The fall of a sparrow.
Oxford: Oxford University Press, (1988. reprint). Octavo, paperback, illustrations.
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Books and naturalists: a survey of British natural history.
London: Harper Collins Publishers, 2010. Octavo, photographs, fine copy in dustwrapper. New Naturalist 112. Natural history, perhaps more than any other pursuit or study, has always relied very heavily on books to help it develop and gain momentum. Without a way of defining and categorizing the many thousands of species...
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).
Bird books and bird art. An outline of the literary history and iconography of descriptive ornithology [facsimile].
Amsterdam: Junk, 1973. Quarto, uncoloured illustrations.
Bird books and bird art: an outline of the literary history and iconography of descriptive ornithology.
New York: Maurice Martino, 1990. Quarto, illustrations. This edition is limited to 300 copies.
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.
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.
Thomas Bewick. My life.
London: The Folio Society, 1981. Octavo, text illustrations, papercovered boards, cloth spine, bookplate, fine.
Whose bird?: men and women commemorated in the common names of birds.
London: Christopher Helm, 2003. Octavo, paperback, black and white photographs, text illustrations. Birders often wonder about the people commemorated in the names of many of our familiar birds. In this book biographies detail the life and work of the individual involved, often revealing fascinating insights about the nature of bird...
William Beebe: an annotated bibliography.
Hamden: Archon Books, 1977. Octavo, illustrations, fine copy in dustwrapper.
The wisdom of birds: an illustrated history of ornithology.
London: Bloomsbury Books, 2008. Octavo, illustrations, fine copy in dustwrapper. Birkhead takes the reader on a journey that not only tells us about the extraordinary lives of birds - from conception and egg, through territory and song, to migration and fully fledged breeder - but also shows how, over centuries...
Historical records of New South Wales.
Sydney: Lansdown Slattery, 1978- 1980. facsimile). Octavo, fine set in dustwrappers with quarto chart volume. First Edition; 8vo; Vol. I. Part I. Cook, pp. xlii,[ii], 526; Vol. I, Part II. Phillip 1783-1792, pp. xxxiv, 748; Vol. II. Grose and Patterson 1793-1795, pp. xxviii, 936; Vol. III. Hunter. 1796-1799, pp. xxxviii...
Plants of the world: the lower plants.
London: Thames and Hudson, 1965. Quarto, text illustrations, fine copy in dustwrapper.
The sphagnaceae or peat-mosses of Europe and North America.
London: David Bogue, 1880. Quarto, 29 partially coloured chromothographs. Publisher's cloth, a fine copy.
Buckland's curiosities of natural history: a selection.
London: The Batchworth Press, 1948. Octavo, line drawings, bookplate, fine copy in publisher's cloth.
Charles Darwin: Voyaging: Volume one of a biography.
London: Pimlico, 1996. Octavo, illustrations, softcover.
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.
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.
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Herrn von Buffons Naturgeschichte Vierfarbigen Thiere [mammals].
Berlin: J. Paul, 1787. Octavo, handcoloured titlepage, handcoloured engraved plates. Contemporary half calf and marbled boards.
The dictionary of birds in colour.
London: Michael Joseph Ltd., 1974. Quarto, colour photographs, dustwrapper.
History of ornithology.
New Jersey: Princeton University Press, 2010. Octavo, colour illustrations, laminated boards. This stunning book examines the development of ornithology from ancient times until the present day. There are chapters on ancient times, the middle ages, the renaissance, and each century from 17th until 20th. Each details the big names of...
An explorer and his birds: John Gilbert's discoveries in 1844-45.
Melbourne: [Author], [1945]. Octavo, photographs. Publisher’s printed wrappers, a presentation copy from the author. First published in The Emu.
Working bibliography of owls of the world: with summaries of current taxonomy and distributional status.
Washington: National Wildlife Federation, 1978. Quarto, paperback,
The journeys and plant introductions of George Forrest.
London: Oxford University Press, 1952. Octavo, folding map, black and white plates. Publisher's cloth, very slight rubbing, inscription, a very good copy.
The art of natural history: animal illustrators and their work.
London: Country Life, 1978. Quarto, colour plates, fine copy in slipcase.