Many illustrations, with a biographical essay about the Masseys by John Smith of Oriel Ynys Môn and a description of their work in the context of other botanical illustrators by Maureen Lazarus of the National Museum of Wales.
£10 (including postage within UK). Large-format softcover, 40 pages.
Edith (1863-1946) and Gwenddolen Massey (1864-1960) were sisters, members of the Cheshire family of Moston Hall. In 1861 their parents built a mansion in south-east Anglesey called Cornelyn, on the site of Llangoed’s old tithe barnThroughout their lives the sisters enjoyed riding and hunting and exploring the countryside. They were especially interested in gathering and painting flowers. Wild orchids, snowdrops, wild cherry blossom and bluebells were all lovingly recorded and labelled in English, Latin and Welsh. Fortunately, more than five hundred of their fine botanical paintings survived, to be purchased by the local authority in 1982. This nicely produced large-format book contains excellent full size reproductions of a selection of some of their best work.
A Natural History of Anglesey—edited by Dr W Eifion Jones
Hardcover, 194 pages. Anglesey Antiquarian Society 1990, ISBN 0 9500199-6-8
NEW £10 (including postage within UK)Including chapters (by specialists in their subjects) on
Anglesey's Weather and Climate, The Geology of Anglesey, The Flora of Anglesey, The Fungi of Anglesey, Insects of Anglesey, Fish and freshwater on Anglesey, Amphibians of Anglesey, Reptiles of Anglesey, The Marine Biology of Anglesey, The Birds of Anglesey, Mammals of Anglesey, and Nature Conservation on Anglesey.
Birds of Anglesey / Adar Môn—by Peter Hope Jones & Paul Whalley
with a chapter on Puffin Island by Richard Arnold.
Illustrated throughout in black & white by Philip Snow and Steve Culley, together with colour maps and a section of 32 colour photographs of Anglesey habitats.
Menter Môn 2004, ISBN 0 9547358-1-1
A bilingual (English/Welsh) large-format paperback. 614 pages, including maps
NEW £29.95 (including first class postage within UK)
C F TUNNICLIFFE, R.A.Charles Tunnicliffe (1901-79) was born in Cheshire. He studied art in Macclesfield and Manchester and won a scholarship to the Royal College of Art. C F Tunnicliffe soon made his name as a prolific and highly talented commercial artist and engraver whose subject was the countryside and wildlife. In 1932 he illustrated Henry Williamson’s ‘Tarka the Otter’ and in 1935 ‘Salar the Salmon’. He was elected a member of the Royal Academy in 1954. His popular children’s book illustrations in the 1950s and 60s, including the immensely popular Ladybird ‘Seasons’ series (first issued 1959-1961), inspired a new generation to become interested in natural history.
In 1947 Charles came to live on Anglesey. He and his wife Winifred lived in a house called ‘Shorelands’ which looked directly over the Cefni estuary at Malltraeth. The bird paintings produced here have an entirely natural feel, the result of painstaking study, scientific measurement and mastery of technique. He shows an innate understanding of living creatures.
‘Shorelands Summer Diary’ (1952) and ‘Shorelands Winter Diary’ (published posthumously in 1992) do not just show birds, but unrivalled portraits of Anglesey life, often in the medium of scraperboard. We see horse shows, mussel gathering on the Menai Strait, details of thatched hayricks, Malltraeth battered by winter storms and sweltering in a long, hot summer. His pictures are a precious record of a world that has now vanished. After Charles Tunnicliffe’s death, many of his measured drawings and sketchbooks were purchased by the local authority. They are kept at Oriel Ynys Môn near Llangefni.
Further information about C F Tunnicliffe: www.thecharlestunnicliffesociety.co.uk
THE PEREGRINE SKETCHBOOK
— by C F Tunnicliffe
Hardcover, 80 large-format pages. Excellent Press 1996, ISBN 0 900318-02-4
NEW £19.95 (plus £3 postage within UK)
WHAT TO LOOK FOR
… in Spring, in Summer, in Autumn and in Winter
— illustrated by C F Tunnicliffe with texts by E L Grant Watson
Ladybird Books. Hardcover, 52 pages each title. (These are from later editions, not first editions). These four books, long out of print, are in new and unmarked condition and are sold as a set.
The set: £35 (including postage within UK)
We also have a few new copies of another Ladybird book, ‘The Farm’
(first issued in 1958), with illustrations by C F Tunnicliffe and text by M E Gagg.
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