Some birds and mammals of Africa: with a descriptive text by Hilary Hook.
London: Tryon Gallery, 1979. Folio, 14 colour plates. Publisher's blue quarter calf and marbled boards, slipcase. Limited to 505 copies.
Wildlife and Botanical Art Books
The John James Audubon portfolio: a selection of the original drawings and watercolors used in the making of Birds of America accompanied by a choice of Audubon's writings.
Edition de la Main Fleurie, 2004. Quarto, 48 prints. WAS $1,800. Edited with a introduction by Ben Forkner. An edition of high quality reproductions of his original watercolors, along with key notes and correspondence by Audubon and a biographical introduction. Printed in a 14-point font on 200g deckled cream stock...
The original water-color paintings by John James Audubon for The Birds of America.
New York: American Heritage Publishing, 1966. Small folio, 431 colour plates by Audubon, fine copy in very good dustwrapper. The cheaper single volume issue, published the same year as a two volume set in a slipcase.
A memoir of Thomas Bewick, written by himself.
London: Oxford University Press, 1975. Octavo, text illustrations, very good copy in dustwrapper. Originally published 1862.
Notes by F. G. Stephens on a collection of drawings and woodcuts by Thomas Bewick, exhibited at the Fine Art Society's Rooms, 1880. Also a complete list of all works illustrated by Thomas and John Bewick, with their various editions.
London: The Fine Art Society, 1881. Quarto, 32 illustrations from original wood blocks. Publisher's leather-grained cloth, all edges coloured, a few spots throughout, otherwise a very good copy.
John James Audubon: the watercolours for The birds of America.
New York: Random House, (2004. reprint). Quarto, colour plates, fine copy in dustwrapper. A showcase for Audubon's stunning colour plates, reproduced directly from the surviving original watercolours.
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Herrn von Buffons Naturgeschichte Vierfarbigen Thiere [mammals].
Berlin: J. Paul, 1787. Octavo, handcoloured titlepage, handcoloured engraved plates. Contemporary half calf and marbled boards.
The bird in art.
London: Merrell Publishers, 2012. Quarto, colour illustrations, fine copy in dustwrapper. There has until now been no proper study of the bird in art, despite our fascination with birds, and despite the wealth of complex meanings associated with them in different cultures. A number of pagan gods are linked with...
Limited edition facsimile reproductions of Neville W. Cayley's Australian parrots.
Sydney: No publisher, [c1975]. Folio, five colour plates, each one blindstamped "N.W. Cayley limited edition 200", green cloth case, fine copy. With a pamphlet by Alec H. Chisholm, "Neville W. Cayley - the man and his art". Includes plate list and notes. The birds figured are Cockatiel, Scarlet-chested and Turquoise...
John James Audubon and his circle: the collections of Dr. Evan Morton Evans (1870-1955) and his son Daniel Webster Evans (1907-1966).
New York: Christie, Manson and Woods International Inc, 1993. Quarto, colour illustrations, publisher's cloth binding, very good. Auction catalogue.
Idlings in Arcadia.
New York: E P Dutton, 1935. Octavo, text illustrations, bookplate, fine copy in dustwrapper.
The art of natural history: animal illustrators and their work.
London: Country Life, 1978. Quarto, colour plates, fine copy in slipcase.
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Wild flowers of South Australia [facsimile].
Melbourne: Queensberry Hill Press, 1981. Quarto, 20 plates and accompanying text leaves. Publisher's handsome quarter red morocco and red cloth with gilt floral design, floral endpapers, slipcase. Limited to 175 numbered copies. This handsome facsimile has an excellent introductory text by Helen Duffy. A note from the publisher (Peter Marsh)...
Other Edens: the sketchbook of an artist naturalist.
Old Greenwich: Devin-Adair, 1979. Octavo, illustrations, fine copy in dustwrapper.
Adventurers fen.
London: Methuen, 1942. Octavo, text illustrations by the author, dustwrapper. Eric Ennion (1900-1981) was an important figure in British bird art.
The British bird.
London: Oxford University Press, 1943. Octavo, text illustrations, bookplate, colour plates by Ennion.
Turner on birds: a short and succinct history of the principal birds noticed by Pliny and Aristotle, first published by Doctor William Turner, 1544
Cambridge: [Cambridge] University Press, 1903. Octavo, Publisher's cloth, library stamps and signature on title page.
Thorburn's birds.
London: Ebury Press, 1967. Quarto, colour plates, signature, bookplate, dustwrapper.
Brush with Gondwana.
Fremantle: Fremantle Press, 2008. Quarto, colour illustrations, very good copy with dustwrapper. Seven leading botanical artists are brought together in this beautifully illustrated book. Author Janda Gooding shares the stories behind each artist's illustrations and reveals a rich and diverse record of Western Australia's unique flora, fauna and fungi. Illustrations...
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John Gould's Birds [of Great Britain].
Secauacus: Chartwell Books, 1980. Quarto, colour plates, dustwrapper. With an excellent essay on Gould and his circle by Maureen Lambourne. All the plates from Birds of Great Britain, first published 1862-1873, are figured.
Thornton's Temple of Flora with plates faithfully reproduced from the original engravings.
London: Collins, 1951. Large folio, 31 coloured and uncoloured plates. Publisher's half morocco and slipcase, spine lightly sunned. Limited to 250 numbered copies and signed by the three contributors.
Decoys of Maritime Canada.
Exton: Schiffer, 1983. Quarto, photographs, fine copy in dustwrapper.
Selected American game birds.
Caldwell: The Caxton Printers, (1980. reprint). Oblong format, 26 full page plates.
Zoological researches in Java, and the neighbouring islands [facsimile, with a memoir by John Bastin].
Singapore: Oxford University Press, 1990. Quarto, illustrations, fine set in slipcase. This is an excellent facsimile of Horsfield's classic study of the zoology of Indonesia.
Bird illustrators: some artists in early lithography.
London: H. F. and G. Witherby, 1975. Large octavo, colour plates, inscription, very good in dustwrapper.