The birds of paradise and bower birds.
Sydney: Collins, (1977. first edition). Folio, colour plates. Publisher's slipcase and dustwrapper, a few minor blemishes, otherwise a very good copy. More
Sydney: Collins, (1977. first edition). Folio, colour plates. Publisher's slipcase and dustwrapper, a few minor blemishes, otherwise a very good copy. More
Melbourne: CSIRO Publishing, (2015. reprint). Quarto, oblong format, colour illustrations, signed bookplate by the author and artist, fine copy in dustwrapper. This reprint uses a heavier paper stock and includes an In Memoriam celebrating the life of the artist William T. Cooper (1934-2015). In 1973 Joseph Forshaw and William Cooper..... More
Sydney: Australian Universities Press, 1974. Quarto, colour photographs, very good in dustwrapper. More
Melbourne: Heinemann, 1967. Octavo, photographs, very good copy in torn dustwrapper. Harry Frauca's books are distinguished by substandard photographs of stressed animals in dubious postures. More
Paluma: Tropical Australian Graphics, 1985. Octavo, photographs, maps, signature, softcover. More
Adelaide: Rigby, 1982. Quarto, colour plates, photographs, the copy of William and Wendy Cooper, very good copy in dustwrapper. More
Adelaide: Rigby, 1982. Quarto, colour plates, photographs, stamp, very good dustwrapper. with an excellent chapter by David Rushton on the aviculture of pigeons and doves. More
Adelaide: Rigby, 1982. Quarto, colour plates, photographs, bookplate, fine copy in dustwrapper. An excellent treatment on the subject. The author as director of CSIRO Wildlife Division maintained an extensive collection of Australian pigeons and doves in Canberra. More
Sydney: Angus and Robertson, (1968. reprint). Octavo, text illustrations, very good copy in torn dustwrapper. More
Sydney: Angus and Robertson, (1977. reprint). Octavo, text illustrations, signature, very good copy in dustwrapper. More
Sydney: Angus and Robertson, (1967. first edition]. Octavo, photographs, the copy of William T. Cooper, very good copy in dustwrapper. More
Artarmon: A H and A W Reed, (1969. first edition). Octavo, colour plates, torn and grubby dustwrapper. More
Sydney: A H and A W Reed, (1976. second edition). Large octavo, text illustrations, signature, very good copy in dustwrapper. More
Melbourne: Ministry for Planning and Environment Victoria, 1986. Octavo, colour photographs, softcover. More
Melbourne: RAOU, (1992. first edition), Octavo, softcover. Considers the conservation status of all full species with a major part of their population occurring on Australian territory that were threatened on a global basis. More
Canberra: National Parks and Wildlife Service, [1985]. Octavo, illustrated by Frank Knight, wrappers. More
Melbourne: Hill House, (1989. facsimile). Folio, 92 colour plates. Publisher's green cloth, fine copy. More
Melbourne: Hill House, 1988. Folio, 56 colour plates. Publisher's red cloth, a fine copy. The Bird of Paradise volume. More
Melbourne: Lansdowne, 1972. Octavo, Quarter morocco and cloth, with labels, a fine set. PROVENANCE: The specially bound set of Terry Greenwood, the publisher of Lansdowne Press and the originator of this facsimile. More
Launceston: Potoroo Publishing, (1989. third edition). Octavo, colour photographs, softcover. More
Canberra: The Bird Bander's Association of Australia, 1962-1976. Quarto, 14 volumes in wrappers, scarce. A complete set with the first two volumes roneoed. Subsequently renamed Corella. More
Canberra: The Bird Bander's Association of Australia, 1962-1976. Quarto, in three volumes of binder's cloth. A complete set with the first two volumes roneoed. Subsequently renamed Corella. Provenance: the set of Helen Aston. More
Chatswood: New Holland, 2010. Oblong format, dustwrapper, colour photographs, fine copy in dustwrapper. The beauty of these birds, such as the tiny delicate Emu wren that lives exclusively among Spinifex clumps, the unmistakable majestic Wedge-tailed Eagle and the elusive Chestnut-breasted Whiteface of the gibber plains of South Australia, are all..... More
Melbourne: Walker, May and Co., (1906. second edition). Octavo, text illustrations. Publisher's cloth, slight flecking, a very good copy (not as pictured). The second edition differs markedly to the first edition with illustrations and extra text. More
Melbourne: T. C. Lothian, 1907. Octavo, illustrations. Publisher's cloth, a bright crisp copy, rare in this condition. More