Some birds and mammals of Africa: with a descriptive text by Hilary Hook.
London: Tryon Gallery, 1979. Folio, 14 colour plates. Publisher's blue quarter calf and marbled boards, slipcase. Limited to 505 copies. More
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The John James Audubon portfolio: a selection of the original drawings and watercolors used in the making of Birds of America accompanied by a choice of Audubon's writings.
Edition de la Main Fleurie, 2004. Quarto, 48 prints. WAS $1,800. Edited with a introduction by Ben Forkner. An edition of high quality reproductions of his original watercolors, along with key notes and correspondence by Audubon and a biographical introduction. Printed in a 14-point font on 200g deckled cream stock..... 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
The art of Robert Bateman.
Ontario: Madison Press Books, (1981. first edition). Oblong format, colour and black and white plates, good copy in dustwrapper. More
The art of Robert Bateman.
Petaluma: Pomegranate, 2006. Quarto, colour illustrations, fine copy in dustwrapper. Originally published in 1981, The art of Robert Bateman was the first of many best-selling books by the internationally acclaimed wildlife artist and naturalist. In this twenty-fifth-anniversary edition, Bateman's exquisitely rendered paintings, accompanied by the artist's recollections and observations, are..... More
Notes by F. G. Stephens on a collection of drawings and woodcuts by Thomas Bewick, exhibited at the Fine Art Society's Rooms, 1880. Also a complete list of all works illustrated by Thomas and John Bewick, with their various editions.
London: The Fine Art Society, 1881. Quarto, 32 illustrations from original wood blocks. Publisher's leather-grained cloth, all edges coloured, a few spots throughout, otherwise a very good copy. More
The bird in art.
London: Merrell Publishers, 2012. Quarto, colour illustrations, fine copy in dustwrapper. There has until now been no proper study of the bird in art, despite our fascination with birds, and despite the wealth of complex meanings associated with them in different cultures. A number of pagan gods are linked with..... More
John James Audubon and his circle: the collections of Dr. Evan Morton Evans (1870-1955) and his son Daniel Webster Evans (1907-1966).
New York: Christie, Manson and Woods International Inc, 1993. Quarto, colour illustrations, publisher's cloth binding, very good. Auction catalogue. More
Idlings in Arcadia.
New York: E P Dutton, 1935. Octavo, text illustrations, bookplate, fine copy in dustwrapper. More
Classic natural history prints: Birds of prey by Joseph Wolf.
London: Studio Editions, 1991. Small folio, colour plates, very good in dustwrapper. More
Classic natural history prints: Birds.
London: Studio Editions, 1990. Small folio, colour plates, a very good copy, fine copy in dustwrapper. More
The world of Robert Bateman.
Toronto: Viking, 1985. Oblong format, colour plates, black and white photographs and illustrations, fine copy in dustwrapper. More
Other Edens: the sketchbook of an artist naturalist.
Old Greenwich: Devin-Adair, 1979. Octavo, illustrations, fine copy in dustwrapper. More
The British bird.
London: Oxford University Press, 1943. Octavo, text illustrations, bookplate, colour plates by Ennion. More
Turner on birds: a short and succinct history of the principal birds noticed by Pliny and Aristotle, first published by Doctor William Turner, 1544
Cambridge: [Cambridge] University Press, 1903. Octavo, Publisher's cloth, library stamps and signature on title page. More
Thorburn's birds.
London: Ebury Press, 1967. Quarto, colour plates, dustwrapper. More
Thornton's Temple of Flora with plates faithfully reproduced from the original engravings.
London: Collins, 1951. Large folio, 31 coloured and uncoloured plates. Publisher's half morocco and slipcase, spine lightly sunned. Limited to 250 numbered copies and signed by the three contributors. More
Decoys of Maritime Canada.
Exton: Schiffer, 1983. Quarto, photographs, fine copy in dustwrapper. More
Selected American game birds.
Caldwell: The Caxton Printers, (1980. reprint). Oblong format, 26 full page plates. More
Zoological researches in Java, and the neighbouring islands [facsimile, with a memoir by John Bastin].
Singapore: Oxford University Press, 1990. Quarto, illustrations, fine set in slipcase. This is an excellent facsimile of Horsfield's classic study of the zoology of Indonesia. 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
Bird illustrators: some artists in early lithography.
London: H. F. and G. Witherby, 1975. Large octavo, colour plates, inscription, very good in dustwrapper. 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
The bird illustrated 1550-1900.
New York: Abrams, 1988. Quarto, colour plates, fine copy in dustwrapper. More