Bird books and bird art. An outline of the literary history and iconography of descriptive ornithology [facsimile].
Amsterdam: Junk, 1973. Quarto, uncoloured illustrations. More
Amsterdam: Junk, 1973. Quarto, uncoloured illustrations. More
London: John C. Nimmo, 1898. Octavo, photographic plates. Publisher's blindstamped cloth, inscription on front endpaper, a fine set. More
London: The Folio Society, 1981. Octavo, text illustrations, publisher's quarter cloth. More
New York: Oxford University Press, 1956. Octavo, lacks dustwrapper. More
London: Charles Skilton, 1958. Quarto, seven tipped-in colour plates, other plates. Publisher's cloth with gilt title andcolour cover plate inset, glassine wrapper, a fine copy. More
Canberra: National Gallery of Australia, 2007. Quarto, colour illustrations, fine copy in dustwrapper. Published to accompany the National Gallery of Australia's exhibition, The Story of Australian Printmaking 1801-2005. Roger Butler is the senior curator of Australian prints and drawings at the National Gallery of Australia. The first volume is a...... More
London: British Library, 1986. Quarto, colour plates, fine copy in dustwrapper. More
London: Michael Joseph, 1977. Octavo, illustrations, dustwrapper. More
New York: Abbeville Press, (1987. reprint). Octavo, text illustrations, very good copy in dustwrapper. More
Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, (1967. first edition). Octavo, text illustrations, some wear, softcover. More
Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, (1964. reprint). Octavo, photographs, fine copy in dustwrapper. More
Canberra: National Library of Australia, 2012. Quarto, colour illustrations, sample copy sticker on blank endpaper, fine copy in dustwrapper. Some of the earliest artistic impressions of the birds, flowers, fish and people of Australia are found in John Hunter's First Fleet sketchbook. Both historically significant and stunningly beautiful, Hunter's sketches..... More
Mountfield: Pica Press, 1998. Quarto, 150 illustrations depicting the work of 89 artists, bookplate, fine copy in dustwrapper. Using examples from paintings and prints, the author describes different genres of wildlife art. This stunning book examines the various forms of wildlife art from photographic hyper-realism to abstract - each illustrated..... More
New York: Doubleday andCompany, 1973. Quarto, plates and text illustrations, fine copy in cracked slipcase. More
New York: Mayflower Books, 1978, Quarto, colour plates, fine copy in dustwrapper. More
Stockholm: Albert Bonniers Forlag, 1922. Quarto, oblong format, illustrations, very good copy in publisher's cloth. Text in Swedish. More
London: Croom Helm, 1985. Octavo, illustrations, fine copy in dustwrapper. More
London: Gurney and Jackson, 1946. Octavo, 24 [16 colour] plates by the author, very good copy in dustwrapper. More
Minneapolis: University of Minnesota Press, 1982. Quarto, colour photographs, fine copy in dustwrapper. More
Prahran: Hardie Grant Books, 2009. Small quarto, colour illustrations, lengthy biro inscription, otherwise a fine copy in dustwrapper. An astonishing visual record of the exploration of parts of the natural world that had never previously been documented. It features many of the greatest natural history artists of the last 300..... More
Author, 1994. Quarto, illustrations, signature, signed by the author, softcover. More
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
Aldershot: Scolar Press, 1988. Octavo, colour plates and text illustrations, fine copy in dustwrapper. More
New Haven: Yale University Press, 2011. Quarto, colour photographs and illustrations, fine copy in dustwrapper. Philadelphia developed the most active scientific community in early America, fostering an influential group of naturalist-artists, including William Bartram, Charles Willson Peale, Alexander Wilson and John James Audubon, whose work has been addressed by many..... More