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[33576] [Various] Endangered: Tasmania's wild places. Hawthorn: 2007. Quarto, dustwrapper, 168 pp., colour photographs. BRAND NEW.AU$70.00 Renowned for their natural beauty, Tasmania's wild areas are celebrated in this stunning photography book. As many of these areas are unprotected from threats such as logging, this title is also a call to action. [When referring to this item without Shopping Cart facilities please quote Stock ID 33576] |
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[33235] ANZANG. Australasian nature photography: ANZANG eighth collection. Adelaide: 2011. Octavo, paperback, 104 pp., colour photographs. BRAND NEW.AU$40.00 Presents the finest photographs submitted to the competition. Each photograph is accompanied by technical information as well as anecdotes about how the picture was taken, which will stimulate yet further interest in the flora and fauna and their conservation in the region. ANZANG Nature is an organisation focused on the unique natural heritage of the bioregion of Australia, New Zealand, Antarctica and New Guinea – continents and islands flung from the great southern continent of Gondwana Land over fifty million years ago in which, due to long periods of isolation, remarkable flora and fauna have evolved. ANZANG Nature highlights this extraordinary legacy by encouraging photography of the region's nature and wilderness, raising public awareness of its natural heritage, and providing support for nature conservation in the region. To achieve these aims ANZANG Nature conducts an annual photographic competition to bring to light the very best photographs of animals, plants and landscapes taken in the region. The competition is open to all photographers, amateur or professional, of any age or nationality. All winning and highly commended entries form a major travelling exhibition displayed at public museums and galleries, national and international and published in art photography book form. [When referring to this item without Shopping Cart facilities please quote Stock ID 33235] |
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[20963] Ashton, Ralph, editor. Tarkine. Crows Nest: 2004. Quarto, dustwrapper, 154 pp., colour photographs. BRAND NEW.AU$85.00 Tasmania's Tarkine wilderness is one of the world's largest temperate rainforests. This vast expanse is a wilderness wonderland of wild rivers, dramatic coastal heathlands, button grass plains, bare mountains, ancient Huon pines, giant eucalypts and myrtles and extraordinary horizontal scrub. It is home to rare and endangered birds - like the Orange-bellied parrot and the White goshawk - and countless animals such as the Eastern pygmy possum. This superbly illustrated book captures the beauty of this unique wilderness. Also available in paperback [stock id 32243]. [When referring to this item without Shopping Cart facilities please quote Stock ID 20963] |
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[30689] Brandt, Nick, Vicki Goldberg, and Peter Singer. A shadow falls. New York: 2009. Folio, dustwrapper, 132 pp., black and white photographs. BRAND NEW.AU$90.00 Nick Brandt's portraits of some of the last surviving large mammals of East and Southern Africa reveal soulful beings who bear the individualized imprint of a life in nature. His new book reproduces 57 never-before published images in stunning tritone plates at large size. Photographer Nick Brandt has made it his mission to portray the last survivors of what were once vast populations of large mammals in East and Southern Africa. Brandt photographs lions, cheetahs, gorillas, zebras and elephants with a gripping style. To make these photographs, Brandt takes long, difficult trips into the field, negotiating with the human bureaucracies that control access to the wild subjects he seeks. He uses none of the apparatus of the wildlife photographer; rather, nature is his art studio, where majestic subjects sit for his lens. Mary Ellen Mark describes these photographs as both 'epic and iconic'; Jane Goodall remarks that, 'they inspire a sense of awe at the beauty of creation and the sacredness of life'. This book reproduces 57 never-before published images in stunning, over sized tri-tone plates. A text by Brandt about the fate of Africa's large animals is complemented with an introduction by philosopher Peter Singer. [When referring to this item without Shopping Cart facilities please quote Stock ID 30689] |
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[33682] Cica, Natasha. Pedder dreaming: Olegas Truchanas and a Lost Tasmanian Wilderness. Brisbane: 2011. Octavo, dustwrapper, 246 pp., colour photographs, black and white photographs, colour illustrations, maps. BRAND NEW.AU$60.00 In 1972 Lake Pedder in Tasmania's untamed south-west was flooded to build a dam. Wildlife photographer Olegas Truchanas, who had spent years campaigning passionately to save the magnificent fresh water lake, had finally lost. The campaign, the first of its kind in Australia, paved the way for later conservation successes, and turned Truchanas into a Tasmanian legend. This book quietly evokes the man, the time and the place. Truchanas, a Lithuanian emigre, is a stalwart adventurer, loving family man, activist, thinker, survivor and artist. Australia on the cusp of environmental awareness is the time, and Lake Pedder and the south-west of Tasmania, the place - wild, pristine, wondrous. Through those who were closest to him, Truchanas emerges, as does his influence on early conservation in Tasmania, and the small group of landscape artists, the Sunday Group, who admired his passion for the lake and were inspired by it. Stunningly illustrated with original Truchanas photographs from the 1950s, '60s and '70s, and artwork from the Sunday Group, this book captures the brutality, raw beauty and vulnerability of the Tasmanian wilderness and the legacy of one man who had the vision to fight for it. [When referring to this item without Shopping Cart facilities please quote Stock ID 33682] |
