Shackleton, Keith. Keith Shackleton. An Autobiography in Paintings.
1st. Ed. Pub. Swan Hill. 1998 pp.144 with colour illus. throughout. 4to. Fine hardback in fine dw. with gentle sunning to spine. From the library of ornithologist, artist, author and editor Robert Gillmor MBE with the dedication ‘Inscribed for Robert and Sue, Emily and Thomas with much affection and happiest memories over many years....’ (Mall Galleries 3/3/98). Publisher’s flyer for ‘Birds of the Atlantic Ocean’, which was illustrated by Keith Shackleton, loosely inserted.
£30.00 [ref: 65121]
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Sitwell, S. et al. Fine Bird Books. 1700-1900.
1st. Ed. Rep. Pub. H.F. & G. Witherby. 1990 pp.xi, 180 with full page colour plates throughout. Large 4to. Speckling to top of text block, o/w. a fine hardback in nr. fine, gently sunned dw.
This volume is a tribute to the world’s greatest natural history monographs and it is a comprehensive illustrated guide to collectible colour plate books.
£15.00 [ref: 62588]
Sitwell, Sacheverell., Buchanan, Handasyde & Fisher, James. Fine Bird books 1700-1900. Foreword by S. Dillon Ripley.
Rep. Pub. H.F. & G. Witherby. 1990 pp.xi, 180 with full-page colour reproductions. Small folio. Fine hardback in fine dw., gently sunned to spine.
A lavishly illustrated tribute to the world's ornithological artists, formerly only available as a limited edition, and containing the work of such great names as John James Audubon, John Gould and Edward Lear.
£15.00 [ref: 66444]
Sitwell, Sacheverell., Buchanan, Handasyde & Fisher, James. Fine Bird books 1700-1900. Foreword by S. Dillon Ripley.
Rep. Pub. H.F. & G. Witherby. 1990 pp.xi, 180 with full-page colour reproductions. Small folio. Fine hardback in fine dw. gently sunned to spine.
A lavishly illustrated tribute to the world's ornithological artists, formerly only available as a limited edition, and containing the work of such great names as John James Audubon, John Gould and Edward Lear.
£15.00 [ref: 66135]
Thomson, David Croal. The Life and Works of Thomas Bewick. Being an account of his career and achievements in Art with a notice of the works of John Bewick.
1st. Ed. Pub. The Art Journal Office. 1882 pp.xiv, 276 with full page engraved portrait of Bewick as frontis., plus 100 illus. of Bewick’s engravings. Folio. Hardback. Internal hinges neatly strengthened. Some spotting to end-papers, o/w. contents fine. Original decorated tan cloth in vg. plus condition. Copy No. 32 of just 75 copies.
Published in two formats, this being a copy of the preferred large paper version.
£175.00 [ref: 59180]
Thorburn, Archibald. British Birds. Volumes I to IV.
New. Ed. 2nd. Imp. Pub. Longmans, Green & Co. 1931-35 Four volume set with 192 colour plates. 8vo. Hardbacks. Neat dedication dated ‘Xmas 1940’ to ffep. of Vol. IV. Spotting to fore-edges of text block, only occ. internally, o/w. contents nr. fine. Original red cloth boards thor. vg. to nr. fine with sunning to spines of Vol. I and III.
£65.00 [ref: 66409]
Tunnicliffe, C.F. Shorelands Summer Diary.
1st. Ed. Rep. Pub. Clive Holloway. 1984 pp.160 with 17 colour full-page plates and 186 b/w. drawings in text. 4to. Very minor spotting to top-edge of text-block, o/w. a fine hardback in fine dw.
£10.00 [ref: 55878]
Tunnicliffe, C.F. Shorelands Summer Diary.
Pub. Clive Holloway. 1984 pp.160 with colour and b/w. illus. Neat bookplate to front paste-down. A fine hdbk. n fine dw.
£30.00 [ref: 48286]
Walthew, Bob (Ed.). Eric Ennion. A Life of Birds.
1st. Ed. Pub. Wildlife Art Gallery. 2003 pp.79 with colour illus. 4to. Fine hardback in fine dw. Out of print. With an introduction by Robert Gillmor. With a contemporary postcard for the Eric Ennion website loosely inserted. Scarce.
"The pictures in this book are not formal, posed portraits, painted in photographic detail. Instead they capture birds in movement, or in the particular stance typical of the species. He treated them as individuals, with the quirky shapes that lively birds assume" - Robert Gillmor.
£60.00 [ref: 64321]
Walthew, Bob (Ed.). Eric Ennion. A Life of Birds.
1st. Ed. Pub. Wildlife Art Gallery. 2003 pp.79 with colour illus. 4to. Fine hardback in fine dw., gently sunned along spine area. With an introduction by Robert Gillmor. Title page signed by Bob Walthew. Although not inscribed, from the library of ornithologist, artist, author and editor Robert Gillmor MBE (purchased by us, May 2023).
"The pictures in this book are not formal, posed portraits, painted in photographic detail. Instead they capture birds in movement, or in the particular stance typical of the species. He treated them as individuals, with the quirky shapes that lively birds assume" - Robert Gillmor.
£50.00 [ref: 65188]
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