Kingfishers and related birds [complete six volume set].

Melbourne: Lansdowne, 1983-1994.
Folio, six volumes, 156 colour plates by William T. Cooper. Publisher's boxes, each containing two volumes, limited to 1000 numbered copies, signed by the author and artist. A fine set in very slightly blemished boxes.

One of the finest modern bird books. Volumes 5 and 6 of Kingfishers are the rarest of all the Kingfisher volumes with probably fewer than 150 sets produced. The individual volumes are subtitled as follows:
Volume 1: Alcedinidae: Ceryle to Cittura.
Volume 2: Alcedinidae: Halcyon to Tanysiptera.
Volume 3: Todidae, Momotidae, Meropidae.
Volume 4: Leptosomatidae, Coraciidae, Upupidae, Phoeniculidae.
Volume 5: Bucerotidae (Burcorvus to Anthracoceros).
Volume 6: Bucerotidae (Buceros to Ceratogymna).