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. More
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..... More
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 dustwrapper. The cheaper single volume issue, published the same year as a two volume set in a slipcase. More
A memoir of Thomas Bewick, written by himself.
London: Oxford University Press, 1975. Octavo, text illustrations, very good copy in dustwrapper. Originally published 1862. More
The art of Robert Bateman.
Ontario: Madison Press Books, (1981. first edition). Oblong format, colour and black and white plates, good copy in dustwrapper. More
The art of Robert Bateman.
Petaluma: Pomegranate, 2006. Quarto, colour illustrations, fine copy in dustwrapper. Originally published in 1981, The art of Robert Bateman was the first of many best-selling books by the internationally acclaimed wildlife artist and naturalist. In this twenty-fifth-anniversary edition, Bateman's exquisitely rendered paintings, accompanied by the artist's recollections and observations, are..... More
The art of migration: birds, insects, and the changing seasons in Chicagoland.
Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 2013. Oblong format, colour illustrations, dustwrapper. From tiny ruby-throated hummingbirds to the majestic red-tailed hawk, this book examines the many creatures that commute on the Mississippi Flyway as part of an annual migration. This magnificent migrational dance takes place every year in Chicagoland, yet it..... More
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. More
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..... More
Looking at birds: an antidote to field guides.
Peterborough: Langford Press, 2013. Octavo, paperback, colour and black and white illustrations. Part of a series (WAT) of books in which masters of wildlife art share many of their techniques. In this volume John Busby explains by examples how important it is to gather information direct from birds in the..... More
Studies and sketches of a bird painter.
Melbourne: Lansdowne Editions, 1981. Small folio, colour plates, text illustrations. Publisher's full grey calf and Solander box, edition limited to 500 copies, numbered and signed by the artist, a fine copy. Raymond Harris-Ching is one of the great modern wildlife artists and Studies and Sketches is one of his best..... More
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. More
The living world of Audubon.
London: Country Life, 1975. Quarto, colour plates, photographs, fine copy in dustwrapper. More
Idlings in Arcadia.
New York: E P Dutton, 1935. Octavo, text illustrations, bookplate, fine copy in dustwrapper. More
The world of Robert Bateman.
Toronto: Viking, 1985. Oblong format, colour plates, black and white photographs and illustrations, fine copy in dustwrapper. More
Other Edens: the sketchbook of an artist naturalist.
Old Greenwich: Devin-Adair, 1979. Octavo, illustrations, fine copy in dustwrapper. More
Thorburn's Naturalist's sketchbook.
London: Michael Joseph, 1977. Octavo, illustrations, dustwrapper. More
The art of Glen Loates.
Scarborough: Cerebrus Publishing, 1977. Small folio, colour plates, fine copy in dustwrapper. More
The British bird.
London: Oxford University Press, 1943. Octavo, text illustrations, bookplate, colour plates by Ennion. More
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. More
Thorburn's birds.
London: Ebury Press, 1967. Quarto, colour plates, dustwrapper. More
The flower hunter: Ellis Rowan.
Canberra: National Library of Australia, (2003. reprint). Quarto, paperback, colour illustrations. Ellis Rowan - painter, naturalist, writer and explorer - was an extraordinary woman for her era. For almost 50 years she travelled to the remote parts of Australia, India, Europe, America and New Guinea in pursuit of exotic flowers..... More
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. More
Decoys of Maritime Canada.
Exton: Schiffer, 1983. Quarto, photographs, fine copy in dustwrapper. More
Selected American game birds.
Caldwell: The Caxton Printers, (1980. reprint). Oblong format, 26 full page plates. More