Archbold, R. Robert Bateman. Natural Worlds.
1st. Ed. Pub. Swan Hill Press. 1996 pp.191 with colour and b/w. illus. throughout. Large landscape 4to. Fine hardback in fine dw. Although not inscribed, from the library of ornithologist, artist, illustrator, author and editor Robert Gillmor MBE (purchased by us May 2023). Out-of-print.
In this work Robert Bateman explores in words, sketches and magnificent new paintings the living systems upon which all life depends. From the drama of Canada's rugged west coast, to life and death struggles in the Arctic, Poland's haunting ancient waterways, the serenity of Costa Rica's cloud forests and the vast plains of the Serengeti, each of the `life zones' explored in Natural Worlds reveals the complex relationships between living things and their environments.
£32.50 [ref: 65030]

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Audubon, J.J. The Birds of America.
1st. Ed. thus. Rep. Pub. Nat. Hist. Museum. 2017 pp.448 with 435 coloured plates. Large 4to. Fine hardback in fine dw.
With an introduction by David Allen Sibley.
£40.00 [ref: 63650]

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Audubon, John James. Audubon’s Birds of America. The Royal Octavo Edition.
1st. Ed. Pub. Thunder Bay Press. 1994 pp.32 plus 500 colour plates. Large 8vo. Light dust marks to top of text block, o/w. a fine hardback in fine dw.
This work reproduces all 500 plates from the first edition of the Royal Octavo edition of ‘Birds of America’ produced by Audubon in 1839 “ as would enable every student or lover of nature to place it in his library,”.
£40.00 [ref: 62728]

Barrett, H.B. The 19th-century journals & paintings of William Pope.
Pub. M.F. Feheley. 1976 pp.175 with colour illus. Royal 4to. A nr. fine hardback in vg. dw.
Pope was born in Kent (1811) and was attracted to the Americas aged 23. Extensive travel in the NE United States and Upper Canada led to him settling in Ontario. This volume reproduces extracts from his daily journals, supported by copies of his excellent watercolours, artistically comparable to Audubon.
£12.00 [ref: 49377]

Barrett, H.B. The 19th-century journals and paintings of William Pope.
Pub. Feheley. 1976 pp.175 with 36 colour plates. 4to. Fine hardback in thor. vg. to nr. fine dw.
£15.00 [ref: 40422]

Blackburn, Mrs. H. Birds from Moidart and Elsewhere. Drawn from Nature by B.
1st. Ed. Pub. David Douglas. 1895 pp.191 with frontis. and 87 b/w. lithographic plates. 8vo. Hardback. TEG. A little spotting to prelims. and only very occasionally internally o/w. contents fine. More recently bound in half-leather over cloth boards with gilt lettering and decoration all in fine condition.
The Scottish artist Jemima Blackburn, was known for her illustrations of life in rural Scotland, and for her ornithological works.
£200.00 [ref: 68073]

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Bond, T.J. Birds: The Paintings of Terance James Bond.
1st. Ed. Pub. Athena Press. 1989 pp.87 with fine colour reproductions throughout. Folio. Fine hardback in fine dw. With an article on the beast of Bodmin moor loosely inserted.
This artist plays particular attention to detail. This is the first time his paintings have been collected together and published in book form.
£38.00 [ref: 60959]

Brockie, Keith. Drawn from Nature.
1st. Ed. Pub. Arlequin Press. 1995 pp.152 with b/w. and colour illus. throughout. 4to. Limited edition of 950 clothbound copies of which this is No. 269, signed by the author. Fine hardback in nr. fine dw. Although not inscribed, from the library of ornithologist, artist, illustrator, author and editor Robert Gillmor MBE (purchased by us May 2023).
A fine volume full of this artist sketches.
£65.00 [ref: 65028]

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Brown, A. and Warren, M. (Eds.). There and Back? A Celebration of Bird Migration.
1st. Ed. Pub. Langford Press. 2011 pp.352 with colour illus. throughout. Large 4to. Hardback. With publisher’s Errata slip. Fine hardback in nr. fine dw. Title Number 27 in the series.
No.27 in Langford Press’s Wildlife in Art series. Along with the superb illustrations from some of Europe’s foremost contemporary wildlife artists, this work also includes essays on the migrations of a range of birds.
£12.50 [ref: 64750]

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Brown, A. and Warren, M. (Eds.). There and Back? A Celebration of Bird Migration. Wildlife Art Series.
1st. Ed. Pub. Langford Press. 2011 pp.352 with colour illus. throughout. Large 4to. Fine hardback in fine dw., with gentle sunning to spine. Title page signed by both Michael Warren and Andy Brown. With publisher’s Errata slip. Title Number 27 in the series. Although not inscribed, from the library of ornithologist, artist, illustrator, author and editor Robert Gillmor MBE (purchased by us May 2023).
Along with the superb illustrations from some of Europe’s foremost contemporary wildlife artists, this work also includes essays on the migrations of a range of birds.
£25.00 [ref: 65275]

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