Biographical Memoirs of Fellows of The Royal Society, volume 23.
London: The Royal Society, 1977. Octavo, photographs, signature, very good copy in dustwrapper. More
London: The Royal Society, 1977. Octavo, photographs, signature, very good copy in dustwrapper. More
London: The Royal Society, 2002. Octavo, photographs, very good copy in dustwrapper. More
Portland OR: Timber Press, 2020. Octavo, dustwrapper, colour photographs. A heavily illustrated history of herbaria from one of the world's foremost experts. For nearly six centuries, scientists have been documenting the plants and fungi of the world through herbaria. The wealth of specimens available today, carefully preserved through the centuries..... More
Richmond Hill: Firefly Books, 2016. Quarto, laminated boards, colour photographs and illustrations, maps. 'The greatest pleasure of naturalists (understated by certain utilitarians) is to discover new species, to point to new islands on the map of nature, and to populate continents that seem to be deserts' - Richard Spruce, 1851..... More
Port Melbourne: Thames and Hudson, 2010. Octavo, dustwrapper, colour photographs. In this absorbing history, Peter Thompson explores how mankind has gradually learned what seeds are, where they come from and their role in the survival of the productivity of crops and wildflowers. Thompson brings to life the eccentrics, explorers, amateurs..... More
Peterborough: Langford Press, 2014. Quarto, colour illustrations, fine copy in dustwrapper. John Threlfall lives on the Solway coast of Dumfries and Galloway. Within a few miles either way it is possible to find a range of coastal habitats, from off shore islands to sea cliffs, maritime heath, rocky shores, sandy..... More
Melbourne: Melbourne University Press, 1979. Quarto, colour plates, signature, very good copy in dustwrapper. More
London: Faber and Faber, 1982. Octavo, photographs, fine copy in dustwrapper. More
Upperville: Oak Spring Garden Library, 1997. Quarto, illustrations, fine copy in dustwrapper, the bookplate of Margaret Stones, tipped in letters including one from the author to Stones. A superb publication. Margaret Stones represented with an entry and two illustrations, pp. 410-410. More
London: Alfred A. Knopf, 1929. Octavo, maps, signature, publisher's cloth. More
London: Penguin Books, 2006. Octavo, paperback, black and white illustrations. From the tallest to the smallest, trees inspire wonder, and in The secret life of trees Colin Tudge travels from his own back garden right round the world. He brings back the stories and facts behind trees: from how they..... More
London: Gerald Duckworth & Co., 1969. Octavo, text illustrations, blemished, pastedown, very good copy in dustwrapper. More
Hoefnagel: Staatliche Graphische Sammlung Munchen, 1994. Oblong format, facsimile engraved plates, softcover. Text in German and English. More
Kew: Royal Botanic Gardens, 2001. Octavo, paperback, This checklist incorporates the largest collection of published names for Dionaea, Nepenthes and Sarracenia, the three carnivorous plant genera included in the CITES Appendices. More
London: Christopher Helm, 2003. Octavo, colour illustrations, dustwrapper. The first modern history of ornithology, tracing its development from the seventeenth century. Includes reference to the lives and works of such people as Linnaeus, Darwin and Wallace, as well as many other lesser-known figures. More
Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1981. Octavo, illustrations, fine copy in dustwrapper. More
New York: Harry N. Abrams, 1984. Quarto, colour illustrations, dustwrapper.1. More
New Haven: Yale University Press, 1998. Octavo, paperback, illustrations. Contemporaries of the modest and unassuming scientist Joseph Leidy (1823-91) revered him as the supreme consultant in questions relating to human anatomy, paleontology, protozoology, parasitology, anthropology, mineralogy, botany, and numerous other scientific fields. Leidy's achievements and the breadth of his scientific..... More
London: Taylor and Francis, (1902. fifth edition). Octavo, publisher's cloth. More
Chelmsford: Arlequin Press, 1994. Oblong format, illustrations Numbered clothbound edition signed by the artist, fine copy in dustwrapper. More
London: Faber & Faber, 1941. Octavo, text illustrations by C. F. Tunnicliffe, torn and blemished dustwrapper, More
Sydney: Historic Houses Trust of New South Wales, 1997. Quarto, colour illustrations, signed by all three authors, fine copy in dustwrapper. More
London: Cresset Press, 1961. Octavo, text illustrations, fine copy in dustwrapper. More
London: John Murray, 2016. Octavo, paperback, photographs. Prepare to dive to the depths of the sea with 100-foot-long giant squid, travel through space after the meteorites shooting into our atmosphere and join a dangerous expedition to Antarctica to find the Emperor Penguin egg. Discover fleas dressed by nuns, a defeated..... More
New York: St Martin's Press, 1981. Octavo, colour plates, fine copy in dustwrapper. Published in collaboration with the Gilbert White Museum. More