From the macaws of South America to the cockatoos of Australia, parrots are among the most beautiful and exotic birds in the world - and also among the most endangered. This stunningly illustrated, easy-to-use field guide covers all 356 species and well-differentiated subspecies of parrots, and is the only guide organised by geographical distribution - Australasian, Afro-Asian, and neotropical. It features 146 superb colour plates depicting every kind of parrot, as well as detailed, facing-page species accounts that ...
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From the macaws of South America to the cockatoos of Australia, parrots are among the most beautiful and exotic birds in the world - and also among the most endangered. This stunningly illustrated, easy-to-use field guide covers all 356 species and well-differentiated subspecies of parrots, and is the only guide organised by geographical distribution - Australasian, Afro-Asian, and neotropical. It features 146 superb colour plates depicting every kind of parrot, as well as detailed, facing-page species accounts that describe key identification features, distribution, subspeciation, habitat and status.
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Illustrated by W.T. Cooper. Slick pictorial boards. Heavy folio. 12 1/2" x 9 1/2". 585 pages. Alternating sections of text pages and slick pages with full page color illustations. Cover has been chewed on by an animal (dog? ) at corners Text is in nice condition except small stain in margins at bottom of first few pages. Bottom half of spine strip missing. Cover in poor condition-text is very good.
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Good. "Improved 1978 Edition, with expanded indices, " 1978. Large quarto, hardcover, illustrated (in color), 584 pp., clean unmarked text, Good copy, very possessive previous owner stamped his name-stamp to the front pastedown and to all the edges, soiling and age-toning to the pages and page-edges, soiling to the book's covers, wear to the book's covers including rubbing and loss, no dust jacket. This large book might require additional postage.
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Illustrated by COOPER, WILLIAM T. Color Photos, drawings. Very Good. 9x12" oversize thick VERY GOOD Condition. CLEAN, SOLID, NO TEARS, very minor spine toning..; black titles on white cloth hardcovers showing 2 YELLOWNECK GREEN PARROTS ON BRANCH...WHITE BACKGROUND. COVER CORNER STATEMENT./. IMPROVED 1978 EDITION WITH EXPANDED INDICES"; 584pg heavy pages; . Bird habits BREEDING, RANGE, REMARKS. ********** SIZE & WEIGHT WILL REQUIRE ME TO SHIP IN A STURDY CARDBOARD BOX & WELL PROTECTED IN ITS TRAVELS. PRICE REFLECTS ARRITIONAL POSTAGE COSTS. TRAVELS ONLY BY SURFACE...NO PRIORITY...********
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Good. Size: 12x8x2; Unmarked pages, clean interior. From page 480 and on most of the pages have are bumped at top edges. Moderate wear along outside edge of pages. Dj is not clipped (no price on flaps) and has no tears. The dj has some light creasing, indents, and surface wear. Lh.
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Very Good- 616pp, quarto hardcover. fading to book spine and outer edges of boards, solid binding, owner stamp, interior clean. From the library of Dale W. Rice, famed writer/researcher/collector of natural history, and founder of the Dale W. Rice Memorial Library in Seattle, WA.
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Illustrated by W.T. Cooper. Slick pictorial boards. Heavy folio. 12 1/2" x 9 1/2". 584 pages. Full page color illustations. Great full page color illustrations of the various species. A wealth of information. Tight. Bright. I could find just a few small highlights widely scattered otherwise clean. near Fine condition.
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Cooper, William T. Very Good. No Jacket. Folio. HEAVY. 584pp, full-page colour plates, line drawings, distribution maps, bibliography, index. Pictorial boards, no jacket. Some bubbling of surface of front cover, page edges toned in bands. This 'improved' 1978 edition has expanded indices. The definitive work on the world's parrots covering all species and some sub-species. Over 500 birds illustrated in colour.
A must have book on Parrots for any book collector.Specially for for those who collect books on parrots, it is an ultimate reference book on the parrots. It is beautifully illustrated in full-color plates, it covers every known species of parrot, and some of which are now extinct . It provides information on all the aspects of parrots in the wild from size to range from breeding habits to habitat, It's unfortunate that this book is now out of print, it's a parrot ultimate reference to parrots in the wild.