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[31462] Coalson, Nat. Nature photography photo workshop. London: 2011. Octavo, paperback, 288 pp., colour photographs, diagrams. BRAND NEW.AU$38.00 With the advice in this book you'll learn how to capture nature's amazing moments and preserve them for all time. Discover how to make the most of nature's inspiring beauty, what equipment is particularly suited to nature photography, ways to prepare yourself physically and psychologically, and final processing tips to create photos that convey what you feel. [When referring to this item without Shopping Cart facilities please quote Stock ID 31462] |
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[33536] Compion, Shem. Insider's guide: top wildlife photography spots in South Africa. Auckland Park: 2010. Octavo, paperback, 289 pp., colour photographs, maps. BRAND NEW.AU$44.00 Insider's guide is a field guide that shows readers the best places to photograph wildlife in South Africa. Much of the information regarding good wildlife photography is localised or knowledge specific to a certain area. This title allows people to gain insight as to where the best places are to photograph elephants in the Kruger Park, where you can easily find leopards, what time the sand grouse drink in the morning and a better place than Boulders Beach to photograph penguins. With stunning photography coupled with simple easy-to-read chapters, Insider's guide is a gem for nature enthusiasts. [When referring to this item without Shopping Cart facilities please quote Stock ID 33536] |
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[33567] Cox, Rosamund Kidman. Wildlife photographer of the year: portfolio 21. London: 2011. Quarto, dustwrapper, 160 pp., colour photographs. BRAND NEW.AU$45.00 Presenting the year's very best wildlife images, this portfolio is the latest memorable collection of photographs from this highly successful series. It features all winning and commended photographs from the Veolia Environnement Wildlife Photographer of the Year 2011 competition. Taken by the world's top professional and amateur photographers, the images are not only technically flawless, but creative, innovative and surprising. Each stunning photograph is accompanied by an extended caption that explains where and how it was taken. This outstanding collection features a wide range of natural subjects and styles, from vivid scenes of animal behaviour and breathtaking landscapes to the beauty of plant life and pictures of urban wildlife. [When referring to this item without Shopping Cart facilities please quote Stock ID 33567] |
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[33463] Dermer, Alistair and Danielle Wood. A hostile beauty: life on Macquarie Island. Carlton South: 2011. Quarto, dustwrapper, 192 pp., colour photographs, map. BRAND NEW.AU$70.00 Macquarie Island - a small, wind-blasted rocky outcrop between Tasmania and Antarctica - is one of the few places today that can still be considered truly wild. Using exquisite photographs and words, this book tells the story of this extraordinary Australian outpost teeming with life. Alistair Dermer's inspiring photography takes us up close and personal with the inhabitants of this unique island: gentle Gentoo penguins, engorged Elephant-seal bulls and scavenging skuas, and deep into a landscape that is as beautiful and life-giving as it is hostile and pitiless. Let these superb images, from the fury of the squalling Southern Ocean to the warm, trusting eyes of a seal pup, transport you to one of the most remote and spectacular places on Earth. [When referring to this item without Shopping Cart facilities please quote Stock ID 33463] |
