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
WILDLIFE ART - Birds
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
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
The art of Glen Loates.
Scarborough: Cerebrus Publishing, 1977. Small folio, colour plates, fine copy in dustwrapper. More
Birds: the art of ornithology.
London: Scriptum Editions, 2004. Quarto, colour illustrations, fine copy in dustwrapper. An outstanding selection of images from the famous archive of the British Museum (Natural History) in London, including exquisitely crafted works from some of the most famous natural history artists ever published. This landmark book will fascinate anyone interested..... 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
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
Bird illustrators: some artists in early lithography.
London: H. F. and G. Witherby, 1975. Large octavo, colour plates, inscription, very good in dustwrapper. More
Bird etchings: the illustrators and their books, 1655-1855.
Ithaca: Cornell University Press, 1989. Octavo, illustrations, softcover. More
The bird illustrated 1550-1900.
New York: Abrams, 1988. Quarto, colour plates, fine copy in dustwrapper. More
Birds of the west coast, volume two.
Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1980. Folio, colour plates, very good copy in dustwrapper. More
Tableaux et scenes de la vie des animaux.
Paris: Librarie Hachette, 1877. Quarto, 20 uncoloured plates by Joseph Wolf. Contemporary brown half morocco, marbled boards, corners worn, some spotting throughout. More
The book of birds: five centuries of bird illustration.
London: Phaidon, 1975. Folio, colour illustrations, very good copy in dustwrapper. More
Mark Catesby's Natural history of America: the watercolours from the Royal Library, Windsor Castle.
London: Merrell Holberton, 1997. Quarto, 60 colour plates, bookplate of Margaret Stones, tipped in letters from the author on Royal Trust letterhead to Stones, fine copy in dustwrapper. The watercolours in this book were taken from the special edition of Natural history of America purchased by King George III. Natural..... More
New Zealand water birds: an artist's journal.
Auckland: Collins, 1973. Quarto, colour plates, very good copy in dustwrapper. More
William MacGillivray: creatures of air, land and sea.
London: Merrell Holberton, 1999. Quarto, colour plates, other illustrations, fine copy in dustwrapper. This beautifully illustrated edition features paintings and drawings from the collections of The Natural History Museum, London. More
Bird sketches and some field observations.
London: Eyre & Spottiswoode, 1938. Quarto, coloured frontispiece, text illustrations. Publisher's linen boards with paper label, a few grubby marks, front hinge slightly tender. More
Raymond Ching: the bird paintings. Watercolours and pencil drawings 1969-1975.
London: Collins, 1978. Folio, colour plates, fine copy in dustwrapper and slipcase. More
Thorburn's atlas of European birds.
London: Blandford Press, 1994. Quarto, 80 colour plates, fine copy in dustwrapper. More
The complete illustrated Thorburn's birds.
Ware: Wordsworth Editions, 1989. Large quarto, colour plates, fine in dustwrapper. More
The birds of Daniel Giraud Elliot: a selection of pheasants and peacocks painted by Joseph Wolf and taken from the original monograph published in New York 1872.
London: Ariel Press, 1979. Folio, twelve colour plates, limited to 1000 numbered copies, fine copy in dustwrapper and cardboard slipcase. More
A sketchbook of birds.
New York: Holt, Rinehart and Winston, 1979. Oblong format, colour plates, fine copy in dustwrapper. More