Take the tour ~ latest additions first.
Last update ~ Talefevva added: 10th Oct 1999. Booklist only: 9th Apr 2002.
Take the tour ~ latest additions first.
Last update ~ Talefevva added: 10th Oct 1999. Booklist only: 9th Apr 2002.
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Modern writings: Books should be reasonably easy to find, even if officially out of print. These are usually still within copyright period, by living authors, published by existing publishers. These books will be described and short extracts quoted, but only for purposes of fair review. Please buy the printed book to read the rest of it. If it has an ISBN number, you should be able to quote that to almost any bookshop, and have them order it for you. Old writings: Long out of print: collector's books. May be expensive, but not necessarily impossible to find. Try Antiquarian Booksellers. Ask for them to keep a beady eye out. I have freely transcribed all corvo-relevant parts of those texts that I believe are copyright expired. I do this without gainful intent, as a service to Corvo-kind. And for the respectful memory of those beloved-few writers who have studied the Corvidae in olden-times. That they shall be not forgot. |
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You'll just have to put up with them listed by alpha order of author.
If it transpires that some otherbird owns copyright and maken caw-objection,
I am prepared to withdraw material, or show details of where the reprinted texts
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Tony Angell Ravens Crows Magpies and Jays 1978 University of Washington Press. Printed in the USA. ISBN 0-88894-178-1 Laurence Anholt The Magpie Song Illustrated by Dan Williams First published in Great Britain in 1995 by William Heinemann Ltd. Published 1997 by Mammoth an imprint of Reed International Books Ltd, London, Auckland, and Melbourne. ISBN 0-7497-3027-7 Charles S. Bayne The Call of the Birds. With illustrations by C. F. Tunnicliffe. 1946 reprint. First published 1929. Collins, London and Glasgow. BIRDS' NESTS (Rooks) THE YOUNG BIRDS (Rooks) BIRDS AT PLAY (Rooks, Jackdaws, Ravens) PROBLEMS OF MIGRATION (Mainly Rooks) S. Vere Benson The Observer's Book of Birds 1969 reprint of 1965 Revised Edition. Frederick Warne & Co Ltd, London & New York. Printed in Great Britain. (See also 'The Birds of the British Isles and their Eggs' by T A Coward) Nicolas Bentley Nicolas Bentley's Book of Birds 1965 first published. Andre Deutsch Ltd, London T.R.Birkhead The Magpies ~ The ecology and behaviour of... 1991 T&AD Poyser, London. ISBN 0-85661-067-4 E. Catherine Clements Birds at My Door First published 1963 by Faber & Faber, London Franklin Coombs The Crows ~ A study of the Corvids of Europe 1978 B.T. Batsford, London. ISBN 0-7134-1327-1 J.E.Cooper &J.T.Eley (edited by) First Aid and Care of Wild Birds 1984 Fourth impression. First published 1979. David & Charles (Publishers) Ltd. Newton Abbot, Devon. ISBN 0-7153-7664-0 T.A. Coward The Birds of the British Isles and their Eggs 4th edition 1933, first published 1920 Frederick Warne & Co Ltd, London & New York. Printed in Great Britain (See also 'Observers Book of Birds' by Benson) (See also 'Observers Book of Birds Eggs' by Evans) With the original coloured illustrations by Archibald Thorburn. (The later Observers' books used a cropped monochrome version of this picture.) So here is the beauteous original Rook illustration in all its treetop-viewpoint glory!.... Rook illustration by Archibald Thorburn (44k) Whitney J. Dough Andy: Twenty-four Years of Fowl Play with a Talking Crow 1997 edition. (First published 1955 as: Fowl Play ~ Twenty Hilarious Years with a Talking Crow) ISBN 1-57736-040-0 Theodora DuBois Banjo the Crow Illustrations by Helen Torrey 1943 The Riverside Press, Cambridge, Massachusetts USA G. Evans (Compiled by) The Observer's Book of Birds' Eggs 