Wildlife and wilderness: an artist's world.
Topsfield: Salem House, 1986. Oblong format, colour plates, fine copy in dustwrapper. More
Topsfield: Salem House, 1986. Oblong format, colour plates, fine copy in dustwrapper. More
Topsfield: Salem House, 1986. Oblong format, colour plates, a very good copy in slightly sunned dustwrapper. More
Adelaide: Friends of the State Library of South Australia, (1998. facsimile). Quarto, twelve colour plates. Publisher's decorated cloth, the standard edition limited to 500 copies. With Introductions by Valmae Hankel and Ed McAlister. The first book devoted exclusively to Australian fauna, published in 1794, with the first descriptions of the..... More
London: George Kearsley, 1809. Octavo, Publisher's boards, uncut, paper spine label, a fine copy. Without the engraved plates. Shaw delivered twelve lectures to the Royal Society and this is how the book is arranged. Various Australian animals are discussed including Echidna, Platypus (Lecture three, pp. 75-81); Kangaroo, Greater Glider, Pygmy..... More
London: Collins, (2005. reprint). Quarto, unpaginated, colour plates. More
East Grinstead: RD & AS Shepherd, (2005. reprint). Quarto, colour illustrations, fine copy in dustwrapper. A stunning collection of the best of David's wildlife art. More
Toronto: McClelland and Stewart, 1975. Octavo, text illustrations, very good copy in dustwrapper. More
London: Hutchinson, 1976. Octavo, photographs, dustwrapper. More
London: B T Batsford, 1939. Octavo, illustrations, fine copy in dustwrapper. More
London: H F & G Witherby, (1990. second edition). Quarto, colour plates, very good copy in dustwrapper. First published 1953 in folio and one of the best bird book bibliographies. This smaller format second edition has an additional appendix by Handasyde Buchanan on printing techniques and is a lot easier..... More
Melbourne: Oxford University Press, 1988. Small folio, illustrations, fine copy in dustwrapper. This volume contains many little-known works of art from the voyage of the first fleet and from the early years of settlement, selected from more than 600 drawings and paintings of Australian subjects held in the British Museum..... More
New Haven: Yale University Press, 2017. Octavo, paperback, black and white photographs and illustrations. A lyrical tribute to the diversity of trees, their physical beauty, their special characteristics and uses, and their ever-evolving meanings. Since the beginnings of history trees have served humankind in countless useful ways, but our relationship..... More
Melbourne: Whitcombe and Tombs, [1963]. Octavo, color illustations by Deirdre East, fine copy in dustwrapper. More
New York: Columbia University Press, 1994. Octavo, text illustrations, fine copy in dustwrapper. More
Perth: Western Australian Museum, 2003. Octavo, paperback, colour illustrations. Reproduces in facsimile, John Mawe's first shell collecting guide of 1804, together with his complete edition of 1821, The voyager's companion or shell collector's pilot. More
London: The Ibis, 1962. Octavo, folding map, photographs. Handsome binder's quarter cloth and marbled boards, a fine copy. The Ibis volume 103b, number two. Also the subject of a popular book published 1960. More
London: John Van Voorst, 1855. Octavo, Publisher's cloth, some wear, the signature and book plate of H. M. Whittell, scarce. More
Philadelphia: University of Pennsylvania Press, 1992. Octavo, illustrations, fine copy in dustwrapper. More
New York: Sterling Publishing, 2013. Quarto, paperback, slipcase, colour illustrations. Following the success of "Natural Histories," this is the next compendium in this well-received series that marries art and thought-provoking science. American Museum of Natural History ornithologist Paul Sweet takes readers on a migratory journey across the globe, introducing them..... More
London: British Empire Vegetation Committee, 1926. Octavo, illustrations, publisher's cloth. More
New York: Delacorte Press, 2008. Octavo, illustrations, fine copy in dustwrapper. Explores the stories surrounding approximately 30 of the world's best-known species, drawing on traditions from every quarter of the globe. More
London: Henry Sotheran, 1986. Octavo, photographs, dustwrapper. More
Sheringham: Wren Publishing, 2002. Quarto, illustrations, a fine secondhand copy in dustwrapper. A biography of the acclaimed bird artist and field ornithologist, Richard Richardson, who lived at Cley between 1949 and 1977, This beautiful book also contains many excerpts from his personal bird diaries, which he kept from 1949 to..... More
Baton Rouge: Louisiana State University Libraries, 2011. Quarto, photographs and illustrations, publisher's boards,. This beautiful book was originally prepared in conjunction with an exhibition of books from the E.A. McIlhenny Natural History Collection displayed at the Hill Memorial Library in 2011, featuring four centuries of illustrated books on the birds..... More
London: Natural History Museum, 2013. Quarto, paperback, photographs. The Natural History Museum in London has long been a favourite destination for millions every year. This book takes you on a whirlwind journey through the history of the Natural History Museum: the people, the influences, the discoveries and much more. It..... More