A waterhen's worlds.
Cambridge: [Cambridge] University Press, 1940. Quarto, text illustrations by G. E. Lodge, very good copy in dustwrapper. More
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Seeing trees: discover the extraordinary secrets of everyday trees.
Portland OR: Timber Press, 2011. Octavo, dustwrapper, colour photographs. Focusing on 10 common trees of North America, Nancy Ross Hugo highlights the rewards of tree viewing and describes some of the most visually interesting leaves, flowers, fruits, buds, leaf scars, twigs, and bark of familiar trees. The combination of lavish..... More
The work of Jacques le Moyne de Morgues: a Huguenot artist in France, Florida and England.
London: British Museum, 1977. Quarto, two volumes, 144 plates. Publisher's cloth and slipcase, inscribed by the author for Margaret Stones, with her bookplate. Volume 1: Foreword, catalogue and introductory studies. Volume 2: The plates. More
America 1585: the complete drawings of John White.
Chapel Hill: University of North Carolina Press, 1984. Quarto, illustrations, fine copy in dustwrapper. The copy of Margaret Stones with her bookplate, a lengthy inscription from the author, and tipped in cards. A collection of White's drawings of life in the English colony of North Carolina is accompanied by a...... More
The great naturalists.
London: Thames and Hudson, 2007. Small quarto, colour illustrations, dustwrapper. Tells the story of the development of ideas about natural history as seen through the lives, observations and discoveries of nearly forty naturalists, from Classical times to the end of the 19th century. In their pursuit of cataloguing the natural..... More
George Miksch Sutton: artist, scientist and teacher.
Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, 2007. Octavo, colour illustrations, dustwrapper. Biography of George Miksch Sutton (1898 - 1982). George Miksch Sutton is revered by bird lovers for his beautiful paintings. A Victorian gentleman, adventurer, and raconteur, he was trained in the sciences but felt equally at home in the arts..... More
Bird illustrators: some artists in early lithography.
London: H. F. and G. Witherby, 1975. Large octavo, colour plates, inscription, very good in dustwrapper. More
Prideaux John Selby: a gentleman naturalist.
Stocksfield: The Spredden Press, 1992. Octavo, text illustrations, softcover. More
Sir William Jardine: a life in natural history.
London: Leicester University Press, 2001. Octavo, text illustrations, printed paper covered boards, a fine copy. More
Gliding mammals of the world.
Collingwood: CSIRO Publishing, 2012. Quarto, dustwrapper, colour illustrations, maps. WAS $100. Gliding mammals are an extraordinary group of animals that have the ability to glide from tree to tree with seemingly effortless grace. There are over 60 species of gliding mammals including the flying squirrels from Europe and North America..... More
An illustrated anthology: eye of the beholder.
Southampton: Ashford Press, 1987. Folio, colour plates, very good copy in dustwrapper. More
The naturalists: pioneers of natural history.
New York: Mayflower Books, 1978, Quarto, colour plates, fine copy in dustwrapper. More
Earth, water and sky: a naturalist's stories and sketches.
Austin: University of Texas Press, 1999. Octavo, paperback, line drawings. WAS $28. Paul Johnsgard is one of America's most prominent ornithologists and a world authority on waterfowl behavior. In these popularly written, often lyrical essays, he describes some of his most fascinating encounters with birds, from watching the annual mating..... More
Pearls to painting: a naturalist in Ceylon: the memoirs of George Morrison Reid Henry.
Great Malvern: St Ann's Books, 2000. Quarto, dustwrapper, Colour plates, photographs and other illustrations. Beautifully illustrated, describes the life of one of Ceylon's best known naturalists and artists. More
Plantworlds.
Bologna: Damiani Editore, 2005. Quarto, colour photographs, fine copy in dustwrapper. When fall's chill or winter's storms keep you in, plant yourself in front of the fireplace with this book of Andrea Jones's botanical photographs and enjoy the eternal spring. In fact, not even spring's arrival will give you these..... More
Imitation of life: a visual catalogue.
Adelaide: Botanic Gardens of Adelaide and State Herbarium of South Australia, 2013. Large octavo, dustwrapper, colour photographs. This sumptuously illustrated book from the Botanic Gardens of Adelaide features 192 apples and 129 pears presented as an album of portraits. Stunning photography captures the life-like detail of this intriguing papier-mache model..... More
The bird illustrated 1550-1900.
New York: Abrams, 1988. Quarto, colour plates, fine copy in dustwrapper. More
The art of science: remarkable natural history illustrations from Museum Victoria.
Melbourne: Museum Victoria, 2013. Quarto, paperback, colour illustrations. Presents the best of Museum Victoria's remarkable collection of natural history artworks. The book opens with the "paper museums" of the seventeenth and eighteenth century, stunning collections of the bizarre and fabulous, each one exquisitely depicted. It presents the valiant artistic efforts..... More
Pycnogonids.
London: Hutchinson, 1973. Octavo, text illustrations, very good copy in dustwrapper. More
Birds of Australian gardens.
Adelaide: Rigby, 1980. Folio, colour plates by Peter Trusler, very good copy in dustwrapper. More
Potted histories: an artistic voyage through plant exploration.
London: Scriptum Editions, 2003. Quarto, colour plates, bookplate, dustwrapper. Through botanical paintings and essays this book examines the fascinating history of plants and flowers. Over 20 families are profiled, including cacti, daffodils, iris, magnolia, poppies, roses, tulips and waterlilies. More
![Black-spotted Toad Green Toad [plate 71]. Frank Knight](/pictures/thumb/29955.jpg?v=1595288732)
Black-spotted Toad Green Toad [plate 71].
Original artwork from [28737] Tyler and Knight, Field guide to the frogs of Australia (pages 162-163). 41 cm by 29 cm "F. Knight" More
![Cane Toad [plate 69]. Frank Knight](/pictures/thumb/29953.jpg?v=1595288732)
Cane Toad [plate 69].
Original artwork from [28737] Tyler and Knight, Field guide to the frogs of Australia (pages 158-159). 41 cm by 29 cm "F. Knight" More
![Common Tree Frog; Red Toad; Indus Valley Toad [plate 70]. Frank Knight](/pictures/thumb/29954.jpg?v=1595288732)
Common Tree Frog; Red Toad; Indus Valley Toad [plate 70].
Original artwork from [28737] Tyler and Knight, Field guide to the frogs of Australia pages 160-161). 41 cm by 29 cm "F. Knight" More
![Copland's Rock Frog; Chattering Rock Frog; Australian Lace-lid [plate 16]. Frank Knight](/pictures/thumb/29833.jpg?v=1595288731)
Copland's Rock Frog; Chattering Rock Frog; Australian Lace-lid [plate 16].
Original artwork from [28737] Tyler and Knight, Field guide to the frogs of Australia (pages 50-51). 41 cm by 29 cm "F. Knight" More