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 about Natural histories: extraordinary rare book selections from the American Museum of Natural History...

New Haven: Yale University Press, 2011. Quarto, illustrations, a fine set. Over the course of five decades, the seventeenth-century naturalist Georgius Everhardus Rumphius assiduously gathered information on the native plants of Ambon Island and its archipelago. By presenting descriptions of the plants and their multiple uses, he succeeded in creating... More about The Ambonese herbal: Georgius Everhardus Rumphius

Princeton: Princeton University Press, 2014. Octavo, dustwrapper, colour and black and white photographs, illustrations, maps. Provides an engaging and authoritative history of modern ornithology, describing the visionary and often-controversial personalities who have influenced the study of birds, and the unique social and scientific contexts in which these extraordinary individuals worked... More about Ten thousand birds: ornithology since Darwin

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 about Art and ecology now

Crows Nest: Allen and Unwin, 2017. Octavo, paperback, colour and black and white photographs. "An exquisitely beautiful book ...These stories about birds are ultimately reflections on the curious nature of humanity itself"- Helen Macdonald, author of H is for Hawk. There is no denying that many people are crazy for... More about Birdmania: a remarkable passion for birds

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 about Wake-robin: a collection of essays about the birds

London: Thames and Hudson, 2014. Octavo, dustwrapper, colour illustrations. This book explores the rich histories, significance and uses of over 80 key plants in 69 entries, revealing our relationship with them, both utilitarian and aesthetic, and their multiple benefits and cultural associations. Lavishly illustrated and organized thematically, eight sections cover... More about Remarkable plants that shape our world

London: Bloomsbury Publishing, 2016. Octavo, laminated boards, colour photographs and illustrations. Why are owls regarded either as wise or as harbingers of doom? What gave rise to the fanciful belief that storks bring babies? Why is the eagle associated with victory or the hummingbird with paradise? The answers are here... More about Birds: myth, lore and legend

Sydney: New South Books, 2016. Octavo, paperback, BRAND NEW. The annual collection celebrating the finest voices in Australian science writing. From the furthest reaches of the universe to the microscopic world of our genes, science offers writers the kind of scope other subjects simply can't match. Good writing about science... More about Best Australian science writing 2016

New Haven: Yale University Press, 2016. Large octavo, dustwrapper, photographs, illustrations. This fascinating book tells the story of how one museum changed ideas about dinosaurs, dynasties, and even the story of life on Earth. The Yale Peabody Museum of Natural History, now celebrating its 150th anniversary, has remade the way... More about House of lost worlds: dinosaurs, dynasties and the story of life on earth

New York: Martino Fine Books & Publishing, (1995. reprint). Octavo, publisher's cloth, pencil annotations on title page. A bibliography of approximately 5,000 books and articles on American ornithology. Limited to 150 copies. More about Ornithological bibliography

Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2017. Octavo, dustwrapper, black and white illustrations. Darwin and Women focuses on Darwin's correspondence with women and on the lives of the women he knew and wrote to. It includes a large number of hitherto unpublished letters between members of Darwin's family and their friends that... More about Darwin and women: a selection of letters