THE VINTAGE CAGE BIRD COLLECTION ~~~~~~~~ A truly unique and wonderful
collection of over 80 rare, out-of-print books compiled together for the first
time on DVD data disc covering all aspects of keeping CANARIES & CAGE BIRDS.
Read about the care and
general management of caged birds and how best to keep them. Learn about
successful mating, breeding, keeping, feeding, taming and exhibiting of popular
cage birds and canaries. Read about both British birds and foreign birds that
are suitable for taming and keeping in a cage or aviary. Study their natural
history, habits, foods and diseases. Learn how to sex cage birds, an essential
in lucrative breeding. Study the art of constructing and furnishing a bird
cage, aviary or bird-room. Included in this astonishing collection is 28 years
(1894 – 1922) of “The Avicultural Magazine”, providing a fascinating vintage
look at this popular hobby. Overall, this is an absolute must for anyone with
an interest in keeping cage birds and canaries. The full list of titles
included speaks for itself…. Some of the books contained
within this collection are extremely hard-to-find and will provide a valuable
library of reference material for anyone with an interest in keeping birds or
even those considering it! This superb compilation of
82 vintage books provides literally 1,000’s of pages of great content and
fabulous photos / illustrations for the reader. All of the books have been
scanned in high quality and preserved forever in pdf format - easy to read on
your laptop, computer, tablet, smartphone, kindle or e-reader. You can also
print entire books or select pages. Most of the books are written in English
with several additional texts in German. This is without doubt the
most extensive collection of its kind - compiled over time by
rare-book-collections, and only available here! The Full List of Titles
Included is as Follows: Aviaries,
bird-rooms & cages, their construction and furnishing by H. Norman (1919) Birds I have
kept in years gone by - with original anecdotes and full directions for keeping
them successfully by W. T. Greene (1885) Bishop, the
bird man's book, on the care and management of birds by H. Bishop (1886) Boy bird
house architecture by L. H. Baxter (1920) British birds
for cages and aviaries; a handbook relating to all British birds which may be
kept in confinement by W. T. Greene (1899) British birds
for cages, aviaries, and exhibition Vols. 1 & 2 by S. W. Birchley (1909) Cage and
chamber-birds; their natural history, habits, food, diseases, management, and
modes of capture by J. M. Bechstein (1856) Cage-bird
traffic of the United States
by H. Oldys (1907) Canaries -
mating and breeding by H. Sharp (1917) Canaries -
their care and management by A. Wetmore (1916) Canaries and
cage-birds - the food, care, breeding, diseases and treatment of all house
birds by G. A. Holden (1888) Canaries and
cage-birds by G. H. Holden (1883) Canaries, a
complete and practical guide to the breeding, exhibiting and general management
of these popular birds by C. A. House (1923) Canary birds.
A manual of useful and practical information for bird keepers by M. S. Wood
(1869) Catalogue of
sole manufacturers of the Osborn patent metallic finish bird and animal cages,
also directions for the care of birds (1876) Common sense in
the care of the pet canary. How to buy, keep, feed, tame, mate, and breed
canaries by M. Farwell (1886) Der
Kanarienvogel; seine Naturgeschichte, Pflege und Zucht von K. Russ (1906) Favorite
foreign birds for cages and aviaries by W. T. Greene (1891) Foreign birds
for cage and aviary Vols. 1 & 2 by A. G. Butler (1912) Foreign
finches in captivity by A. G. Butler (1889) Handbuch für
den Liebhaber der Stuben-, Haus- und aller der Zähmung werthen Vögel,
enthaltend die genauesten Beschreibungen von 200 europäischen Vögelarten von C.
L. Brehm (1832) Handbuch für
Vogelliebhaber, -Züchter und -Händler von K. Russ (1878) Holden's book
on birds by C. F. Holden (1873) Holden's new
book on birds by C. F. Holden (1892) House plants
and their care; also, hints for the care of goldfish and canary birds by H.
