Birds of the west coast, volume two.
Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1980. Folio, colour plates, very good copy in dustwrapper. More
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Birds.
New York: Harper Collins Publishers, 2011. Octavo, paperback and DVD, colour illustrations. Part of a series presenting historic volumes. Drawing from Georges-Louis Leclerc's 36 volume masterpiece, "Histoire Naturelle, Generale Et Particuliere", this title features 350 of Leclerc's magnificent original paintings, faithfully reproduced in full colour. A visual index categorizes each..... More
Tableaux et scenes de la vie des animaux.
Paris: Librarie Hachette, 1877. Quarto, 20 uncoloured plates by Joseph Wolf. Contemporary brown half morocco, marbled boards, corners worn, some spotting throughout. More
The travelling naturalists.
London: Croom Helm, 1985. Octavo, illustrations, fine copy in dustwrapper. More
The book of birds: five centuries of bird illustration.
London: Phaidon, 1975. Folio, colour illustrations, very good copy in dustwrapper. More
The botanical atlas: a guide to the practical study of plants containing representatives of the leading forms of plant life.
Edinburgh: W and A. K. Johnston, (1883. Folio, 52 full page colour plates with an accompanying page of text. Contemporary green half morocco, gilt decorated edges, a very good copy. More
Pheromone: the insect art work of Christopher Marley.
Petaluma: Pomegranate, 2008. Quarto, colour photographs, good copy in dustwrapper. This book presents the compositions of Christopher Marley: assemblages of real insect bodies that display brilliant colour and otherworldly form. The colours are entirely natural, and to render the reproductions as accurate as possible some have been reproduced with fifth-colour..... More
Gorillas in the garden: zoology and zoos.
Chipping Norton: Surrey Beatty, 1997. Quarto, colour paintings and drawings by Pamela Conder, fine copy in dustwrapper. Examines the role of zoos, particularly in relation to education and conservation, as well as exploring some of the aspects of animal diversity, evolution and behaviour. More
Mark Catesby's Natural history of America: the watercolours from the Royal Library, Windsor Castle.
London: Merrell Holberton, 1997. Quarto, 60 colour plates, bookplate of Margaret Stones, tipped in letters from the author on Royal Trust letterhead to Stones, fine copy in dustwrapper. The watercolours in this book were taken from the special edition of Natural history of America purchased by King George III. Natural..... More
John Gould's contribution to British art: a note on its authenticity.
Sydney: Sydney University Press, 1973. Octavo, illustrations, softcover. Allan Reginald McEvey (1919-1996) was Curator of Ornithology at the Museum of Victoria in Melbourne, Australia. He held a deep interest in John Gould and this little publication is an excellent essay on Gould, showing his capabilites as a draughstman. More
The art of Annemieke Mein: wildlife artist in textiles.
Melbourne: Penguin Books, 1992. Quarto, colour photographs, fine copy in dustwrapper. More
Reptile to reef: ceramic sculpture.
Peterborough: Langford Press, 2014. Quarto, color photographs, fine copy in dustwrapper. Explores the work and processes of award winning wildlife sculptor Jill Moger. With a distinct focus on reptiles this title also showcases some insect and marine works. More
Curtis's Botanical Magazine dedications 1827-1927: portraits and biographical notes
London: Royal Horticultural Society, [1931]. Octavo, photographs. Publisher's blindstamped cloth, a fine copy. More
Portrait of a country artist: C.F. Tunnicliffe R.A. 1901-1979.
London: Hutchinson, Octavo, colour illustrations, chipped dustwrapper. More
American wildlife painting.
New York: Watson-Guptill Publications, 1975. Quarto, colour and black and white illustrations, fine copy in dustwrapper. Examines the work of Fuertes, Audubon, Heade, Wilson, Thayer and Catesby. More
Australian birds and their young: a portfolio of paintings of breeding species of the eastern states.
Sydney: Cassell, 1979. Oblong format, colour plates by Gladys O'Grady, fine copy in dustwrapper. More
Cayley and son: the life and art of Neville Henry Cayley and Neville William Cayley.
Canberra: National Library of Australia, 2013. Quarto, dustwrapper, lavishly illustrated throughout with colour and black and white illustrations. The first and only proper biography of both Cayleys. This skillfully researched and handsomely produced book charts the lives and works of this Australian father-and-son pair of bird artists. Neville Henry, peripatetic..... More
The porcelain art of Edward Marshall Boehm.
New York: Harrison House, 1988. Oblong format, colour and black and white plates, upper hinge starting, otherwise very good copy in dustwrapper. More
Troubled waters: trailing the albatross an artist's journey.
Peterborough: Langford Press, 2012. Quarto, colour illustrations, fine copy in dustwrapper. The world's great oceans are largely beyond most people's experience and imagination. But for the last three decades or more, a tragedy has been unfolding out of sight on the open ocean. Hundreds of thousands of seabirds, albatrosses especially..... More
The magnificent botanical library of the Stiftung Fur Botanik Vaduz Liechtenstein collected by the late Arpad Plesch: Parts 1-3. Part 1, A-G. Part 2, H-P. Part 3, Q-Z and addenda.
London: Sotheby Parke Bernet, 1975 -1976. Quarto, colour and black and white plates, good set in paper covered boards with light wear, top edge very lightly foxed. Auction catalogue. More
New Zealand water birds: an artist's journal.
Auckland: Collins, 1973. Quarto, colour plates, very good copy in dustwrapper. More
William MacGillivray: creatures of air, land and sea.
London: Merrell Holberton, 1999. Quarto, colour plates, other illustrations, fine copy in dustwrapper. This beautifully illustrated edition features paintings and drawings from the collections of The Natural History Museum, London. More
John James Audubon: the making of an American.
New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 2004. Octavo, paperback, black and white illustrations. Biography of this famous illustrator of the natural world. More
Bird sketches and some field observations.
London: Eyre & Spottiswoode, 1938. Quarto, coloured frontispiece, text illustrations. Publisher's linen boards with paper label, a few grubby marks, front hinge slightly tender. More
Classic natural history prints: Plants.
London: Studio Editions, 1990. Large quarto, colour plates, fine copy in dustwrapper. More
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