New York: Sterling Publishing, 2012. Quarto, paperback, colour illustrations. This book allows readers a privileged glimpse of seldom seen, fully illustrated scientific tomes from the American Museum of Natural History's Rare Book Collection. Forty essays from the museum's top experts in a variety of natural science disciplines, from anthropology to..... More
London: Imperial College Press, 2000. Octavo, dustwrapper, maps. A magnificent contribution to ornithological history in the United Kingdom. Includes all known books, pamphlets and papers which contain substantial studies of the birds of local areas. Each county has an introduction on its boundaries and the history of its ornithology... More
London: Thames and Hudson, 2014. Quarto, publisher's boards, colour photographs. This accessible and thought-provoking book is the first in-depth exploration of the ways in which contemporary artists are confronting nature, the environment, climate change and ecology. Organized into six chapters, the book moves through the various levels of artists engagement..... More
Kew: Royal Botanic Gardens, (2001. reprint). Octavo, dustwrapper, An up-to-date check-list of accepted genera of Pteridophytes, Gymnosperms and flowering plants. More
New York: Dover Publications, 2017. Octavo, paperback, BRAND NEW. At the turn of the 20th century, John Burroughs ranked among America's most popular authors. The distinguished naturalist possessed a special gift for sharing his close observations in an engaging style that combines scientific accuracy with a grand poetic expression. This..... More
Carlton, Miegunyah Press, 2007. Quarto, dustwrapper, colour illustrations. Celebrates the book using the rare books collection of the State Library of Victoria. This book helps readers discover the world of the book - the history of book production, design and illustration, the materials used, the changing technology and its evolution..... More
Canada: New Society Publishers, 2009. Large octavo, paperback, black and white photographs. This book reconciles human-forest relationships. Place-based practices foster ecosystem restoration and community revival. They are attuned to the values and wisdom of home places, to meet human and forest needs. Wild foresting's many gifts include celebrations. More
Kew: Royal Botanic Gardens, (2001. second edition). Quarto, paperback, text illustrations. This checklist of conifers, the third in a series covering a selection of vascular plant families, includes all species and infraspecific taxa recognized by the compiler in 68 genera and 8 families. In total 805 taxa are alphabetically arranged..... More
New York: Abrams, 2006. Octavo, dustwrapper, colour photographs. From the delicate new growth that emerges in springtime to jewel-toned fall foliage to winter's brown husks, leaves unfurl, mature and wither in a life cycle that evokes our own. This work examines leaves and pods in all their variety, explaining why..... More
London: John Wiley and Sons, (2011. second edition). Octavo, paperback, maps, graphs, tables. A fully revised and up-dated edition of this key text. The book retains the original reader-friendly approach to the coverage of vegetation description and multivariate analysis in the context of vegetation data and plant ecology whist also..... More
Frenchs Forest: New Holland, (2006. third edition, revised). Quarto, paperback, colour photographs. A unique and comprehensive reference book on trees of the world. More
London: HarperCollins Publishers, 2009. Quarto, laminated boards, colour illustrations. The stunning, specially commissioned cover illustrations are one of the great joys of the New Naturalist series, lending it a distinctive style which has inspired nature enthusiasts for many decades. The Collins New Naturalist series is the longest-running and arguably the..... More
Potsdam: Ullmann Publishing, 2011. Quarto, dustwrapper, colour illustrations. F. N. Martinet's hand-coloured lithographs were published in the works of the leading ornithologists of the 18th century. However, they have long since been acclaimed as works of art in their own right. "Histoire des oiseaux" brings together more than 200 bird..... More
New York: Abbeville Press, 2016. Quarto, dustwrapper, colour photographs. Staking out some of the world's last dark places, photographer Beth Moon uses a digital camera to reveal constellations, nebulae, and the Milky Way, in rich hues that are often too faint to be seen by the naked eye. As in..... More
New York: Abbeville Press, 2014. Quarto, dustwrapper, black and white photographs. Be transported to another time by Beth Moon's captivating black and white photographs of the world's most majestic ancient trees. Beth Moon's fourteen-year quest to photograph ancient trees has taken her across the United States, Europe, Asia, the Middle..... More
Kew: Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, 1998. Octavo, paperback, black and white photographs, line grawings, maps. The proceedings of the Economic Botany and the International Society of Ethnopharmacology conference, London, 1996, exploring the commercial and scientific potential of plants for food, health and drug industries. It focuses on the current state..... More
Kew: Royal Botanic Gardens, 2001. Octavo, paperback, text illustrations. This taxonomic account of all the 339 genera currently recognized in the family, is illustrated with 50 full-page line drawings. Many of the generic descriptions are based on the work of the late Dr John Hutchinson, but the classification follows that..... More
Boca Raton: Taylor & Francis, 2012. Octavo, laminated boards, black and white photographs, illustrations, maps, graphs, tables. This volume provides a contemporary overview of new strategies for traditional medicine development. It looks at the importance of cataloguing ethnomedical information, of determining the active principles, and of examining the genetic diversity..... More
London: Profile Books, 2013. Octavo, boards, BRAND NEW. This is an extraordinary investigation into the world of trees - and the inspiring story of one man's quest to help save the world's oldest and greatest specimens. When the oldest trees in the world suddenly start dying - across North America..... More
Paris: Éditions du Muséum, 1957. Octavo, illustration, publisher's printed wrappers, a fine copy. Mémoires du Muséum National d’histoire naturelle. nouvelle série. Série A. Zoologie. Tome 15, fascicule one. More
Kew: Royal Botanic Gardens, 2006. Octavo, paperback, colour photographs. WAS $75. The world is facing a biodiversity crisis of unprecedented magnitude. Unless there are radical changes in human behaviour, we can expect significant and alarming species loss in the near future. DNA and tissue banks have great potential as tools..... More
New Haven: Peabody Museum of Natural History, 2016. Quarto, paperback, colour photographs, illustrations. Founded in 1866, the Peabody Museum of Natural History at Yale University has for 150 years acquired, studied, protected, and displayed its ever-expanding collections. Among the museum's 13,000,000 items are iconic fossils, striking ethnographic pieces, historical flora..... More
Richmond Hill: Firefly Books, 2009. Quarto, dustwrapper, colour photographs. Visual artist Rob Kesseler uses special light techniques and scanning electron microscopy to create astonishing images of a variety of pollens, seeds and fruits. His razor-sharp cross sections reveal intricate interiors, pods, pouches, keys and other examples of botanical architecture and..... More
New York: Sterling Publishing, 2013. Quarto, paperback, slipcase, colour illustrations. Following the success of "Natural Histories," this is the next compendium in this well-received series that marries art and thought-provoking science. American Museum of Natural History ornithologist Paul Sweet takes readers on a migratory journey across the globe, introducing them..... More
London: Penguin Books, 2006. Octavo, paperback, black and white illustrations. From the tallest to the smallest, trees inspire wonder, and in The secret life of trees Colin Tudge travels from his own back garden right round the world. He brings back the stories and facts behind trees: from how they..... More