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[33619] Ellis, Elizabeth. Rare and curious: the secret history of Govenor Macquarie's collectors' chests. Carlton South: (2011 second edition). Oblong format, laminated boards, 275 pp., colour photographs. BRAND NEW.AU$80.00 The Macquarie and Dixon collectors' chests hold tales of ambition, friendship and intrigue played out against the beautiful and confronting Australian frontier landscape. Commissioned by Governor Macquarie in the early 1800s, these cabinets of curiosities display exotic natural history including layers of jewel-bright preserved butterflies, insects and birds, seaweed specimens and shells, as well as beautifully painted panels believed to be by some of Australia's best early colonial painters. This book traces the journey of the chests, which have recently been reunited for the first time in nearly 200 years, and reveals much about the fledgling colony, Governor Macquarie, the convict artists who worked on the chests and the natural history of colonial Australia. Rare & Curious uncovers the secret histories of the Macquarie and Dixson Galleries collectors' chests for the first time, telling stories of ambition and failure, friendship and betrayal, intrigue and mystery. The Macquarie collectors' chest, an enigmatic wooden cabinet filled with painted panels and exotic treasures, was created in Australia for Governor Lachlan Macquarie in around 1818. It was taken to the United Kingdom, and languished forgotten and unnoticed in a Scottish castle until it was rediscovered in the late 1970s. The Mitchell Library of New South Wales acquired the chest, and its remarkable similarity to the Dixson Galleries collectors' chest, acquired by the Library in 1937, raised intriguing questions about the cabinets' creators, owners and purpose. Filled with more than 150 stunning photographs and paintings, Rare & Curious presents these unusual and beautiful chests within a lavishly produced, elegant book. Elizabeth Ellis is the former Mitchell Librarian and Assistant State Librarian, Collection Management Services, at the State Library of New South Wales,Sydney. She is now inaugural Emeritus Curator at the Mitchell Library and an Honorary Associate with the Department of History, University of Sydney. Her previous publications include Conrad Martins: Life & Art and, as a contributing author, First Views of Australia 1788–1825: A History of Early Sydney and Reframing Darwin: Evolution and Art in Australia. [When referring to this item without Shopping Cart facilities please quote Stock ID 33619] |
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[32203] Ennis, Helen. Frank Hurley's Antarctica. Canberra: 2010. Small octavo, dustwrapper, 142 pp., black and white photographs. BRAND NEW.AU$25.00 Frank Hurley is best known for his stunning Antarctic photographs. Here, Helen Ennis discusses some of his most famous images and the conditions in which they were taken. Uniquely, Hurley's own words are sprinkled throughout as facsimiles from his diaries written during both the Mawson and Shackleton expeditions. For Hurley, image-making and exploration went hand in hand and he sought out exalted experiences, through physical struggle, through relationships with the natural world and through story-telling. This book brings to life his passion for photography and for making art, and his own spirit of survival. [When referring to this item without Shopping Cart facilities please quote Stock ID 32203] |
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[33575] Excell, Laurie. Wildlife photography: from snapshots to great shots. Berkeley: 2012. Octavo, paperback, 229 pp., colour photographs. BRAND NEW.AU$25.00 Author and wildlife photographer Laurie Excell shows aspiring wildlife photographers how to get the best shots of birds, bears, and bugs--whether they're on Safari, on vacation, or on a nature walk around their own backyard. Starting with the basics of equipment, camera settings, and exposure, Laurie covers the fundamentals of lighting and composition in capturing a menagerie's worth of animals, with a particular focus on mammals and birds. The book is packed with details on what seasons are best for photographing different animals, tips on the best locations to photograph them, and techniques for how to approach even the wiliest subjects. Unlike other nature photography books for beginners, this guide takes advantage of the formatting and features of the popular From Snapshots to Great Shots series to provide a photo-based, fun, modern take on getting great nature shots. Beautifully illustrated with large, vibrant photos, this book teaches beginning photographers how to take control of their photography to get the image they want every time they pick up the camera. [When referring to this item without Shopping Cart facilities please quote Stock ID 33575] |
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[33565] Fothergill, Alastair and Vanessa Berlowitz. Frozen planet: a world beyond imagination. London: 2011. Quarto, dustwrapper, 312 pp., colour photographs. BRAND NEW.AU$55.00 The exciting successor to the ground-breaking "Planet Earth" and "Blue Planet" series, and has been created by the same award-winning team. Most of us will never travel to these great wildernesses and, even for those lucky enough to have gone, this portrait of our polar regions will surprise and astound. Take a journey to the last truly great wilderness regions. From the great melt in Spring to the 24-hour summer, the beginning of the big freeze and long dark winter, this epic series will follow the dramatic landscapes and the emotional life stories of the animals that live there. Following the stories of the polar bear and wolf in the North Pole and the Adelie penguin and Killer whale in the South Pole, we see how they survive these extremes, how they feed, mate and rear their young. Using the latest hi-tech cameras, the series will reveal animal behaviour as we've never seen before - the long, tender mating ritual of the Polar bears, the vast penguin colonies, the Arctic's most impressive hunter, the wolf as well as Eider ducks, gentle seals and socialable ravens. But the real star of this series is the ice and this book will tell its story, from its formation to its movement and its beauty. And of course what the future holds for it. This is the last chance to explore our frozen planet before it changes forever. [When referring to this item without Shopping Cart facilities please quote Stock ID 33565] | |
