Collecting the New Naturalists

About this book

Being a numbered series, with a very low print run for some volumes, New Naturalist publications have been and continue to be highly collectable. Second-hand copies of the rarer volumes, in very good condition, can command high prices. As such, there is considerable interest in a detailed bibliography and history of the series.

Collecting the New Naturalists offers a detailed insight into the fascinating phenomenon that has gripped Britain since just after World War II and which reflects the country's continued enthusiasm for wildlife and nature publishing generally.

With previously unpublished in-depth insight into the workings of the series and its collectors, Collecting the New Naturalists will comprehensively cover every aspect of the New Naturalists, from rare editions produced for Bloomsbury and the Reader's Union to foreign editions, interviews with the iconic cover artists and well-known naturalists such as Nick Baker and Alan Titchmarsh telling the story of their own fascination with the series.

Contents

Preface   7
Foreword   8

- Natural History Publishing, the Genesis of the New Naturalist Library and some Collecting Issues   11
- The New Naturalist: Bibliographic Features and Editions   58
- The Bibliography   111
- The Artists and Their Designs   276
- A Cluster of Collectors and Their Reflections on a Bibliophilic Passion   288

Appendix 1: New Naturalist Authors and Editors and their Publications   309
Appendix 2: Book Dealers, Websites and Other Useful Contacts   334

Glossary   340
Acknowledgements   344
Index   347

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Biography

Tim Bernhard has worked as a graphic designer for film and television in Bristol, Southampton and London and now works as a freelance natural history illustrator. He runs the New Naturalist Collectors Club in his spare time and has had a profound interest in all aspects of natural history since childhood. He has co-led a number of wildlife tours in Europe, Morocco and the Caucasus Mountains.

Timothy Loe spent his childhood in Africa and it was here that he developed a passion for natural history. Always an avid book collector, he gave up his career in landscape architecture to become a fulltime bookseller in 2002. Loe lives on the edge of Bodmin Moor in Cornwall with his wife, two children and a large collection of iris species.