ornithology
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A Thousand Geese
- £35.00
- The account of two well-known ornithologists and others on an expedition to the Hofsjkull in 1951,not onlyl discovered as the principal breeding-ground of the pinkfoot in Iceland, but succeeded in catching and marking 1151 geese and goslings.
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Man and Nature on the Broads
- £60.00
- A portrait of the nature in the late-Victorian-era Norfolk Broads. Many beautiful drawings by the author who was also known by his pseudonym 'John Knowlittle' and is widely regarded as the foremost naturalist of his time in Norfolk and the Broads. Man and Nature on the Broads
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Morning Flight: a book of Wildfowl
- £35.00
- Peter Scott made most of his wildfowl studies in the marshes of East Anglia, and this book (his first of many) first came out in 1936. The Times: It is safe to say that no one else could bring off the right and left, write the text and paint these…
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One for Sorrow: Two for Joy
- £12.00
- Welcome to Birddom Ð a land where magpies rule. Dark forces are at work. An evil intelligence is masterminding their inexorable rise. Dominance has been achieved by systematic genocide and slaughter. In Birddom, blackbird and sparrow have been exterminated. The magpie has replaced the pigeon in the city and the…
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Orison for a Curlew: In Search of a Bird on the Edge of Extinction
- £12.00
- The Slender-billed Curlew, Numenius tenuirostris, 'the slim beak of the new moon', is one of the world's rarest birds. It once bred in Siberia and wintered in the Mediterranean basin, passing through the wetlands and estuaries of Italy, Greece, the Balkans and Central Asia. Today the Slender-billed Curlew exists as…
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Peter Scott: Painter & Naturalist
- £18.00
- Son of the Antarctic explorer Captain Scott, Peter Scott fulfilled his father's dying wish that he should become "a strenuous man". A championship-class skater and dinghy-racer as well as an accomplished painter, Scott's abiding passion was for wildlife. He travelled the world hunting and painting rare birds, then gave up…
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The Bedside Book of Birds: an avian miscellany
- £25.00
- Featured in the vast majority of mythologies and religions, birds are generally associated with creativity and the human spirit. From the Christian dove to Quetzalcoatl (the Aztec plumed serpent), and from Raven Man to Plato's description of the soul growing wings and feathers, birds have represented the soul in contrast…
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Travel Diaries of a Naturalist: vol 1
- £15.00
- First of 3 volumes of the renowned naturalist's diaries. Vol 1 covers Australia, New Zealand, New Guinea, Africa, Galapagos Islands, Antarctica, Falkland Islands.
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Travel Diaries of a Naturalist: vol 2 (SIGNED)
- £50.00
- Second of 3 volumes of the renowned naturalist's diaries. Vol 2 covers Hawaii, California, Alaska, Florida, Bahamas, Iceland, Norway, Spitzbergen, Greenland, Israel, Romania, Siberia.
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Travel Diaries of a Naturalist: vol 3
- £20.00
- Third of 3 volumes of the renowned naturalist's diaries. Vol 3 covers Japan, Indonesia, Hong Kong, China, Mongolia, Philippines, Malaysia, Australia, New Zealand.
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Wild Chorus
- £20.00
- The follow up to Morning Flight, Scott includes accouints of birding trips to Hungary, Roumania and Persia, as well as his iconic paintings of wildfowl in their natural environments. 20 colour plates, 48 sepia plates
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Wild Chorus
- £35.00
- The follow up to Morning Flight, Scott includes accouints of birding trips to Hungary, Roumania and Persia, as well as his iconic paintings of wildfowl in their natural environments. 20 colour plates, 48 sepia plates
- Add to basket
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Wild Geese and Eskimos: A journal of the Perry River expedition of 1949
- £20.00
- A journal of the Perry River expedition of 1949
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A Thousand Geese
- £35.00
- The account of two well-known ornithologists and others on an expedition to the Hofsjkull in 1951,not onlyl discovered as the principal breeding-ground of the pinkfoot in Iceland, but succeeded in catching and marking 1151 geese and goslings.