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[33681] Hansen; Alice and Ian Wallace, et al. Tasmania: a visual journey. Tasmania: 2012. Octavo, dustwrapper, oblong format, 164 pp., colour photographs, black and white photographs, map. BRAND NEW.AU$50.00 This stunning photographic book features selected images from twelve Australian photographers and the island that inspires them. [When referring to this item without Shopping Cart facilities please quote Stock ID 33681] |
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[33603] Kaeppler, Adrienne L. Holophusicon: The Leverian Museum. Germany: 2011 Quarto, paperback, 308 pp., colour photographs, black and white photographs, colour illustrations, black and white illustrations. BRAND NEW.AU$80.00 Opened in London in 1775, The Holophusicon (‘embracing all of nature’) or Leverian Museum was the world's first popular museum of science, curiosity and art. Its contents included Cook-voyage specimens, sculptured heads from the Cave of Elephanta in India, Oliver Cromwell's armor, the Turkish clothing and guns of Edward Wortly Montague, birds, fossils, and minerals. In 1806 the contents were sold at auction in some 7000 lots, bought by more than 140 purchasers. This book tells the remarkable story of this extraordinary collection and follows these important objects through numerous hands to public and private collections around the world. This beautiful book includes nearly 1,000 colored photographs of objects and specimens as well as hundreds of eighteenth-century watercolors many of them by Leverian artist Sarah Stone. [When referring to this item without Shopping Cart facilities please quote Stock ID 33603] |
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[30231] MacDonald, Roger. Australia's wild places. Canberra: 2009. Quarto, laminated boards and CD, 121 pp., colour photographs. BRAND NEW.AU$40.00 Drawing on the extensive collection of the National Library of Australia, this book highlights the fingerprints humans have left on our landscape through the lenses of some of Australia's greatest photographers. Roger McDonald has written an insightful introductory essay with a discussion on nature photography, the environment and the meeting of the two. He has also written extended captions describing his response to the images. At the back of the book there are short biographies of the photographers. [When referring to this item without Shopping Cart facilities please quote Stock ID 30231] |
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[27668] MacGregor, Arthur. Curiosity and enlightenment: collectors and collections from the sixteenth to the nineteenth century. New Haven: 2007. Quarto, dustwrapper, 386 pp., colour photographs, black and white illustrations, colour illustrations. BRAND NEW.AU$145.00 This fascinating and unique book offers a history of museum collecting in western Europe over the course of its formative centuries, tracing its origins from the culture of collecting that emerged during the Renaissance, which served the purposes of both prestige and academic enquiry, and concluding with the great changes of the nineteenth century which would prove so influential to the museum movement of later years. Taking into account both individual collectors and public institutions, Arthur MacGregor covers topics such as the methods by which materials from both the manmade and natural world were selected and displayed, problems of preservation and presentation, the specialization of individual areas, such as fine arts, antiquities or natural history, as well as the developments of the nineteenth century which brought such collections within the reach of a much wider public. With the aid of 200 images, this book offers for the first time a wide-ranging survey of this entire process as well as the changing preoccupations of collectors, all set within a broader social context. [When referring to this item without Shopping Cart facilities please quote Stock ID 27668] |
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[32842] Mittermeier, R.A. et al. Freshwater: the essence of life. Washington DC: 2010. Quarto, dustwrapper, 299 pp., colour photographs. BRAND NEW.AU$85.00 Full of stunning colour photographs, this title provides a beautiful and sometimes stark examination of the current state of the Earth's freshwater ecosystems. The authors, along with dozens of the world's most accomplished photographers, tell us why Earth's freshwater supplies and systems are in peril. These ecosystems have proved resilient throughout millennia, but in the last few generations humanity has radically destroyed them to the point of alarm. [When referring to this item without Shopping Cart facilities please quote Stock ID 32842] |
