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Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1936. Quarto, ten photographic plates, fine copy in publisher's wrappers. Discovery Reports, volume 13. More
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Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1936. Quarto, ten photographic plates, fine copy in publisher's wrappers. Discovery Reports, volume 13. More
Wellington: The Biological Society, (1972. first edition). Octavo, text illustrations, stiff wrappers, inscribed by the author. More
Wellington: Victoria University Press, 1983. Octavo, colour photographs, bookplate, softcover, More
Sydney: Allen and Unwin, 1990. Octavo, colour photographs, softcover. More
London: British Antarctic Survey, 1968. Quarto, photographs, tables, softcover. More
Ringwood: Penguin Books, 1996. Oblong format, colour photographs, bookplste, softcover. More
Kingston: Antarctic Division, 1987. Octavo, maps, softcover. ANARE Research Notes 50. More
London: John Lane The Bodley Head, 1927. Octavo, text illustrations, publisher's cloth. More
Adelaide: B.A.N.Z.A.R. Expedition Committee, 1937. Quarto, photographs, a fine copy in publisher's wrappers. More
Netherlands: A A Balkema, 1993. Octavo, maps, photographs, laminated boards. More
Wellington: Te Papa Press, (2010. fourth edition). Octavo, maps, softcover. This substantially revised and expanded edition of the Checklist of the Birds of New Zealand is the official list of all the birds in the New Zealand region, including Norfolk and Macquarie Islands, and the Ross Dependency, Antarctica. Published in..... More
Amsterdam: Elsevier, 1990. Octavo, text illustrations, bookplate, fine copy. More
Kingston: Antarctic Division, 1989. Octavo, maps, softcover. ANARE Research Notes 72. More
Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1934. Quarto, one plate, bookplate, printed wrappers. Discovery Reports, volume nine. More
South Melbourne: Oxford University Press, 1993-2006. Quarto, colour plates, text illustrations, maps, very slightly sunned dustwrappers, otherwise a fine set in dustwrappers. The Handbook of Australian, New Zealand and Antarctic Birds (HANZAB) provides a comprehensive summary of the biology, together with detailed illustrations, of all 952 species of birds which..... More
Melbourne: Oxford University Press, 2006. Quarto, 54 colour plates, text illustrations, maps, mint set in publisher's mailing carton. POSTAGE AN EXTRA $20 WITHIN AUSTRALIA. Each species account includes sections on field identification, habitat, distribution and population, movements and migration, food, social organisation, social behaviour, voice, breeding, plumage and morphology, and..... More
Melbourne: Oxford University Press, (2007. reprint). Quarto, colour plates, text illustrations, maps, fine copy in slightly spine-sunned dustwrapper. Each species account includes sections on field identification, habitat, distribution and population, movements and migration, food, social organisation, social behaviour, voice, breeding, plumage and morphology, and references. This volume covers Hawks, Eagles..... More
Melbourne: Oxford University Press, (2007. reprint). Quarto, colour plates, text illustrations, maps, small bookplate, very good copy in dustwrapper. Each species account includes sections on field identification, habitat, distribution and population, movements and migration, food, social organisation, social behaviour, voice, breeding, plumage and morphology, and references. This volume covers Hawks..... More
Melbourne: Oxford University Press, (1990. first edition). Quarto, colour plates, text illustrations, maps, fine set in sunned dustwrappers (NOT AS PICTURED). More
Melbourne: Oxford University Press, 1996. Quarto, colour plates, text illustrations, maps, fine copy in slightly spine-sunned dustwrapper. Each species account includes sections on field identification, habitat, distribution and population, movements and migration, food, social organisation, social behaviour, voice, breeding, plumage and morphology, and references. This volume covers Snipe, Godwits, Curlews..... More
London: Profile, 2007. Octavo, colour illustrations, softcover. The Antarctic Peninsula is for all of us an early warning system. This brilliant book tells the story of Antarctic warming and of how scientists are piecing together the jigsaw of causes and impacts, here in particular through a study of the changing..... More
London: Academic Press, 1984. Octavo, text illustrations, bookplate, a very good set never published with dustwrappers). More
Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1993. Octavo, text illustrations, softcover. An authoritative manual compiled by an international team of experts with a wealth of experience of studying large mammal species. The techniques described will be of interest to researchers studying other large mammal species in the field. More
Washington: American Geophysical Union, 1965. Quarto, photographs, text illustrations, maps, fine copy. More
Bristol: John Wright and Sons, 1931. Octavo, photographs. Publisher's cloth, bookplate, a very good copy, very scarce. Leonard Harrison Matthews (1901-1986) was for much of his life the world expert on marine mammals and a major authority on British mammals. He wrote many books including four volumes for the New..... More