Reading: Two Rivers Press, 2013. Octavo, paperback, colour illustrations. Now an internationally famous wildlife artist, Robert Gillmor was already a keen bird-watcher at the age of 11 when the Reading Ornithological Club (launched in 1947) invited him to join them as a visitor; at 13 he was elected as their..... More
Fremantle: Fremantle Press, 2013. Quarto, paperback, colour illustrations, photographs. Seven leading botanical artists are brought together in this beautifully illustrated book. Author Janda Gooding shares the stories behind each artist's illustrations and reveals a rich and diverse record of Western Australia's unique flora, fauna and fungi. Illustrations by Margaret Pieroni..... More
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Melbourne: Hill House, 1989. Folio, 9 colour plates and accompanying text leaves. Publisher's blue cloth, fine copy. More
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East Melbourne: Lansdowne, 1979. Folio, 20 colour plates. Publisher's decorated cloth, limited edition of 500 copies numbered and signed by Alan McEvey, a fine copy. An excellent facsimile of Gould's rarest folio, with commentaries by Allan McEvey. More
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Melbourne: Hill House, 1989. Folio, 92 colour plates. Publisher's green cloth, fine copy. More
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Melbourne: Hill House, 1992. Folio, 36 colour plates. The standard of facsimile printing is very high and all the books in this series are produced to the original folio format. This is a project that will continue for many years and the result will be a complete set of all..... More
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Secauacus: Chartwell Books, 1980. Quarto, colour plates, dustwrapper. With an excellent essay on Gould and his circle by Maureen Lambourne. All the plates from Birds of Great Britain, first published 1862-1873, are figured. More
Middlesex: Hamlyn, (1967. first edition). Quarto, colour plates, very good copy in dustwrapper. More
London: Scriptum Editions, 2002. Folio, dustwrapper, colour plates. Reproduced here for the first time are the stunning watercolours from the archives of the Royal Horticultural Society of their award-winning orchids from 1897 to today. More
London: Collins, 1951. Large folio, 31 coloured and uncoloured plates. Publisher's half morocco and slipcase, spine lightly sunned. Limited to 250 numbered copies and signed by the three contributors. More
Exton: Schiffer, 1983. Quarto, photographs, fine copy in dustwrapper. More
Caldwell: The Caxton Printers, (1980. reprint). Oblong format, 26 full page plates. More
London: New Holland, 1986. Oblong format, colour plates by Paul Bosman, text illustrations, fine copy in dustwrapper. More
New York: Abrams, 2015. Quarto, laminated boards, colour illustrations. The American artist and naturalist Titian Ramsay Peale II (1799-1885) had a passion for butterflies and throughout his long life he wrote and illustrated The Butterflies of North America: Whence They Come, Where They Go, and What They Do, an ambitious..... More
London: London Editions, 1978. Folio, colour plates by Robert Gillmor and Peter Hayman, fine copy in dustwrapper. More
Auckland: Collins, Small folio, colour plates, very good copy in sunned slipcase. More
Ithaca: Cornell University Press, 2016. Octavo, paperback, colour photographs. Visitors to tropical forests generally come to see the birds, mammals, and plants. Aside from butterflies, however, insects usually do not make it on the list of things to see. This is a shame. Insects are everywhere, they are often as..... More
Portland OR: Pomegranate Communications, 2016. Quarto, dustwrapper, colour illustrations. Presenting more than 110 serigraphs accompanied by intriguing, pun-filled captions, this new, revised edition pays homage to one of America's most beloved artists. Charley Harper (1922-2007), with his masterly use of simple geometric shapes, patterns, and vivid colors, distilled the essence..... More
Shrewsbury: Swan Hill Press, 1991. Small folio, colour plates and drawings by Ray Harris-Ching, signature, fine copy in dustwrapper. More
London: Collins, 1988. Quarto, colour plates and text illustrations by David Reid-Henry, very good copy in dustwrapper. More
London: Natural History Museum, 2014. Octavo, paperback, colour illustrations. Throughout the centuries women have made significant contributions to natural history art, science and education. This stunning collection celebrates the work and lives of women artists spanning the last four centuries and is illustrated with a selection of exquisite artworks from..... More
London: Weidenfeld and Nicolson, 2003. Octavo, dustwrapper, colour illustrations. The author records the genesis and gestation of the double-elephant folio, and uses contemporary sources to illuminate an extraordinary character. More
London: Phoenix, (2004. reprint). Octavo, colour illustrations, paperback. The author records the genesis and gestation of the double-elephant folio, and uses contemporary sources to illuminate an extraordinary character. More
Berkeley: University of California Press, 2016. Octavo, dustwrapper, colour photographs. It started with a glass octopus. Dusty, broken, and all but forgotten, it caught Harvell's eye and inspired one of the greatest adventures of her life. From diving for dangerous jellyfish in the Mediterranean to searching for harpoon-backed sea slugs..... More
Wellington: A H & A W Reed, 1970. Small folio, 25 colour plates by the author, inscription on title page, blemished dustwrapper. More