- Add to basket
-
Man and Nature on the Broads
- £60.00
- A portrait of the nature in the late-Victorian-era Norfolk Broads. Many beautiful drawings by the author who was also known by his pseudonym 'John Knowlittle' and is widely regarded as the foremost naturalist of his time in Norfolk and the Broads. Man and Nature on the Broads
- Add to basket
-
Morning Flight: a book of Wildfowl
- £35.00
- Peter Scott made most of his wildfowl studies in the marshes of East Anglia, and this book (his first of many) first came out in 1936. The Times: It is safe to say that no one else could bring off the right and left, write the text and paint these…
- Add to basket
-
One for Sorrow: Two for Joy
- £12.00
- Welcome to Birddom Ð a land where magpies rule. Dark forces are at work. An evil intelligence is masterminding their inexorable rise. Dominance has been achieved by systematic genocide and slaughter. In Birddom, blackbird and sparrow have been exterminated. The magpie has replaced the pigeon in the city and the…
- Add to basket
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Orison for a Curlew: In Search of a Bird on the Edge of Extinction
- £12.00
- The Slender-billed Curlew, Numenius tenuirostris, 'the slim beak of the new moon', is one of the world's rarest birds. It once bred in Siberia and wintered in the Mediterranean basin, passing through the wetlands and estuaries of Italy, Greece, the Balkans and Central Asia. Today the Slender-billed Curlew exists as…
- Add to basket
-
Peter Scott: Painter & Naturalist
- £18.00
- Son of the Antarctic explorer Captain Scott, Peter Scott fulfilled his father's dying wish that he should become "a strenuous man". A championship-class skater and dinghy-racer as well as an accomplished painter, Scott's abiding passion was for wildlife. He travelled the world hunting and painting rare birds, then gave up…
- Add to basket
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The Bedside Book of Birds: an avian miscellany
- £25.00
- Featured in the vast majority of mythologies and religions, birds are generally associated with creativity and the human spirit. From the Christian dove to Quetzalcoatl (the Aztec plumed serpent), and from Raven Man to Plato's description of the soul growing wings and feathers, birds have represented the soul in contrast…
- Add to basket
-
Travel Diaries of a Naturalist: vol 1
- £15.00
- First of 3 volumes of the renowned naturalist's diaries. Vol 1 covers Australia, New Zealand, New Guinea, Africa, Galapagos Islands, Antarctica, Falkland Islands.
- Add to basket
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Travel Diaries of a Naturalist: vol 2 (SIGNED)
- £50.00
- Second of 3 volumes of the renowned naturalist's diaries. Vol 2 covers Hawaii, California, Alaska, Florida, Bahamas, Iceland, Norway, Spitzbergen, Greenland, Israel, Romania, Siberia.
- Add to basket
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Travel Diaries of a Naturalist: vol 3
- £20.00
- Third of 3 volumes of the renowned naturalist's diaries. Vol 3 covers Japan, Indonesia, Hong Kong, China, Mongolia, Philippines, Malaysia, Australia, New Zealand.
- Add to basket
-
Wild Chorus
- £20.00
- The follow up to Morning Flight, Scott includes accouints of birding trips to Hungary, Roumania and Persia, as well as his iconic paintings of wildfowl in their natural environments. 20 colour plates, 48 sepia plates
- Add to basket
-
Wild Chorus
- £35.00
- The follow up to Morning Flight, Scott includes accouints of birding trips to Hungary, Roumania and Persia, as well as his iconic paintings of wildfowl in their natural environments. 20 colour plates, 48 sepia plates
- Add to basket
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Wild Geese and Eskimos: A journal of the Perry River expedition of 1949
- £20.00
- A journal of the Perry River expedition of 1949
- Add to basket