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[33709] O'Connell, Caitlin and Timothy Rodwell. An elephant's life: an intimate portrait from Africa. New York: 2012. Octavo, dustwrapper, oblong format, 192 pp., colour photographs, map. BRAND NEW.AU$45.00 The struggles and celebrations of nature's largest land creatures--with more than 250 spectacular full-colour photographs by Caitlin O'Connell and Timothy Rodwell this book provides a unique and fascinating immersion into the world of the African elephant, told by a leading field biologist who has been researching and photographing these animals in their natural habitat for nearly two decades. Here, readers get a fuller picture of elephant society cast in a broader context, including the life of the male elephant in all its high drama. Merging the visual traditions of photojournalism and the nature documentary with the narrative voice of such classics as Jane Goodall's "Chimpanzees of Gombe," this large-format, full-color volume of photo essays provides a uniquely rich understanding of what it's like to grow up and live within the complexities of elephant society at every turn of the page. Readers will experience the frustrations and anguish of the coming-of-age male struggling to leave his family, witness the constant vigilance a matriarch exerts to protect her family, and feel the drama of a dominant male trying to hold onto power during times of peace and times of social upheaval. Like "Wolf Empire" (Lyons Press, 2007), "An Elephant's Life" is an intimate portrait of a beloved and fascinating species. [When referring to this item without Shopping Cart facilities please quote Stock ID 33709] |
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[29311] Peterson, Dale. Elephant reflections. Berkeley: 2009. Quarto, dustwrapper, 272 pp., colour photographs. BRAND NEW.AU$70.00 Features photographs by award-winning wildlife photographer Karl Ammann. Introduces the work of field scientists in Africa and explains their astonishing discoveries. This title explores the natural history and conservation status of African elephants and discusses the politics of ivory. [When referring to this item without Shopping Cart facilities please quote Stock ID 29311] |
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[33396] Pickford, Peter and Beverley Pickford. African safari: into the great game reserves. Oxford: 2011. Quarto, dustwrapper, 300 pp., colour photographs. BRAND NEW.AU$80.00 An exploration of things that the word 'safari' encompasses, from journeys on horseback and dugout canoes and the quiet drifting of a balloon, the tension of silent waiting on foot to the smell of dung, the soil and the rain. It provides an intimate odyssey through the great wilderness of Africa and an eye on its wild denizens, human and animal. [When referring to this item without Shopping Cart facilities please quote Stock ID 33396] | |
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[28619] Rouse, Andy. Concepts of nature: a wildlife photographer's journey. London: 2008. Quarto, dustwrapper, 160 pp., colour photographs. BRAND NEW.AU$50.00 Andy Rouse has gained a reputation for getting in close, really close, to his subjects which range from lions and elephants in Africa to penguins in Antarctica, taking in a whole host of African, European and North American wildlife on the way. In first part of this book, Vision's he presents the photographs, many never before published, which he feels were the landmarks in his career and in his development from a one 'big shot' specialist to an artist who can capture the whole story of a species and its environment. Under the heading of 'Expression' he then discusses and illustrates the ideas and techniques which have enabled him to create a series of themed portfolios devoted to a single species or ecosystem, such as those he made in South Georgia and Antarctica. Finally, in 'Inspiration' he turns to the work of other wildlife photographers who have inspired and influenced him. There is also an appendix giving technical details of the individual photographs. [When referring to this item without Shopping Cart facilities please quote Stock ID 28619] |
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[33621] Schnitzler, Annick. Trees and forests: wild wonders of Europe. New York: 2011. Quarto, dustwrapper, 240 pp., colour photographs. BRAND NEW.AU$60.00 For more than a year, 69 of Europe's best nature photographers travelled to all corners of Europe's 48 countries to unveil the incredibly rich and amazingly varied natural heritage of the continent. Together they have contributed to a collection of more than 200,000 images of nature, many of which were published in the book "Wild Wonders of Europe". As a follow-up to this popular book, "Wild: The Trees and Forests of Europe" pays tribute to the multi-hued beauty of trees. From close-ups of minute arboreal details to panoramas of epic proportions, this book lays bare the immense diversity of Europe's forests. Organized by climate, each chapter surveys a different habitat and the resident trees, moving from the temperate rainy forests of Turkey and Georgia, to the dry and sun-filled woodlands of the Mediterranean, to the frostbitten terrain of Alpine regions. [When referring to this item without Shopping Cart facilities please quote Stock ID 33621] |