Mullert (1887) How to
attract and protect wild birds by M. Heisemann (1912) How to sex
cage birds (British and foreign) by A. G. Butler (1907) Inheritance
in canaries by C. B. Davenport (1908) Lehrbuch für
Gesangskanarienzüchter, Preisrichter und Vereine von L. Tretter (1914) Natural
history of parrots by P. J. Selby (1836) Our canaries
- a thoroughly practical and comprehensive guide to the successful keeping,
breeding and exhibiting of every known variety of the domesticated canary by C.
St. John (1911) Our domestic
birds; elementary lessons in aviculture by J. H. Robinson (1913) Palmer's
manual of cage birds by S. Palmer (1879) Parrots in
captivity Vols. 1, 2 & 3 by W. T. Greene (1883) Seventh
Annual Birdhouse Booklet by Jacobs Bird-House Company (1915) Song birds,
and how to keep them by E. A. Maling (1863) The American
bird fancier; considered with reference to the breeding, rearing, feeding,
management, and peculiarities of cage and house birds by D. J. Browne (1851) The American
bird-keeper's manual; or, Directions for the proper management of American and
foreign singing birds by J. Mann (1848) The
Avicultural magazine (1894-1895) The
Avicultural magazine (1895-1896) The
Avicultural magazine (1896-1897) The Avicultural
magazine (1897-1898) The
Avicultural magazine (1899-1900) The
Avicultural magazine (1900-1901) The
Avicultural magazine (1901-1902) The
Avicultural magazine (1902-1903) The
Avicultural magazine (1903-1904) The
Avicultural magazine (1904-1905) The Avicultural
magazine (1905-1906) The
Avicultural magazine (1906-1907) The
Avicultural magazine (1907-1908) The
Avicultural magazine (1908-1909) The
Avicultural magazine (1910-1911) The
Avicultural magazine (1911-1912) The
Avicultural magazine (1912-1913) The
Avicultural magazine (1913-1914) The
Avicultural magazine (1914-1915) The
Avicultural magazine (1915-1916) The
Avicultural magazine (1916-1917) The
Avicultural magazine (1917-1918) The
Avicultural magazine (1918-1919) The
Avicultural magazine (1920) The Avicultural
magazine (1921-1922) The
Avicultural magazine (1921) The bird
fancier's companion; or, Natural history of cage birds; their food, management,
habits, treatment, diseases, etc., etc by C. Reiche (1871) The Bird food
company's book of cage birds (1883) The Bird food
company's book of cage birds (1884) The canary -
its history, varieties, management, and breeding by R. Avis (1872) The canary
book containing full directions for the breeding, rearing and management of
canaries and canary mules by R. L. Wallace (1904) The canary,
its varieties, management and breeding by F. Smith (1870) The dovecote
and the aviary - being sketches of the natural history of pigeons and other
domestic birds in a captive state with hints for their management by E. S. Dixon
(1851) The
illustrated book of canaries and cage-birds, British and foreign by W. A.
Blakston (1878) The language
of birds - comprising poetic and prose illustrations of the most favourite cage
birds - with twelve highly-coloured plates by G. Spratt (1837) The natural
history of cage birds; their management, habits, food, diseases, treatment,
breeding, and the methods of catching them by J. M. Bechstein (1845) The roller
canary - its breeding, rearing, and training by H. W. Guitierrez (1900) The roller; concerning
its health, habits and happiness; its feeding, breeding and training by T.
Church (1921) The song bird
fancier - a complete treatise on the canary bird, mocking bird, and other birds
of song by H. A. Dreer (1856) Your bird
friends and how to win them by J. H. Dodson (1917) An absolute must
for anyone with an interest in keeping canaries and other birds as pets – an
unbelievable treasure trove of information for a very small price! Quick Delivery –
Free postage within the UK! All of the files are
hi-resolution scans presented in pdf format, easy to read on your computer,
laptop, tablet, smartphone, or any modern Kindle / ebook reader that can read
pdf files. All files can be printed or transferred between devices. For some devices you may need to convert the pdf files. A free program
called Calibre can be used to do this and can be included on the DVD if
requested. Please note that this is a data DVD disc that will contain all of the
books, documents and material listed in this auction. It will work in a laptop
or computer (including MAC) but will NOT work on a normal DVD player, X-Box or
audio CD player. * Main photo
is for illustration purposes only – other photos are example pages from the
books included on the disc *
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