Magee, J. The Art and Science of William Bartram.
1st. Ed. Pub. Pennsylvania Univ. / Nat. Hist. Museum. 2007 pp.xi, 264 with colour and b/w. illus. throughout. 4to. Fine hardback in fine dw. with very gently sunned spine.
This book brings together, for the first time, all 68 drawings by Bartram held at the Natural History Museum. The volume explores Bartram's writings and artwork and reveals how influential he was in American science of the period. He was an authority on the birds of North America and on the lifestyle, culture, and language of the indigenous people of the regions through which he travelled.
£30.00 [ref: 67624]

McBurney, H. Mark Catesby’s Natural History of America. The Watercolors from the Royal Library Windsor Castle.
1st. Ed. Pub. Holberton. 1997 pp.160 with colour plates throughout. 4to. Fine hardback in nr. fine dw. From the library of Prof. Grenville (Gren) Lucas OBE, much loved botanist and conservationist. Loosely inserted is his invitation (on Queen Elizabeth II gilt headed card, in Buckingham Palace franked envelope) to the private view of the exhibition ‘Mark Catesby’s Natural History of America : The Watercolours from the Royal Library, Windsor Castle’ which took place in October 1998 at The Queen’s Gallery, Buckingham Palace.
The Natural History, was the first comprehensive study of the flora and fauna of the eastern seaboard of North America, and its beatifully finished images remained an indispensable reference source. Published here for the first time are the original watercolours from which Catesby prepared the etchings which accompanied his published volumes.
£45.00 [ref: 67593]

McBurney, H. Mark Catesby’s Natural History of America. The Watercolors from the Royal Library Windsor Castle.
1st. Ed. Pub. Holberton. 1997 pp.160 with colour plates throughout. 4to. Fine hardback in fine dw., some gentle sunning.
The Natural History, was the first comprehensive study of the flora and fauna of the eastern seaboard of North America, and its beatifully finished images remained an indispensable reference source. Published here for the first time are the original watercolours from which Catesby prepared the etchings which accompanied his published volumes.
£15.00 [ref: 71449]

McCallum, J. Arctic Flight. Adventures Amongst Northern Birds. Wildlife Art Series.
1st. Ed. Pub. Langford Press. 2007 pp.180 with sketches and paintings in colour throughout. Large 4to. Fine hardback in fine dw., with gentle sunning to spine. Title number 17 in the series. From the library of ornithologist, artist, illustrator, author and editor Robert Gillmor MBE with the dedication ‘To Robert with very best wishes James McCallum 17Aug 2007’. With an unsigned colour print (landscape 20cm x 30cm) of McCallum’s illustration of a ‘male Dotterel incubating its full clutch of three eggs on a fell-side at Kiilopää [Finland] which he included within ‘Arctic Flight’ (see p.122) loosely inserted.
This book is a collection of sketches, paintings and observations made in Finland, Norway, Siberia and Alaska by James McCallum; with illustrations of dozens of species accompanied by McCallum’s detailed commentary on their behaviour, appearance and ecology.
£100.00 [ref: 65263]

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Miller, David. Beneath the Surface. The Wildlife Art of David Miller. Wildlife Art Series.
1st. Ed. Pub. Langford Press. 2007 pp.155 with illus. throughout. Large 4to. Fine hardback in fine dw., with gentle sunning to spine. Title number 16 in the series. From the library of ornithologist, artist, illustrator, author and editor Robert Gillmor MBE with the dedication ‘To Robert, with admiration and very best wishes. David Miller Birdscapes Gallery, Jan. 2008’.
This is David Miller’s first book. In it he combines his love of wildlife with his skill as a painter to produce a unique portrait of the rarely glimpsed underwater world of Britain’s lakes, rivers and seas.
£50.00 [ref: 65262]

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Niall, I. C.F. Tunnicliffe R.A. A Sketchbook of Birds.
2nd. Imp. Pub. Victor Gollanz. 1979 pp. 124 with 123 sketches mostly in colour from 7 sketchbooks by C.F. Tunnicliffe. Fore-edges lightly foxed, not affecting contents. DW. has illus. by Mr. Tunnicliffe, a lightly faded spine, but o/w. it is vg.
£15.00 [ref: 34027]

Niall, I. Portrait of a Country Artist. C.F. Tunnicliffe R.A. 1901-1979.
1st. Pbk. Ed. Pub. Victor Gollancz. 1985 pp.160 with colour and b/w. illus., throughout. 4to. Nr. fine softback.
£5.00 [ref: 61026]

Noakes, V. The Painter Edward Lear.
1st. Ed. Pub. David & Charles. 1991 pp.96 with col. & b/w. illus. throughout. Landscape folio. Minor spotting to half title o/w. a fine hardback in nr. fine dw.
Although his status as a household name was established through his nonsense poems and limericks, Edward Lear's contribution as a painter and illustrator is now widely recognised. This book contains a wealth of hitherto unpublished material.
£18.00 [ref: 72858]

Norst, M.F. Ferdinand Bauer. The Australian Natural History Drawings.
1st. Ed. Pub. British Museum (Natural History). 1989 pp.120 with colour and b/w. illus. 4to. Fine softback.
Illustrated with artwork Bauer completed during his time on the voyage of HMS Investigator; he worked as botanical draughtsman to Sir Joseph Banks' botanist, Robert Brown (1773-1858).
£14.00 [ref: 71437]

Odhams. Wonders of Nature.
Pub. Odhams. c.1950 pp. 256 with drawings by C.F. Tunnicliffe. Spine of dw. a little faded and chipped, o/w. a vg. copy.
£7.50 [ref: 33974]