1957 Third reprint. (Revised Edition 1954) Frederick Warne & Co Ltd, London & New York (See also 'The Birds of the British Isles and their Eggs' by T A Coward) W. Warde Fowler Tales of the Birds. With illustrations by Bryan Hook 1891 Second edition. First published 1888. A TRAGEDY IN ROOK-LIFE (Long tale: 4600 words.) Summer Studies of Birds and Books 1895 Macmillan & Co, London & New York John Gooders Pocket Guide Birds of Britain and Ireland 1995 Larousse Plc, London. ISBN 0-7523-0016-4 Derek Goodwin Crows of the World 1976 First published. Cornell University Press, New York. ISBN 0-8014-1057-6 Douglas Gordon The Pageant of Wings 1938 First edition. A.F.Gotch Birds ~ Their Latin Names Explained 1981 Roland Green Wing Tips 1947 Adam & Charles Black, London Nicholas Hammond & Michael Everett Birds of Britain and Europe 1980 First publication. Pan Books Ltd, London ISBN 0-330-26023-5 Hargreaves Bird for all Seasons 1973 First published. Macmillan London Ltd SBN 333 14575 5 Peter Hayman & Philip Burton The Birdlife of Britain 1978 edition. (First published in UK October 1976) Book Club Associates, London. Produced in association with the RSPB George Hearn True Dramas of Wild Life 1934 AN AMUSING RASCAL (Jackdaw) A PIEBALD PILFERER (Magpie) Bernd Heinrich Ravens in Winter 1990. ISBN 0-7126-3829-6 A Year in the Maine Woods 1994. ISBN 0-201-48939-2 Mind of the Raven 1999 First edition, hardback ISBN 0-06-017447-1 Hermann Heinzel, Richard Fitter, John Parslow The Birds of Britain of and Europe 1972 First published. Collins, London. ISBN 00-212034-8 Otto Herman & J. A. Owen Birds Useful and Birds Harmful 1909. Sherratt & Hughes, Manchester and London. Joan Hicks Their Flight Shall Continue 1966 Eric Hosking and Cyril Newberry The Art of Bird Photography 1948 Revised and enlarged edition. First Published 1944. Country Life Ltd, London Bird Photography as a Hobby 1961 First published. Stanley Paul & Co. Ltd, London. More Birds of the Day 1946 Collins, London. Miriam Blanton Huber, Frank Seeley Salisbury, Arthur I. Gates Smoky the Crow Illustrated by Fred Ludekens 1944 reprint. First Published 1943. The Macmillan Company, New York W. H. Hudson Adventures among Birds 1928 reprint. Originally published in book form 1913 J. M. Dent & Sons Ltd, London & Toronto CARDINAL (Sorrows of a caged bird) Birds in Town and Village 1920 First US edition. (Extended version of 1893 *Birds a Village*) With pictures by E.J. Detmond 1920 First US edition. E.P. Dutton & Company, New York Ted Hughes Crow: From the Life and Songs of the Crow 1974 Faber paperback edition. First published 1972. ISBN 0-571-09915-7 Aldous Huxley The Crows of Pearblossom Illustrated by Barbara Cooney Written Christmas 1944 1967 Random House Inc, New York, Weekly Reader Children's Book Club Thomas Ingoldsby Ye Jackdaw of Rheims With ye old Writing & ye new Illustrations by Ernest Maurice Jessop Prynted & Published by Eyre & Spotiswoode. Prynters to the Queens most Excellent Majestie; at their house in Great New Street, over against Fetter Lane, London. Undated, loose-bound illuminated manuscript. But not as old as it purports to be: believe mock-gothic. Handwritten dedication "Dec 1905" Oh, have a sample page and illustration for now.... Folio17 (48k) So they canonized hym by the name of Jym Crowe! Folio18 (29k) Endplate illustration Rev. C.A. Johns, F.H. Carruthers Gould, and others. I Go A-Walking Illustrations from photographs by Charles Reid 1905 T.N. Foulis, Edinburgh and London Just for this photo of four Rooks on a signboard.... Warders of the Lane (42k) P. J. Johnson Rhymes of the Raven Lady 1995 Hancock House Publishers, Canada and USA. ISBN 0-88839-366-0 John Kearton Bird Life in England 1931 First edition. Philip Allan, London BIRD LIFE NEAR LONDON (Rooks, Jackdaws, Magpies) Lawrence Kilham The American Crow and the Common Raven Illustrations by Joan Waltermire 1997 Fourth