Crows Nest: Allen and Unwin, 2013. Octavo, paperback, colour photographs, colour and black and white illustrations. Janine Burke, art historian, author, amateur naturalist and nature lover, has spent many years observing birds. This book is the story of her passion, a personal, wide-ranging and intimate book that will appeal to..... More
Marum: Art Revisited, 2003. Octavo, colour illustrations, laminated boards. More
London: British Library, 2014. Octavo, dustwrapper, colour illustrations. With their fascinating plumage, behaviour and power of flight, birds have captured people's imagination since earliest times. In this beautifully and unusually illustrated book, Celia Fisher traces the remarkable breadth of ways in which artists, writers and storytellers have depicted the enduring..... More
London: Anova Books, 2010. Small octavo, dustwrapper, colour illustrations. A celebration of British birds and their songs, from the sought-after artist Madeleine Floyd. Some 50 of her exquisite drawings of birds, along with their specific eggs are captured here for fans of her work and wildlife enthusiasts. It includes details..... More
Reading: Two Rivers Press, 2013. Octavo, paperback, colour illustrations. Now an internationally famous wildlife artist, Robert Gillmor was already a keen bird-watcher at the age of 11 when the Reading Ornithological Club (launched in 1947) invited him to join them as a visitor; at 13 he was elected as their..... More
Portland OR: Pomegranate Communications, 2016. Quarto, dustwrapper, colour illustrations. Presenting more than 110 serigraphs accompanied by intriguing, pun-filled captions, this new, revised edition pays homage to one of America's most beloved artists. Charley Harper (1922-2007), with his masterly use of simple geometric shapes, patterns, and vivid colors, distilled the essence..... More
Hanover: University Press of New England, 2014. Quarto, dustwrapper, colour photographs. Part natural history, part artist's diary, this book documents the extraordinary effort to place a series of public memorials to birds driven to extinction in modern times. As a chronicle of humankind's impact on our changing world and a...... More
London: Ebury Press, 2012. Octavo, dustwrapper, colour illustrations. In this beautiful little volume, street artist Matt Sewell offers his own unique take on 52 of his favourite British garden birds. Since its debut in July 2009, Matt's 'Bird of the Week' feature for the Caught by the River website has..... More
London: Bloomsbury Publishing, 2012. Quarto, dustwrapper, colour illustrations. When Ralph Steadman was asked to produce a piece for a recent exhibition of bird art, Ghosts of Gone Birds, he got slightly carried away - it did, after all, make a nice change from politicians. He allowed his imagination to run..... More
New York: Houghton Mifflin, 2012. Octavo, dustwrapper, colour and black and white illustrations. Through raising and rehabilitating birds, Julie Zickefoose pulls back a curtain on their motivations, desires, and even emotions. This book is about the change that's set in motion by one single act, such as saving an injured..... More