Thomas Say: new world naturalist.
Philadelphia: University of Pennsylvania Press, 1992. Octavo, illustrations, fine copy in dustwrapper. 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
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
New Haven: Yale University Press, 2009. Octavo, dustwrapper, black and white illustrations. What sort of person was the young naturalist who developed an evolutionary idea so logical, so dangerous, that it has dominated biological science for a century and a half? How did the quiet and shy Charles Darwin produce..... 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
Dunbeath: Whittles Publishing, 2014. Octavo, paperback, colour photographs. At the age of 86, Mike Tomkies is observing Britain's rarest and most dramatic wildlife, and writing about it with the kind of intimate detail that has earned high acclaim from critics and conservationists. Within days of arriving back from five years..... More
London: Alfred A. Knopf, 1929. Octavo, maps, signature, publisher's cloth. More
Anchorage: University of Alaska, 2010. Octavo, paperback, black and white photographs. The author recounts both the harrowing adventures and the moving experiences that have marked his career as a biologist. Beginning in 1951, Troyer embarked on a 31 year career at Kodiak Island Brown bear preserve. Also available in hardcover..... 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
San Marino: Huntington Library, 2006. Octavo, colour illustrations, publisher's cloth. The author draws on the artist and naturalist's own writing and the latest scholarship on Audubon's life and his work Birds of America. Plates from the Huntington Library's double-elephant folio are reproduced in colour, including Wild turkey and Ivory-billed woodpecker..... More
Ringwood: Penguin Books, 2017. Octavo, paperback, photographs. Hailed by David Attenborough and proclaimed a second Charles Darwin, Charlie Veron has lived up to his namesake. Even as a toddler, he had a deep affinity with the natural world, and by school age he knew more about some sciences than his..... More