The fall of a sparrow.
Oxford: Oxford University Press, (1988. reprint). Octavo, paperback, illustrations. More
BIRDS - Biography and Literature
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Encounters with nature.
Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1979. Octavo, illustrations, fine copy in dustwrapper. More
The dictionary of birds in colour.
London: Michael Joseph Ltd., 1974. Quarto, colour photographs, dustwrapper. More
Audubon's elephant: the story of John James Audubon's epic struggle to publish The Birds of America.
London: Phoenix, (2004. reprint). Octavo, colour illustrations, paperback. The author records the genesis and gestation of the double-elephant folio, and uses contemporary sources to illuminate an extraordinary character. More
Sir William Jardine: a life in natural history.
London: Leicester University Press, 2001. Octavo, text illustrations, printed paper covered boards, a fine copy. More
John Gould: bird man.
Milton Keynes: Osberton Productions, 1987. Octavo, colour illustrations, fine copy in laminated boards. With additional material by Gordon Sauer and Allan McEvey. Preface by Sir David Attenborough. More
Biographies of members of the American Ornithologists' Union.
Washington DC: The Auk, (1954. first edition), Octavo, bookplate, fine copy. More
The bird man of Brisbane: Silvester Diggles and his Ornithology of Australia.
Brisbane: Boolarong Press, 2010. Octavo, paperback, colour illustrations. When Silvester Diggles arrived in 1855 there was little artistic or scientific talent in the small frontier town of Brisbane. By the time of his death in 1880, his paramount legacy was a large book on Australian birds, profusely illustrated with hand-coloured..... More
Birds of Pandemonium: life among the exotic and the endangered.
Chapel Hill: Algonquin Books of Chapel Hill, 2014. Octavo, colour photographs, fine copy in dustwrapper. Michele Raffin has made an important contribution to saving endangered birds, and her book is a fascinating and rarely seen glimpse behind the scenes. Housing over 40 species, Pandemonium Aviaries is a conservation organisation dedicated..... More
The ruling passion of John Gould: a biography of the British Audubon.
New York: Grove Weidenfeld, 1991. Octavo, illustrations, bookplate, very good copy in dustwrapper. More
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