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

New York: Columbia University Press, 2013. Octavo, paperback, colour illustrations. In this charming book, Billy Collins, joins with David Allen Sibley, America's foremost bird illustrator, to celebrate the winged creatures that have inspired so many poets for centuries. From Catullus and Chaucer to Robert Browning and James Wright, poets have... More about Bright wings: an illustrated anthology of poems about birds

Lewes: Ivy Press, (2017. second edition), Quarto, dustwrapper, colour photographs, maps. A visually stunning and scientifically engaging guide to six hundred of the most impressive and beautiful leaves from around the world. Each leaf is reproduced here at its actual size in full-colour photographs taken on a light box and... More about The book of leaves: a leaf-by-leaf guide to six hundred of the world's great trees

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 about The world of the book

New York: Skyhorse Publishing, 2014. Octavo, paperback, black and white illustrations. When On the Origin of Species came out in 1859, it changed the understanding of life and presented the foundation for evolutionary biology. All the material that he collected for this book was from the famous expeditions he took... More about A naturalist's voyage round the world: the voyage of the Beagle