The fall of a sparrow.
Oxford: Oxford University Press, (1988. reprint). Octavo, paperback, illustrations. More
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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
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
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
Buckland's curiosities of natural history: a selection.
London: The Batchworth Press, 1948. Octavo, line drawings, bookplate, fine copy in publisher's cloth. 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
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: animal illustrators and their work.
London: Country Life, 1978. Quarto, colour plates, fine copy in slipcase. More
Plants of the world.
London: Thames and Hudson, 1963-1968. Quarto, colour photographs, text illustrations, lacks dustwrappers. Volumes one and two Higher Plants, volume three Lower Plants. More
Great natural history books and their creators.
London: The British Library Publishing Division, 2003. Quarto, colour illustrations, fine copy in dustwrapper. Amongst the greatest books every created are the large-scale works of natural history researched and written by apothecaries and scientists. The stories behind such books are told by Ray Desmond, with reproduced colour plates from original..... More
Other Edens: the sketchbook of an artist naturalist.
Old Greenwich: Devin-Adair, 1979. Octavo, illustrations, fine copy in dustwrapper. More
Bibliotheca historico-naturalis.
Weinheim: J. Cramer, 1960. Octavo, bookplate, publisher's cloth. More
The Penguin dictionary of British natural history.
London: Allen Lane, (1978. reprint). Octavo, , fine copy in dustwrapper. More
Evolution in the antipodes: Charles Darwin and Australia.
Sydney: UNSW Press, 2009. Octavo, paperback, Examines Charles Darwin's profound influence on Australian thinking. This book provides useful contextual material on Darwin's life and times, including: his 1836 visit to Australia in HMS Beagle, and the background to historic disputes and contemporary debates about Darwin's motivations and methods. More
British natural history books 1495-1900. A handlist.
Folkestone: Dawson, 1980. Octavo, fine copy in publisher's cloth. More
Ornithological literature of the Papuan subregion 1915 to 1975: an annotated bibliography.
New York: Bulletin of the AMNH, Volume 164, 1979. Octavo, wrappers, More
Thomas Johnson: botanical journeys in Kent and Hampstead. A facsimile reprint with introduction and translation of his Iter Plantarum 1629, Descriptio Itineris Plantarum 1632.
Pittsburgh: Hunt Botanical Library, 1972. Quarto, text illustrations, folding map, very good copy in dustwrapper. More
In praise of plants.
Portland OR: Timber Press:, 2002. Octavo, line drawings, fine copy in dustwrapper. Through a rich array of examples, many illustrated in the author's elegant and distinctive style, this book offers a new look at botany. This scholarly yet fun book examines the qualities that make plants unique, so different from..... More