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Books and Naturalists

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Series: New Naturalist Series Volume: 112
By: David Elliston Allen(Author)
512 pages, colour & b/w illustrations
Publisher: HarperCollins
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  • Books and Naturalists ISBN: 9780007300174 Paperback Feb 2010 Out of Print #170910
  • Books and Naturalists ISBN: 9780007240845 Hardback Feb 2010 Out of Print #159011
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Complete your New Naturalist collection with Harper Collins's facsimile versions, which are printed on demand. Books and Naturalists was first published in 2010.

Natural history, perhaps more than any other pursuit or study, has always relied heavily on books. Without their basic function of enabling the different kinds of animals and plants to be described and illustrated, the subject could never have gone on to thrive as it does today. This edition is produced from an original copy by William Collins.

In displaying nature's colourful diversity, books have stimulated attempts to capture the wonders of the natural world with the pencil or in paint. They have challenged their readers to seek out and record what the countryside has to offer, and they have enabled naturalists to convey to unknown fellow spirits the excitements of 'the chase' and of unexpected discoveries.

In this latest book in the highly-acclaimed New Naturalist series, David Elliston Allen explores the often complicated ways in which books on the flora and fauna of these islands have been published through the years, from the earliest days of printing through to the era of the computerised distribution atlas and the giant multinational compendium.

Difficult to free from market constraints, publication in book form would have remained an elusive aim for all too many naturalists but for the regular trickle of individual publishers who have shared their delight in the subject and leant over backwards to assist it. The important role played by these allies, the colourful backgrounds of many of the authors and the sometimes fraught relationship between the partners in a process in which the aims of business and learning do not necessarily coincide are among the many themes woven together into a fascinating account, which also breaks new ground.

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Monograph
Series: New Naturalist Series Volume: 112
By: David Elliston Allen(Author)
512 pages, colour & b/w illustrations
Publisher: HarperCollins
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