The magnificent foragers.
Washington D C: Smithsonian Exposition Books, 1978. Quarto, colour photographs, dustwrapper. Various accounts of scientific field work of the Smithsonian Institution. More
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Shaping ecology: the life of Arthur Tansley.
West Sussex: John Wiley, 2012. Octavo, paperback, black and white photographs. Sir Arthur Tansley was the leading figure in ecology for the first half of the 20th century, founding the field, and forming its first professional societies. He was the first President of the British Ecological Society and the first... More
Owls of North America.
Richmond Hill: Firefly Books, 2013. Quarto, paperback, colour photographs, maps. NOW IN PAPERBACK. An in-depth yet lively study of these fascinating birds on the North American continent. Topics include anatomy and adaptations, mating behaviours, egg laying and chick rearing, feeding habits, communication displays and location. Superbly designed birds of prey... More
Steve Backshall's wildlife adventurer's guide: a guide to exploring wildlife in Britain.
London: Bloomsbury Publishing, (2016. reprint). Octavo, paperback, colour photographs, illustrations. A naturalist's equivalent to the Dangerous Book for Boys, this book includes tips on everything from beachcombing, snorkelling and building your own hedgehog hotel, to tree climbing, natural foods and how to make traps for insects and mammals. This hands-on... More
Naturalist's guide to the mushrooms and other fungi of Britain and Northern Europe.
Oxford: John Beaufoy Publishing, 2010. Octavo, paperback, colour photographs. This is an easy-to-use identification guide to 280 species of mushroom and toadstool most commonly found in Britain, Ireland, and other parts of Northern Europe. The user-friendly introduction includes an overview of distribution, habitats, mushroom structure and nomenclature. There is useful... More
Identification guide to mushrooms of Britain and Northern Europe.
Oxford: John Beaufoy Publishing, 2012. Octavo, paperback, colour photographs. A user-friendly introduction includes an overview of distribution, the anatomy of a mushroom, nomenclature and useful information on hunting for and cooking with mushrooms. The identification section then divides into three categories: edible mushrooms, inedible (but not poisonous) mushrooms, and poisonous... More
Butterflies.
Stillwater: Voyager Press, 2006. Quarto, colour photographs, dustwrapper. A cultural and natural history of butterflies with stunning photographs. It highlights 40 of the most fascinating butterfly species from around the world. Includes an introduction to physical characteristics and behaviour butterfly-human relations, conservation, and the art of photographing butterflies. More
The amphibians and reptiles of Cyprus.
Frankfurt: Edition Chimaira, (2013. second edition). Octavo, laminated boards, colour photographs, line drawings, maps. This revised and updated edition details the 30 species of reptiles and amphibians found in Cyprus. Each species is accompanied by multiple colour photographs, a distribution map and notes on appearance, range and preferred habitat. A.... More
Field work of a museum naturalist, 1919-1922, Alaska: Southeast, Alaska: Far North.
[Denver]: Denver Museum of Natural History, 1971. Octavo, paperback, photographs, maps, signed by the author. More
Birds of Colorado, volume one.
Denver: Denver Museum of Natural History, 1965. Quarto, colour plates, photographs, very good copy in chipped dustwrapper. Inscribed to Mr. and Mrs. R. T. M. Pescott by the authors, April 12, 1966. Letters and newspaper clippings about Alfred Bailey's death from Muriel Bailey tipped in. More
Pictorial checklist of Colorado birds: with brief notes on the status of each species in neighboring states of Nebraska, Kansas, New Mexico, Utah, and Wyoming.
[Denver]: Denver Museum of Natural History, 1967. Quarto, with 124 colour plates, black and white photographs Signed by both authors, fine copy in dustwrapper. More
Bill Bailey's remarkable guide to British birds.
London: Quercus Publishing, 2016. Octavo, laminated boards, colour photographs, black and white illustrations. A humorous and very personal guide written by Bill Bailey about his favourite British birds, complete with drawings, notes and cartoons by the comedian himself. Funny and insightful, this book positively crackles with energy, knowledge and wit... More
Billion-dollar fish: the untold story of Alaska pollock.
Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 2013. Octavo, dustwrapper, black and white photographs. Alaska pollock is everywhere. That ubiquity has made pollock the most lucrative fish harvest in America-the fishery in the United States alone has an annual value of over one billion dollars. But even as the money rolls in... More
Manual of ciltivated plants most commonly grown in the continental United States and Canada.
New York: The MacMillan Company, (1961. sixth edition). Octavo, line drawings, bookplate, very good copy. More
Carnivorous plants of Britain and Ireland.
Peterborough: Redfern Natural History Productions, 2016. Octavo, paperback, limp plastic, colour photographs, line drawings, maps. This fully illustrated guide to the carnivorous plants of Britain and Ireland features over 200 images and documents all recognised native species and their hybrids, as well as the non-native species that have become naturalised... More
The Tettigoniidae: biology, systematics and evolution.
Bathurst: Crawford House, 1990. Octavo, illustrations, laminated boards. Includes chapters by various authors on topics such as the evolution of acoustic communication; anti-predator defences; and karyotypes and meiosis. More
The rainforests of Britain and Ireland.
Dingwall: Sandstone Press, 2015. Small quarto, dustwrapper, colour photographs, maps. In this book Clifton Bain focuses on the mixed oak, birch and other woodlands that line the west coasts of, north to south, Scotland, Northern England, Wales and Ireland. Correctly described as a rainforest, these trees take a higher rainfall... More
A memoir of Thomas Bewick, written by himself.
London: Oxford University Press, 1975. Octavo, text illustrations, very good copy in dustwrapper. Originally published 1862. More
Thomas Bewick. My life.
London: The Folio Society, 1981. Octavo, text illustrations, papercovered boards, cloth spine, bookplate, fine. More
Natural histories: extraordinary rare book selections from the American Museum of Natural History Library.
New York: Sterling Publishing, 2012. Quarto, paperback, colour illustrations. This book allows readers a privileged glimpse of seldom seen, fully illustrated scientific tomes from the American Museum of Natural History's Rare Book Collection. Forty essays from the museum's top experts in a variety of natural science disciplines, from anthropology to... More
The lives of Hawai'i's dolphins and whales: natural history and conservation.
Honolulu: University of Hawai'i Press, 2016. Octavo, dustwrapper, colour photographs and illustrations. Although this book covers the well-known resident spinner dolphins and the visiting humpback whales, it particularly highlights the ten species of lesser-known open-ocean dolphins and whales that are resident to the marine slopes of the islands. These include... More
New Zealand whales and dolphins.
Wellington: The Biological Society, (1972. first edition). Octavo, text illustrations, stiff wrappers, inscribed by the author for Bob Green. More
Wild about the natives: a photographic journey through Australia's south west bushland.
Glen Forrest: Off Pen Publishing, 2012. Oblong format, laminated boards, colour photographs. A beautiful photographic book capturing the essence of spring in the south west of Western Australia. More
The game-birds of India, Burma and Ceylon, volume two: Snipe, bustards and sand-grouse.
[Bombay]: Bombay Natural History Society, 1921. Tall octavo, 19 colour plates by H. Gronvold, photographs. Publisher's brown half morocco. More
The game-birds of India, Burma and Ceylon: ducks and their allies (swans, geese and ducks), volume one.
London: Bombay Natural History Society, (1921. second edition). Tall octavo, 30 coloured plates by Gronvold, Lodge and Keulemans. Publisher's half morocco, slight wear and a few spots. The stamp "Royal Zoological Society of New South Wales" on the endpapers, half title and the verso of plates; inscribed "A. J. Basset... More