The fall of a sparrow.
Oxford: Oxford University Press, (1988. reprint). Octavo, paperback, illustrations. More
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A brief history of the Royal Society.
London: The Royal Society, 1960. Octavo, photographs, signature, very good copy in dustwrapper. Includes a pamphlet on the Society's Portraits and Busts by Gillian Hammill (reprinted from the Notes and Records of the Royal Society of London, Vol. 24, No. 1, June 1969). More
Bird books and bird art. An outline of the literary history and iconography of descriptive ornithology [facsimile].
Amsterdam: Junk, 1973. Quarto, uncoloured illustrations. More
Darwin's luck: chance and fortune in the life and work of Charles Darwin.
London: Continuum, 2009. Octavo, black and white illustrations, fine copy in dustwrapper. Just how far did Charles Darwin's luck - both good and bad - affect his life and scientific discoveries? One might make a case for saying that Darwin's life was dogged by ill-luck (or perhaps ill-fortune is more..... More
Stuffed animals and pickled heads: the culture and evolution of natural history museums.
Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2001. Octavo, illustrations, fine copy in dustwrapper. A stimulating discussion of the role of natural history museums in culture and society. More
Audubon and his journals: with zoological and other notes by Elliott Coues.
London: John C. Nimmo, 1898. Octavo, photographic plates. Publisher's blindstamped cloth, inscription on front endpaper, a fine set. More
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
Thomas Bewick. My life.
London: The Folio Society, 1981. Octavo, text illustrations, papercovered boards, cloth spine, bookplate, fine. 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
Plants of the world: the lower plants.
London: Thames and Hudson, 1965. Quarto, text illustrations, fine copy in dustwrapper. More
Ornithology books in the library of Trinity College, Hartford.
Hartford: The Stinehour Press, 1983. Octavo, , fine copy in dustwrapper. Numbered limited edition. Includes the 1991 supplement. More
Buckland's curiosities of natural history: a selection.
London: The Batchworth Press, 1948. Octavo, line drawings, bookplate, fine copy in publisher's cloth. More
Linnaeus: progress and prospects in Linnean research.
Stockholm: Almqvist and Wiksells, 1980. Octavo, publisher's printed cloth. More
Encounters with nature.
Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1979. Octavo, illustrations, fine copy in dustwrapper. More
Charles Darwin: Voyaging: Volume one of a biography.
London: Pimlico, 1996. Octavo, illustrations, softcover. More
Vascular plant families and genera: a list of genera and their families, as accepted by the Kew Herbarium, with an analysis of relationships of the flowering plant families according to eight systems of classification.
Kew: Royal Botanic Gardens, 1992. Octavo, page 417 torn, otherwise a very good copy in sunned dustwrapper. An up-to-date check-list of accepted genera of Pteridophytes, Gymnosperms and flowering plants. More
Bibliography and natural history: essays presented at a conference convened in June 1964 by Thomas R. Buckman.
Lawrence: University of Kansas Libraries, 1996. Octavo, illustrations, softcover. More
Birds: the Macmillan visual guide.
Sydney: Pan Macmillan, 2006. Quarto, colour photographs, maps, dustwrapper. This comprehensive guide to the world of birds traces their evolution and explains avian biology and behaviour. More
Evolution: selected letters of Charles Darwin 1860 - 1870.
Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2008. Octavo, dustwrapper. Charles Darwin is a towering figure in the history of science, who changed the direction of modern thought by establishing the basis of evolutionary biology. With a Foreword by Sir David Attenborough, this is a fascinating insight into Darwin's life as he first..... More
A wolverine is eating my leg.
London: Black Swan, 2004. Octavo, paperback, Not only has Tim Cahill survived fantastic journeys through the Himalayan rapids, the Grand Terror of Montana, and Dian Fossey's forbidden zone, he writes about them, too. More
The dictionary of birds in colour.
London: Michael Joseph Ltd., 1974. Quarto, colour photographs, dustwrapper. More
Windward road: adventures of a naturalist on remote Caribbean shores.
Gainesville: University Press of Florida, 2013. Octavo, photographs, maps, softcover. Originally published in 1956, Archie Carr's landmark publication helped set in motion a movement to protect sea turtles that spread throughout the world and remains strong today. Archie Carr's unmatched style of nature writing, accessible to experienced naturalists and laypersons..... More
Decay of timber and its prevention.
London: His Majesty's Stationery Office, 1946. Octavo, photographs. Publisher's cloth, very good copy. More
Charles Darwin.
London: West Brothers, 1973. Octavo, illustrations, dustwrapper. More
An explorer and his birds: John Gilbert's discoveries in 1844-45.
Melbourne: [Author], [1945]. Octavo, photographs. Binder's green cloth, publisher’s printed wrappers retained, a handsome copy. First published in The Emu. More