Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 2008. Small octavo, dustwrapper, colour illustrations. Birds and insects are nature's premier architects, using a dizzying array of talents to build functional homes in which to live, reproduce, and care for their young. Recycling sticks, branches, grass, and mud to construct their shelters, they are... More
Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 2013. Oblong format, dustwrapper, colour illustrations. From tiny ruby-throated hummingbirds to the majestic red-tailed hawk, this book examines the many creatures that commute on the Mississippi Flyway as part of an annual migration. This magnificent migrational dance takes place every year in Chicagoland, yet it... More
Mountfield: Pica Press, 1999. Oblong format, dustwrapper, colour illustrations. Towards the sea is a record of Robert Greenhalf's encounters with wildlife throughout the year in his home area of Romney Marsh in south-east England, and on visits to the north Norfolk coast and Bardsey Island in north Wales. It contains... More
Great Malvern: St Ann's Books, 2000. Quarto, dustwrapper, Colour plates, photographs and other illustrations. Beautifully illustrated, describes the life of one of Ceylon's best known naturalists and artists. More
London: Christopher Helm/A & C Black, 2002. Large oblong quarto, dustwrapper, colour illustrations. This book is part autobiography and part exploration of technical method, and is a celebration of birds, wildlife and wild places. It is illustrated throughout with sumptuously reproduced artwork, including pages from his earliest sketchbooks, examples of... More
Local Colour Ltd, 2001. Quarto, dustwrapper, colour plates. This book covers the period from the late eighteenth to the early twentieth centuries. More
Slimbridge: Wildfowl and Wetlands Trust, (2011. second edition). Octavo, dustwrapper, colour and black and white illustrations. Peter Scott, founder of the Wildfowl and Wetland Trust (WWT), is one of the most influential figures in conservation history, but much of his enthusiasm for wildlife was most visible through his paintings of... More
Yungaburra: Sarah Scragg Productions, 2014. DVD, PAL format. AA fascinating documentary that explores the evolution of the work of the late William T. Cooper from a blank canvas to a fully finished work. Begun in his 80th year, Bill begins to create 30 exquisite, scientifically accurate works of art for... More
Ottawa: NRC Research Press, 2009. Quarto, laminated boards and CD, colour illustrations. In the last 2 centuries, dozens of books have been produced, either stressing Audubon's work as pure art or documenting the animals that were painted. The present volume is unique in emphasizing the plants that Audubon frequently illustrated... More
Norfolk: Esker Press, 2010. Quarto, dustwrapper, colour illustrations, black and white illustrations, line drawings. A collection of the beautiful sketches that built the iconic Birds of Africa series, with a text based on the author's journals. Much of the material comes from several lengthy trips to Tanzania and Kenya, on... More