printing. Copyright 1989. Texas University Press, Texas USA. ISBN 0-89096-466-1 Charles de Lint Someplace to be Flying (Novel) 1999 Pan Paperback. First published 1998 Macmillan Publishers Ltd ISBN 0 330 368702 David Linton Photographing Nature 1965 First published. R.B. Lodge Pictures of Bird Life 1903 First edition. S.H. Bousfield & Co, Ltd, London William J. Long Fowls of the Air Illustrated by Charles Copeland 1903 Konrad Z. Lorenz King Soloman's Ring ~ New Light on Animal Ways Illustrated by the Author Tanslated from the German by Marjorie Kerr Wilson Foreward by Julian Huxley 1953 The Reprint Society, London. First published 1952 E. V. Lucas Out of a Clear Sky Second edition 1929. Methuen & Co. Ltd. London. First published 1928 Steve Madge & Hillary Burn Crows And Jays ~ A guide to the Crows, Jays and Magpies of the World 1994. Reprinted 1994. Christopher Helm (Publishers) Ltd, a subsidiary of A&C Black (Publishers) Ltd, London. ISBN 0-7136-3999-7 John Marchington Photographing Wild Life 1971 First published. Faber and Faber Ltd, London. Gavin Maxwell Raven Seek Thy Brother 1970 Pan edition. First published 1968. ISBN 0-330-02523-6 Slowly Through a Land of Stone (Raven Poem) Raphael Nelson, FRSA Birds of the Hedgerow, Field and Wood 1947 First printing Arthur F. Park FRPS Making friends with Birds 1948 IN THE ROOKERY (Baby Rooks) Roger Peterson, Guy Mountfort, P.A.D. Hollom A Field Guide to the Birds of Britain of and Europe 1969 12th impression. (Revised and Enlarged Edition 1965, Original Edition 1954.) Collins, London. No ISBN Roger Tory Peterson & The Editors of LIFE The Birds 1963 (c) Time Inc, New York Oliver G. Pike (FRPS) Adventures in Birdland 1907 Birdland (Date not shown. Est. c1920 from internal ref to Great War) This volume consists of Captain Pike's two delightful books "Birdland's Little People" and "Birdland Stories," and is issued at the special request of many friends. Derek Ratcliffe The Raven ~ A Natural History in Britain and Ireland Illustrations by Chris Rose 1997 First edition. T & A D Poyser ltd, London. ISBN 0-85661-090-9 Jane Ratcliffe Fly High Run Free 1984 Kenneth Richmond Krark: the story of a Carrion Crow 1945. Published George Routledge & Sons, London. (Currently OCR/copytyping ALL of the book: give caw-encouragement if you want a preview, and I'll ask for proofreading duties.) It's about 60k-words. (:>) Stephanie Ryder Blind Jack 1960 First Published in Great Britain by George Harrap & Co Ltd. Also USA edition. (With different plates.) 1961 First Printing. 1960 The Riverside Press, Cambridge, Massachusetts USA Geoff Sample Bird Call Identification Includes CD of 130 species 1998 First published. Harper Collins, London. ISBN 0-00-220122-4 Laurens Sargent Consider the Birds First printed 1943. Reprinted 1944, 1947, 1949 Howard Saunders An Illustrated Manual of British Birds 1899 Second edition. (First published 1889) Gurney and Jackson, London Candace Savage Bird Brains ~ The Intelligence of Crows, Ravens, Magpies, and Jays First printed 1995 Sierra Club Books, San Francisco. SIERRA BOOKS Paperback edition 1997. ISBN 0-87156-956-6 Ernest Thompson Seton Lobo and other Stories (Including Siverspot the Crow) (Not dated, animal anecdotes from c1890, Canada) Hodder and Stoughton, England. Illustrated. M.K.C. Scott Birds (Date not shown. Estimated 1950) Thomas Nelson and Sons Ltd, Edinburgh. Raymond Sheppard How to Draw Birds 1942 Fourth Impression. First printed July 1940 The Studio Publications, London and New York R. Bosworth Smith Bird Life and Bird Lore 1905 Sample photo for now, presumed by the author....Young Ravens (66k) (Currently OCR/copytyping much of the bodytext: give caw-encouragement if you want a sneaky-preview.) John Stacey This Wild Company (not dated) Edward Stanley, DD, FRS, Lord Bishop of Norwich A Familiar History of Birds 1880 Revised edition. Longmans Green and Co, London. Sir