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
Austin: University of Texas Press, 1999. Octavo, paperback, line drawings. WAS $28. Paul Johnsgard is one of America's most prominent ornithologists and a world authority on waterfowl behavior. In these popularly written, often lyrical essays, he describes some of his most fascinating encounters with birds, from watching the annual mating..... More
Canberra: National Library of Australia, 2013. Quarto, dustwrapper, lavishly illustrated throughout with colour and black and white illustrations. The first and only proper biography of both Cayleys. This skillfully researched and handsomely produced book charts the lives and works of this Australian father-and-son pair of bird artists. Neville Henry, peripatetic..... More