The fall of a sparrow.
Oxford: Oxford University Press, (1988. reprint). Octavo, paperback, illustrations. More
Biography
Books and naturalists: a survey of British natural history.
London: Harper Collins Publishers, 2010. Octavo, photographs, fine copy in dustwrapper. New Naturalist 112. Natural history, perhaps more than any other pursuit or study, has always relied very heavily on books to help it develop and gain momentum. Without a way of defining and categorizing the many thousands of species..... More
A brief history of the Royal Society.
London: The Royal Society, 1960. Octavo, photographs, signature, very good copy in dustwrapper. Includes a pamphlet on the Society's Portraits and Busts by Gillian Hammill (reprinted from the Notes and Records of the Royal Society of London, Vol. 24, No. 1, June 1969). More
Bird books and bird art. An outline of the literary history and iconography of descriptive ornithology [facsimile].
Amsterdam: Junk, 1973. Quarto, uncoloured illustrations. More
Bird books and bird art: an outline of the literary history and iconography of descriptive ornithology.
New York: Maurice Martino, 1990. Quarto, illustrations. This edition is limited to 300 copies. More
Stuffed animals and pickled heads: the culture and evolution of natural history museums.
Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2001. Octavo, illustrations, fine copy in dustwrapper. A stimulating discussion of the role of natural history museums in culture and society. More
Audubon and his journals: with zoological and other notes by Elliott Coues.
London: John C. Nimmo, 1898. Octavo, photographic plates. Publisher's blindstamped cloth, inscription on front endpaper, a fine set. More
Thomas Bewick. My life.
London: The Folio Society, 1981. Octavo, text illustrations, papercovered boards, cloth spine, bookplate, fine. More
Whose bird?: men and women commemorated in the common names of birds.
London: Christopher Helm, 2003. Octavo, paperback, black and white photographs, text illustrations. Birders often wonder about the people commemorated in the names of many of our familiar birds. In this book biographies detail the life and work of the individual involved, often revealing fascinating insights about the nature of bird..... More
William Beebe: an annotated bibliography.
Hamden: Archon Books, 1977. Octavo, illustrations, fine copy in dustwrapper. More
Plants of the world: the lower plants.
London: Thames and Hudson, 1965. Quarto, text illustrations, fine copy in dustwrapper. More
The sphagnaceae or peat-mosses of Europe and North America.
London: David Bogue, 1880. Quarto, 29 partially coloured chromothographs. Publisher's cloth, a fine copy. More
Buckland's curiosities of natural history: a selection.
London: The Batchworth Press, 1948. Octavo, line drawings, bookplate, fine copy in publisher's cloth. More
Charles Darwin: Voyaging: Volume one of a biography.
London: Pimlico, 1996. Octavo, illustrations, softcover. More
Vascular plant families and genera: a list of genera and their families, as accepted by the Kew Herbarium, with an analysis of relationships of the flowering plant families according to eight systems of classification.
Kew: Royal Botanic Gardens, 1992. Octavo, page 417 torn, otherwise a very good copy in sunned dustwrapper. An up-to-date check-list of accepted genera of Pteridophytes, Gymnosperms and flowering plants. More
Bibliography and natural history: essays presented at a conference convened in June 1964 by Thomas R. Buckman.
Lawrence: University of Kansas Libraries, 1996. Octavo, illustrations, softcover. More
Birds: the Macmillan visual guide.
Sydney: Pan Macmillan, 2006. Quarto, colour photographs, maps, dustwrapper. This comprehensive guide to the world of birds traces their evolution and explains avian biology and behaviour. More
The dictionary of birds in colour.
London: Michael Joseph Ltd., 1974. Quarto, colour photographs, dustwrapper. More
Working bibliography of owls of the world: with summaries of current taxonomy and distributional status.
Washington: National Wildlife Federation, 1978. Quarto, paperback, More
The journeys and plant introductions of George Forrest.
London: Oxford University Press, 1952. Octavo, folding map, black and white plates. Publisher's cloth, very slight rubbing, inscription, a very good copy. More
The art of natural history.
London: Bracken Books, (1981. reprint). Quarto, colour plates, dustwrapper. First published 1978 as 'The art of natural history: animal illustrators and their work'. More
The art of natural history: animal illustrators and their work.
London: Country Life, 1978. Quarto, colour plates, fine copy in slipcase. More
Professor David: the life of Sir Edgeworth David.
London: Edward Arnold & Co., 1937. Octavo, photographs. Fine copy in slightly chipped dustwrapper, scarce in this condition. More
The magic of reality: how we know what's really true.
London: Transworld Publishers, 2012. Octavo, black and white illustrations, paperback. Throughout history people all over the world have invented stories to answer profound questions such as 'what is the sun?' and 'why is there night and day?'. While these magical stories are fun, this book looks at the true stories..... More