J. Arthur Thomson The Ways of Birds (Date not shown. Estimated 1940-50) THE STORY OF THE ROOKS Katherine Tottenham Bird Doctor 1961 Thomas Nelson & Sons, Edinburgh Brian Vesey-Fitzgerald F.L.S. British Birds and their Nests Colour Illustrations by Allen W. Seaby 1954 Fifth edition. Wills & Hepworth Ltd, Loughborough. A Second Book of British Birds and their Nests Colour Illustrations by Allen W. Seaby 1955 Fourth edition. Wills & Hepworth Ltd, Loughborough. A Third Book of British Birds and their Nests Colour Illustrations by Roland Green (Date not shown.) Wills & Hepworth Ltd, Loughborough. John Wakefield The Strange World of Birds 1963 Watkin Watkins, B.A.Cantab The Birds of Tennyson Illustrated by G.E.Lodge 1903 John Watson (Editor) by Various Writers Ornithology in relation to Agriculture and Horticultue 1893 W.H. Allen & Co, London Peter Weaver The Birdwatcher's Dictionary 1981 First published Gilbert White The Natural History and Antiquities of Selborne (First published 1789) 1993 Thames & Hudson edition compiled by Ronald Davidson-Houston. ISBN 0-500-97409-8 1989 Penguin Classic edition. ISBN 0-14-043112-8 Katherine M. Wilson Caw-Taw The Story of a Rook Illustrated by Len Fullerton Hutchinson's Books for Young People, London Undated. Flyleaf states: THIS BOOK IS PRODUCED IN COMPLETE CONFORMITY WITH THE AUTHORIZED ECONOMY STANDARDS. Handwritten dedication "From Mum & Dad:- Christmas 1961." David Wood The Image and the Likeness (Novel) 1998 first edition, signed by the author. Pelagian Press, Roslindale Massachusetts USA. ISBN 0-9662364-9-1 Review and tantalising extracts at: CROWBOOK (My own review will have to wait until finished studying the splendid-shiny!) (Krah! Now some otherbird has borrowed the shiny! I demand a review in fair return then!) Taro Yashima Crow Boy 1983 edition. (First published 1955) ISBN 0-14-050172-X Dorothy Yglesias The Cry of a Bird Illustrated by Phyllis Yglesias 1962 Longmans, Green and Co. Ltd, London. First published 1961, William Kimber. Plenty more copytyping and scanning from the books yet to do. (:>) |
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To people who have gifted me with books, or pointed out sources, or accompanied me on interminable expeditions to Antiquarian Bookshops, often pouncing with glinty eyne straight to the best find of the day. Corvophile netfriends, especially those Erudite Ravens: Black, NightShade, Damask, Azrael, Zanangel, and that Crafty Crow: Soma. Cheer-caws for the Seven Secretive Corvids! Keen Ornithologists: the observers of precision and wit, and those who will always try to help any bird found injured. Especially to Laurence Jackson, JayDee, and other irregulars of the excellent and informative UK Birds newsgroup. Kym the Magic Magpie (a Morrigan in disguise, I suspect), for turning of net-stones and always successfully bidding for Shinies-at-Auction. "Chakka-chak-CHAK!!!" [to a loud techno-beat] Andrya the Booksome Jay for help in guesstimating the printing-era of those tomes who bear no flyleaf date. This gaudy and flittersome creature is part of a brilliant Party-scene too! Well, what would you expect from a plurality of Jays? Stewart, who I reckon is a bit of a Jackdaw, part-time at least: from wicked grin when poking mischief at the earthbound-plodding, and from optimistic colonial nesting habits of scattering sticks everywhere in the hope that some might be of use. (:>) Cheow-CHEOW! And apart from those good birds who oft have croak-communion with me, thanks also to the stranger-birds that have given a caw of a shiny-snippet seen, or asked some odd little corvo-query before flitting off again into the wide blue skies. May fairwinds be ever under their wings. |
Crow communes with poltergeists out of old ponds.
His wings are the stiff back of his only book,
Himself the only page—of solid ink."
~ Ted Hughes.
Poet Laureate from 1984. Deceased 1998