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[27105] Shah, Anup and Manoj Shah. African odyssey: 365 days. New York: 2007. Oblong format, laminated boards, 744 pp., colour photographs. BRAND NEW.AU$45.00 Spurred on by the dry season, the herds of more than a million wildebeests leave their breeding and birthing grounds in search of greener plains and then, as the dry season turns to wet, they travel back to the plains. This title follows the movements of the great Wildebeest herds as they migrate across the Serengeti during the course of a year. [When referring to this item without Shopping Cart facilities please quote Stock ID 27105] |
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[31236] Skrzypczak, Uwe. Wildlife photography: on safari with your DSLR equipment, techniques, workflow. Santa Barbara: 2010. Small quarto, paperback, 224 pp., colour photographs. BRAND NEW.AU$66.00 Photographer and environmentalist Uwe Skrzypczak wrote this book with several goals in mind - to teach the technical aspects and the workflow of digital wildlife photography; to show the beauty of East Africa and his beloved Serengeti National Park and to educate about its habitat; and, to provide a guide for the photographer who is planning to go on an African photo safari and wants to be prepared to capture the finest possible images. Beginning with digital photography techniques and workflow, Skrzypczak draws his own vast experience in wildlife photography to teach about the equipment, the pros and cons of camera types and lenses, and the specific requirements for this demanding task. Also covered in this title are appropriate techniques for exposure for this demanding task. Also covered are appropriate techniques for exposure and autofocus-the latter being one of the major challenges in wildlife photography. He discusses an 'on the road' workflow, the logistics of transporting your gear, and image editing. The book goes on to cover the practical aspects of wildlife photography, from shooting animal portraits to panning the camera in order to capture that speeding leopard. [When referring to this item without Shopping Cart facilities please quote Stock ID 31236] |
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[27321] Stacey, Robyn and Ashley Hay. Museum: the Macleays, their collections and the search for order. Port Melbourne: 2007. Quarto, dustwrapper, 188 pp., colour photographs. BRAND NEW.AU$50.00 When the British first arrived on Australia's shores at the end of the eighteenth century, it was not only the potential of its space that tantalised them, but the extraordinary living things that they found there. Every European collector desired a kangaroo, a parakeet, a Waratah, and ship after ship sailed north loaded with Australia's remarkable natural history specimens. In 1826, the most serious collector to make his own trip to the antipodes arrived – his name was Alexander Macleay, and over 70 years he and his family accumulated an unbelievably rich and diverse collection of specimens from Australia and beyond. This book throws open the doors of a historically rich and rare collection, stunningly captured in the images of Robyn Stacey. It reclaims the stories of those specimens, and those obsessions, revealing another chapter of Australia's own very particular, passionate and unique history. [When referring to this item without Shopping Cart facilities please quote Stock ID 27321] |
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[33622] Stacey, Robyn and Peter Timms. House: imagining the past through the collections of the Historic Houses Trust of New South Wales. Sydney: 2011. Quarto, dustwrapper, 168 pp., colour photographs. BRAND NEW.AU$90.00 This book of sumptuous photography is the result of an important creative collaboration between Robyn Stacey, one of Australia’s leading photographers, and the curators of the Historic Houses Trust of New South Wales. The photographs showcase both extraordinary and everyday objects from Elizabeth Bay House, Vaucluse House, Rouse Hill House & Farm and the Caroline Simpson Library & Research Collection. These evocative images and the accompanying text allow us to delve into the lives of the people who owned and used the objects – the well-respected Macleays and their increasing financial difficulties, the Wentworth family, who, despite their immense wealth, were social outcasts, and the Rouses, whose occupation at Rouse Hill House & Farm spanned 165 years of changes in Australian history. Robyn Stacey’s richly composed photographs reveal something of the lives lived beneath the elegant surface, creating a future for the past [When referring to this item without Shopping Cart facilities please quote Stock ID 33622] |
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[33597] Wageman, Jim. Sublime beauty: Hawai'i's trees. Honolulu: 2008. Quarto, dustwrapper, 320 pp., colour photographs. BRAND NEW.AU$65.00 This rich photographic collection celebrates the majestic beauty that some of the most vital members of the natural environment - the trees - have brought to the diverse habitats and landscapes of the Hawaiian Islands. [When referring to this item without Shopping Cart facilities please quote Stock ID 33597] |
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