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
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Thomas Bewick. My life.
London: The Folio Society, 1981. Octavo, text illustrations, papercovered boards, cloth spine, bookplate, fine. More
The 1826 journal of John James Audubon. An account of his journey to England and Scotland to arrange the publication of The Birds of America. Transcribed from the original, in the collection of Henry Bradley Martin, and with a foreword and notes.
Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, (1967. first edition). Octavo, text illustrations, some wear, softcover. More
George Miksch Sutton: artist, scientist and teacher.
Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, 2007. Octavo, colour illustrations, dustwrapper. Biography of George Miksch Sutton (1898 - 1982). George Miksch Sutton is revered by bird lovers for his beautiful paintings. A Victorian gentleman, adventurer, and raconteur, he was trained in the sciences but felt equally at home in the arts..... More
Knowing nature: art and science in Philadelphia, 1740-1840.
New Haven: Yale University Press, 2011. Quarto, colour photographs and illustrations, fine copy in dustwrapper. Philadelphia developed the most active scientific community in early America, fostering an influential group of naturalist-artists, including William Bartram, Charles Willson Peale, Alexander Wilson and John James Audubon, whose work has been addressed by many..... More
The life of Joseph Wolf, animal painter.
London: Longmans, Green and Co., 1895. Octavo, frontispiece, uncoloured plates. Publisher's cloth, small tear to top of spine, owner's inscription, bookplates, scarce. More
Wild adventure: fragments from the life of Thomas Watling Dumfries convict artist.
Edinburgh: Birlinn General, 2014. Octavo, colour illustrations, fine copy in dustwrapper. Tom Pow's beautiful, powerful poems examine the remarkable life of Thomas Watling. Watling was born in Dumfries in September 1762 and raised by a long-suffering maiden aunt. Convicted of forging Bank of Scotland one-guinea notes he was sentenced to..... More
Thomas Bewick: his life and times.
Newcastle: Author, 1887. Quarto, text illustrations. Publisher's cloth with paper label, some light shelf wear otherwise a very good copy. More
Bird student: an autobiography.
Austin: University of Texas Press, 1980. Octavo, Two colour plates by the author, fine copy in dustwrapper. More
Guardian spirit of the East Bank: a celebration of the life of R.A.Richardson.
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
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