Sitting on penguins: people and politics in Australian Antarctica.
Surry Hills: Century Hutchinson, 1988. Octavo, text illustrations, signature, dustwrapper. More
Surry Hills: Century Hutchinson, 1988. Octavo, text illustrations, signature, dustwrapper. More
Melbourne: Alella Books, 1983. Octavo, photographs, dustwrapper. More
Minneapolis: University of Minnesota Press, 1980. Quarto, photographs, fine copy in dustwrapper. More
Colchester: Harley Books, 1993. Quarto, colour illustrations, maps, fine copy in dustwrapper. Deals with the biology and ecology of the fifty-seven species of Sphingidae that occur in the western Palaearctic - an area bordered by the Atlantic Ocean to the west, the Sahara desert to the north and Siberia to..... More
Boston: Printed for the Society, 1928. Quarto, 23 photographic and coloured plates. Handsome binder's quarter cloth and marbled boards, wrappers retained. Memoirs of the Boston Society of Natural History, volume six, number three. More
Kempen: teNeues Publishing, 2009. Folio, colour photographs, dustwrapper. Following his stunning photo-safari in Africa and an unprecedented helicopter voyage from Europe to Africa in Eyes over Africa, the award-winning photographer has ventured to the polar regions. With his inimitable blend of intimate close-ups and cinematic landscapes, Poliza leads us through..... More
London: Butterworths, 1964. Quarto, photographs, slipcase, ex library with stamps. More
London: Butterworths, 1964. Quarto, photographs, bookplate, fine copy in publisher's cloth. More
Paris: Hermann, 1961. Octavo, photographs, softcover. More
The Hague: Dr W Junk, 1965. Octavo, photographs, bookplate, softcover. More
London: Collins, 1947. Octavo, photographs, bookplate, fine copy in dustwrapper. More
London: Poyser, 2005. Octavo, colour photographs, text illustrations, maps, dustwrapper. This stunning new Poyser title looks at the flora and fauna of Lapland - that area of northern Europe and northwestern Russia which lies within the Arctic circle. After general introductions, the book examines the Lapland ecosystems and species by..... More
Clayton South: CSIRO Publishing, 2016. Quarto, colour photographs, illustrations, line drawings, maps, laminated boards. WAS $280. Australian waters are home to the highest diversity of cephalopods (squid, cuttlefish and octopus) found anywhere in the world. Highly significant ecologically, they are both top-level predators and prey for numerous vertebrates, including fishes..... More
London: E. W. Janson, 1874. Quarto, ten uncoloured lithograhic plates. Publisher's quarter cloth and printed stif card with title, a fine set The complete Janson printing of the Insect volume of the Zoology of the Erebus and Terror. The title page reads 'Insects by Adam White and Arthur Gardiner Butler'..... More
London: E. W. Janson, 1844-1847. Quarto, 60 uncoloured lithographed plates. Modern half calf and marbled boards, wrappers retained, uncut, a fine copy, scarce. The complete fishes section from The Zoology of the voyage of H. M. S. Erebus & Terror edited by John Richardson and John Edward Gray. British Museum..... More
London: E. W. Janson, 1839-1843. Quarto, text double column, 60 lithographed plates. Modern quarter morocco and boards, retaining original publisher's printed title wrapper, a fine copy. More
London: Blandford, (1967. first edition). Quarto, colour plates, bookplate, stamp, fine copy in dustwrapper. Edward Wilson was the scientist and medical officer of Scott's two Antarctic expeditions. He was a talented artist and this book is a tribute. More
London: British Museum (Natural History), 1941. Quarto, map, publisher's printed wrappers. British Graham Land Expedition 1934-37. Scientific Report volume one, number nine. More
London: British Museum (Natural History), 1940. Quarto, four photographic plates, bookplate, fine copy in publisher's printed wrappers. British Graham Land Expedition 1934-37. Scientific Report volume one, number three. More
London: British Museum (Natural History), 1940. Quarto, eight photographic plates, bookplate, fine copy in publisher's printed wrappers. British Graham Land Expedition 1934-37. Scientific Report volume one, number two. More
London: A & C Black, 2007. Quarto, paperback, colour illustrations. Takes us through the year of the Polar bear. Through summer and sunsets, spring and snow, the author shows us a glimpse of the beautiful harsh world and the magnificent animals that inhabit it. More
Denton: University of North Texas Press, 2014. Quarto, paperback, photographs, maps. The first synthesis of current knowledge of forest and wetland birds in the world's southernmost forests, this book contains both original work by Rozzi and Jimenez and the results of a decade of research conducted by the scientists associated..... More
London: Hutchinson, 1983. Octavo, fine copy in dustwrapper. More
London: Croom Helm, 1982. Small quarto, photographs by Eric Hosking, owner's signature, a fine copy in dustwrapper. Foreword by Keith Shackleton. More
London: Frances Lincoln Publishers, 2008. Quarto, dustwrapper, colour photographs, colour illustrations, maps. WAS $100. Richard Sale is one of the world's leading Arctic scholars and explorers and a professional glaciologist. He has written widely on Polar history, exploration and wildlife (including Arctic Odyssey), and in 2003 won the Outdoor Book..... More