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 about The flower hunter: Ellis Rowan
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 about Earth, water and sky: a naturalist's stories and sketches
New York: Harper Collins Publishers, 2011. Octavo, paperback and DVD, colour illustrations. WAS $35. Part of a series presenting historic volumes. Drawing from Georges-Louis Leclerc's 36 volume masterpiece, "Histoire Naturelle, Generale Et Particuliere", this title features 350 of Leclerc's magnificent original paintings, faithfully reproduced in full colour. A visual index... More about Birds
Canberra: National Library of Australia, 2009. Quarto, paperback, colour illustrations. WAS $35. A tribute to the female colonial artists who drew and painted the indigenous wildflowers and plants of Australia. The publication focuses on the rich holdings of albums, sketchbooks and paintings in the Pictures Collection of the National Library... More about Women of flowers: botanical art in Australia from the 1830s to the 1960s
Canberra: National Library of Australia, 2013. Quarto, dustwrapper, lavishly illustrated throughout with colour and black and white illustrations. WAS $50. 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... More about Cayley and son: the life and art of Neville Henry Cayley and Neville William Cayley
Canberra: National Library of Australia, 2011. Small octavo, dustwrapper, colour illustrations. WAS $35. Betty Temple Watts (1901-1992) developed an interest in birds in her early married life while living in Iran and Papua New Guinea. Although she had studied art formally as a nineteen year old, it was not until... More about The quintessential bird: the art of Betty Temple Watts