Skulls: An Exploration of Alan Dudley's Curious Collection

Interesting book with excellent photographs, it covers many species including domestic animals and birds with informational paragraphs or sentences on many, if not all. The format of the book feels substantial, too.

A great photographic overview of the weird and wonderful world of skulls, showcasing the amazing variety of forms in nature. A must have for any aficionado of the skull or the natural world in general.

WOW! I am absolutely blown away by this book. So interesting,informative and full of the most wonderful photos, Alan Dudley you are my new hero

I have bought this as a xmas gift.Very nice images/photos and well narrated too. Big thumbs up.,,but test will be on xmas...if they don't like it, i might just keep it for myself.

I am pleased with this book, it's interesting and shows a broad spectrum of skulls from across the animal kingdom. However, as mentioned by other reviewers, there is no sense of scale, the pictures are all of a similar size. It would be helpful for the description of the animal/bird/reptile to include a bodylength/height, particularly for lesser known species. Also, I noticed that there are a couple of sheep skulls, shown mostly for impressive horns maybe, and they are classified as 'Bovidae', can this be right? They are even toed ungulates, but surely not bovids. Any thoughts?

I was blown away by this book. The photography, design, layout, text - everything is just so thoughtfully put together, reflecting this one of a kind collection beautifully. For artists, animal enthusiasts, or just as an utterly fascinating coffee-table book, it is worth every penny. Magnificent, and clearly a work of absolute passion for the subject matter. I knew it would be good, but wasn't expecting it to be this breathtaking.

the book was great with photos of skulls and description of the biology and history of the specimen

I wanted this book as a gift for my wife. She is an Artist and a lot of her work involves depictions of skulls and we have a number of these scattered around the house. Very impressed with the quality of the book and the images displayed. If you like skulls, you will love this book !

This is a beautiful book. If you think because the subject matter is skulls that this book will be creepy or macabre, you will be pleasantly proven wrong. In this book I was able to see the beautiful and rare in a format like I have never seen. Here you will see the skull of a dodo, walrus, wolffish, bandicoot, sea lion, two headed cow, capybara, chameleon, and vampire bat just to name a very few. All with scientific descriptions and classifications, and in some cases a few notes. The fish and reptile skulls are particularly fascinating to me. I have never seen anything like them, full of structures that have to be seen to be appreciated. I bought this book because I like to draw and paint animals and decided it is time to learn more about animal anatomy and the unseen structure of the skull as the foundation to build upon. This book will be a valuable resource to any artist looking to do the same. You will not be disappointed, the layout and detailed photography of this book are amazing.

Un bel volume bene rilegato. Carta non particolarmente pregiata, ma ottima copertina rigida, nitide e di bella fattura le foto interne. Moltissimi i crani presenti nel volume, indispensabile per gli amanti del genere, per artisti, ecc. Non può mancare nella vostra biblioteca casalinga. Un acquisto di cui non ci si può pentire.

Ich hab mir das Buch für Referenzen zum Zeichnen gekauft. Ich bin über die Vielzahl der Objekte darin beeindruckt. Besonders Vögel sind sehr viele darin enthalten und auch sind verschiedene Ansichten dargestellt. Seitenansicht, Vorderansicht. Interessant sind auch die Texte dazu, die zwischendrin gestreut sind, auch wenn ich sie bisher noch nicht gelesen habe. Ideal für Referenzen und für alle, die keine große Schädelsammlung daheim haben wollen.

様々な生物の頭蓋骨の写真集として、また図鑑として、素晴らしい一冊。 読むのはもちろん部屋に飾ってインテリアとしても絵になります。 写真集として購入しましたが、ページをめくっているうちに、慣れ親しんだ動物の頭蓋骨はこういう形をしているのかと楽しみながら熟読しました。

Wonderful book. High quality photos of each skull. Simon's collection is really quite amazing and the information about each skull is great. Bone collecting is my life and this is one of my favourite books about skulls.