published by Lansdowne, Melbourne, 1973
ISBN 10: 0701800240 ISBN 13: 9780701800246
Seller: PEMBERLEY NATURAL HISTORY BOOKS BA, ABA, Iver, United Kingdom
First Edition
Condition: Very Good. William T. Cooper (illustrator). 584, 158 full-page colour plates, 179 text figs, distribution maps. . HB. Folio (395x280mm), orig. cloth, gt. Vg in d/w. First edition. Fine colour plates by William T. Cooper illustrate all 340 species and some subspecies (500 birds illustrated). Descriptions of all species / subspecies include taxonomic measurements, information on distribution, status, habitats, general habits, movement, feeding, call-notes, nesting habits. [9780701800246].
Published by Nokomis, 2016
ISBN 10: 0958174229 ISBN 13: 9780958174220
Seller: PEMBERLEY NATURAL HISTORY BOOKS BA, ABA, Iver, United Kingdom
Condition: New. 344, 300+ col & b/w illus, maps. 305x305mm. HB. NEW. . This book is the final collaboration of Joseph M. Forshaw and William T. Cooper and combines the finest Cooper artwork with an updated, authoritative Forshaw text. Presented as a deluxe edition, A Natural History of Australian Parrots is truly a combination of art and science including many previously unpublished Cooper drawings, sketches and paintings. Containing more than 300 artworks, it is fully cased in grey Ballantine cloth, with marbled endpapers and black foil blocking. The book is landscape format printed on fine quality satin art paper.This book adopts an entirely new approach with the integration of an updated technical text and an exciting visual record of the beauty, diversity and appeal of Australian parrots. It is a tribute to William (Bill) Cooper, and features numerous previously unpublished field sketches, preliminary drawings and spectacular paintings of parrots in their natural environment.No Australian artist has left such a wealth of scientifically accurate visual records of Australian parrots engaging in their daily activities, and now for the first time readers of A Natural History of Australian Parrots can enjoy and appreciate this outstanding legacy.Probably no artist has been more closely associated with parrots than Bill Cooper, and his spectacular paintings of Australian species have met with universal acclaim. He certainly enjoyed painting parrots, especially the black cockatoos with which he felt a strong affinity. He was an experienced field observer with an eye for detail a legacy of his lifelong love of the Australian bush. That experience is reflected in his artwork, especially in the finely detailed field sketches and drawings. He worked quickly and achieved a prolific output, amassing a vast collection of drawings that he had available for use as reference material when needed. These are now held by the State Library of New South Wales. Most of these annotated drawings and part-coloured sketches have not been published until now and their reproduction for the first time in this book, gives readers an opportunity to appreciate the workmanship of arguably Australia's greatest wildlife artist.Bill's skill and talent as a botanical artist is widely acknowledged, and his exquisite drawings of food plants and habitat vegetation reproduced in this book are further evidence of his outstanding craftsmanship.In the 15 years since Joseph Forshaw last wrote about Australian parrots there have been very significant advances in our knowledge of their natural history. There have been encouraging findings coming from some field investigations, such as a resurgence in the numbers of Superb Parrots Polytellis swainsonii following implementation of a management plan and a dramatic expansion of the range of Little Corellas Cacatua sanguinea. Conversely, there is evidence of population declines, which in some instances are quite disturbing. None more so than the extremely low counts of Orange-bellied Parrots Neophema chrysogaster at their nesting sites in southwestern Tasmania raising the strong likelihood of this species being lost.Molecular analyses have played a major role in taxonomic research, giving us new insights into the evolutionary history and current relationships of all species. Because of these advances it is most opportune to again focus on the natural history of Australian parrots, and that is the purpose of the text in A Natural History of Australian Parrots, which gives prominence to the findings from recent research.Award-winning book designer, Derrick Stone, has brought the artwork and text together in a format that retains the tradition of classic natural history works. This finely produced book will appeal to collectors of books of the highest quality as well as meeting the needs of ornithologists, birdwatchers and all those with an interest in Australian wildlife. [9780958174220].
Published by LONDON COLLINS, 1979
Seller: Hawkridge Books, Bakewell, United Kingdom
REPRINT. FOLIO, A FINE COPY IN FINE DUSTWRAPPER WITH SLIPCASE. TEXT BY COOPER AND FORSHAW, WITH MANY FINE FULL COLOUR PLATES BY COOPER, MAPS, LINE DRAWINGS, 302 PAGES, INCLUDING REFERENCES. SCARCE.
Published by Lansdowne Editions, Melbourne, 1980
ISBN 10: 0701810343 ISBN 13: 9780701810344
Seller: PEMBERLEY NATURAL HISTORY BOOKS BA, ABA, Iver, United Kingdom
Signed
Condition: Fine. 150; [x], 151-379, full-page colour illustrations, distribution maps. . HB. 2 vols, folio (514x370mm), orig. green full morroco, decorative design of parrot blocked to each cover, raised bands and leather title pieces to spines, housed in cloth solander case (limited light soiling). Fine condition. Collector's Issue of the second (revised) edition, numbered and signed by the author and illustrator, limited to 1000 copies, this copy being #966. Vol. I: Loriinae and Cacatuinae; Vol. II: Psitacinae. Fine colour plates by William T. Cooper illustrate all species. First published in 1969, Australian Parrots, unites Joseph Forshaw, one of Australia's foremost ornithologists and a leading expert on parrots, and William Cooper, one of Australia's finest wildlife artists. Their collaboration produced some of the most impressive bird monographs of the twentieth century. [9780701810344].