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Adelaide: Nature Lovers' League, [1931]. Octavo, photographs, signature, printed wrappers. More
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Adelaide: Nature Lovers' League, [1931]. Octavo, photographs, signature, printed wrappers. More
Milson's Point: Currawong Press, (1982. facsimile). Octavo, colour plates, bookplate, very good copy in dustwrapper. First published 1860. An important early work on the Platypus. Bennett sent specimens, plus his own observations, to Richard Owen and the mystery was finally solved. More
Melbourne: Acclimatisation Society of Victoria, 1862. Octavo, plain wrappers, scarce. More
London: Richard Bentley, 1834. Octavo, aquatint frontispieces. Nineteenth century half calf, and marbled boards, spine labels, bookplate, stamp,a very good copy. Dr George Bennett (1804-1893) settled permanently in Sydney in 1836 and died in 1893. He established a successful medical practice and became a leading figure in Colonial science. He..... More
Woden: National Parks Association, 1997. Octavo, colour photographs, texter mark, signature, softcover. This guide combines concise descriptions with superb photography to allow accurate identification of all fifty reptiles and fifteen frogs found in the region. More
London: Linnean Society of London, 1903. Quarto, three uncoloured plates. Contemporary quarter morocco and cloth, the bookplate of John Calaby. From the Transactions of the Linnean Society of London, volume nine, part three. More
Brisbane: Queensland Government, 1883. Octavo, Publisher's blindstamped cloth, bookplate, a handsome copy. Ferguson 8954. More
Australia: Rigby, 1972. Duodecimo, colour photographs, softcover. More
Adelaide: Rigby, 1971. Duodecimo, colour photographs, softcover. More
Adelaide: Government Printer, (1960-1965. second edition). Octavo, text illustrations, softcover. A mixed set; part one the original printing, the remaining four parts the facsimili printing. More
Adelaide: Government Printer, (1960. second edition). Octavo, text illustrations, wrappers. More
Adelaide: Government Printer, (1964. second edition). Octavo, text illustrations, signature, softcover. More
Adelaide, SA: Government Printer, 1965. Octavo, text illustrations, wrappers. More
Adelaide: Government Printer, (1963. second edition), Octavo, text illustrations, signature, wrappers. revised by John P. Jessop. More
Nedlands: University of Western Australia Press, (1975. first edition). Octavo, colour photographs, some scuffing to laminated boards. Letter glued to front endpaper from the author. More
Brisbane: Queensland Herbarium, 1968- 1975. Quarto, text illustrations. Publisher's printed wrappers, a very good set. Each issue is a separate taxonomic paper. More
Melbourne: Melbourne University Press, (1984. first edition). Octavo, text illustrations, maps, laminated boards, fine copy. More
Melbourne: Melbourne University Press, (1984. first edition). Quarto, text illustrations, maps,very good copy in laminated boards. An essential reference, still of value. More
Melbourne: Melbourne University Press, (1985. reprint). Octavo, text illustrations, maps, laminated boards. More
London: Angus and Robertson, 1982. Quarto, colour photographs, the copy of William and Wendy Cooper, very good copy in dustwrapper. More
Sydney: Paul Hamlyn, (1976. reprint). Quarto, colour photographs, signature, sunned spine, otherwise a a very good copy in dustwrapper. More
Sydney: Lansdowne Press, (1972. first edition). Octavo, colour photographs, very good copy in dustwrapper. More
Sydney: Angus and Robertson, 1988. Quarto, colour photographs, fine copy in dustwrapper. National Photographic Index, volume five. More
Sydney: David Ell Press, 1988. Octavo, 27 full-page watercolours. Publisher's cloth and slipcase, limited to 550 copies, a fine copy. The manuscript, now held in the Mitchell Library, was created in 1813 by the colonial official Thomas Skottowe, using the illustrations of the convict artist Robert Browne. More
Carlton South: Miegunyah Press, (2000. first edition). Octavo, illustrations, fine copy in dustwrapper. Taking art as his starting point, Bonyhady explores how issues such as the preservation of endangered species, the protection of forests, the maintenance of public rights over the foreshore and even the likelihood of climate change already..... More