RFI: 20thC Australian bird books

[Paul Jacobson <>]

Hi Andrew,

thanks for the tip on booksandcollectables.com.au

I've had very good results in the past using http://www.abebooks.com  
which allows you to limit your search to Australian booksellers.
cheers
Paul

On 14/03/2007, at 7:28 PM, Andrew Hobbs wrote:

> Hi,
>
> This doesn't answer your question but may be useful.  One internet  
> site which I have found to be of value in trying to find older  
> books or finding how much they would cost, is
> http://www.booksandcollectibles.com.au/
>
> Unfortunately it won't tell you whether they have ornithological  
> value.
> Cheers
>
> Andrew
>
> Paul Jacobson wrote:
> > Hi All,
> >
> > I've been browsing a few local second hand book shops, and was  
> > curious about the value of some of the older Australian bird books.
> > My inital impression is that many are of historical value only. On  
> > cursory examination the two volume Slater "A Field Guide to  
> > Australian Birds" and "What Bird Is That?"  seem to fall into this  
> > category.
> > Several other books looked to be worth further consideration: H.  
> > J. Firth's "Waterfowl in Australia" looked pretty interesting, but  
> > seemed to be from the late 60's, so I was unsure of it's value as  
> > a contemporary reference.  One tome that really caught my eye was  
> > J. D. MacDonald's "Birds of Australia" which looked to be quite  
> > interesting. Peter Slater's detail drawings were better than  
> > anything I've seen in the current crop of field guides, and I'm  
> > very tempted to buy this volume on that basis alone.
> > I'm curious if anyone has any recommendations on which volumes  
> > published last century are still worth adding to a new birders  
> > library.
> > cheers
> > Paul
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