An introduction to the mammals of Australia.
London: Author, 1863. Octavo, Publisher's cloth, slight wear and cracking to top of spine, inscribed "To R. Drummond esq. presented by the author May 7th .63" More
London: Author, 1863. Octavo, Publisher's cloth, slight wear and cracking to top of spine, inscribed "To R. Drummond esq. presented by the author May 7th .63" More
Melbourne: Macmillan, 1973. Folio, colour plates, Publisher's cloth and slipcase. More
Melbourne: Lansdowne Editions, 1981. Folio, 30 colour plates. Publisher's cloth with locket portrait, limited edition of 750 copies numbered and signed by Joan M. Dixon, a very good copy. This is a facsimile edition of the two-part work, A Monograph of the Macropodidae of Family of Kangaroos, published by John..... More
Melbourne: Macmillan, 1976. Folio, colour plates, fine copy in slipcase. More
London: Author, 1837-1838. Large octavo, 73 hand-coloured lithographic plates by and after Elizabeth Gould, with accompanying letterpress. A single leaf printed prospectus for this work and a single leaf printed prospectus for the 'Birds of Europe' at the front of part one. 8pp. appendix 'Description of New Species of Australian..... More
London: Author, 1837-1838. Large octavo, 73 finely coloured lithographed plates by Elizabeth Gould. Contemporary publisher's half green morocco and morocco-grained cloth, elaborate gilt-decorated spine, all edges gilt, the contents clean and crisp and the plates beautifully coloured, a fine copy. THE SECOND AND STANDARD ISSUE, in a 'Gould' binding with..... More
Kensington: University of New South Wales Press, 2005. Octavo, paperback, diagrams. Brings together some of the world's leading environmental researchers in the life sciences, physical sciences, social sciences and humanities to bridge the disciplinary divides in understanding the environment. More
Melbourne: CSIRO Publishing, 2021. Quarto, laminated boards, colour illustrations. Extinct is a collection of artworks from established and emerging Australian fine artists, each depicting an Australian animal that has already, for various reasons, tumbled over the edge into extinction. Extinct laments their loss, but also celebrates their former existence, diversity..... More
London: Author, 1833. Quarto, eight handcoloured engraved plates. Publisher's patterned cloth with printed label, a few spots, rare. All published. The beautiful plates of The Entomology of Australia make it one of the finest of all Australian books. There were 24 subscribers; a second part was intended but never appeared..... More
London: Longman, Rees, Orme, Brown, Green and Longman, 1835. Octavo, Publisher's blindstamped cloth, fine copy, very scarce. More
London: Bernard Quaritch, 1867. Quarto, 18 uncoloured lithographed plate by George Henry Ford. Original publisher's wrappers with papered title on cover, the bookplates of David McPhee, the plates with typical oxidation and some spotting, mostly confined to the margins, rare. The rarest of all Australian reptile books and the first..... More
Chatswood: Reed, 1994. Octavo, colour photographs, bookplate, fine copy in dustwrapper. More
Chipping Norton: Surrey Beatty, 1998. Octavo, paperback, colour photographs, other illustrations. This book brings together contributions by experts in fields as diverse as meteorology, climate modelling, glaciology, zoology and botany in order to compile an inventory of our present knowledge of snow in Australia. More
Launceston: Potoroo Publishing, (1989. third edition). Octavo, colour photographs, softcover. More
Launceston: Mary Fisher Bookshop, 1973. Octavo, photographs, signature, softcover. More
Chipping Norton: Surrey Beatty, 1990. Quarto, dustwrapper, colour photographs, text illustrations. WAS $100. A summary of the current knowledge of the biology of Australian lizards (five families and 475 species). Companion volume to "The biology and evolution of Australian snakes" by same author. More
Chipping Norton: Surrey Beatty, 1997. Quarto, dustwrapper, photographs, text illustrations. A 'companion' volume to the same author's The biology and evolution of Australian lizards, published in 1989. More
Sydney: New Holland Publishers, (2023. second edition), Octavo, paperback, colour photographs. FORTHCOMING, due January 2024. The Far North Queensland (FNQ) region extends from Townsville across the tablelands region to the Gulf of Carpentaria, and includes all of the Cape York Peninsula to the Torres Strait. The many diverse habitats include..... More
Kuranda: Sicklebill Publications, (2015. second edition). Small octavo, paperback, map. A comprehensive list of all bird species found on mainland Australia, its islands and off-shore territories. Includes. More
Sydney: New Holland, (2013. reprint). Octavo, paperback, colour photographs, maps. Features include compact, easy-to-use format; authoritative text describing key identification features; and full colour photographs illustrating over 170 species. More
Frenchs Forest: New Holland, 2002. Octavo, paperback, colour photographs, text illustrations, map. A compact and easy-to-use guide with authoritative text describing key identification features. Approximately 250 native flowering plants are featured with colour photographs. More
South Yarra: Fungimap, (2022. reprint). Octavo, paperback, colour photographs, maps. This book is easy to use with comprehensive identification characters, as well as detailed distribution maps. More
Winmalee: Three Sisters Productions, 1987. Octavo, colour photographs, softcover. More
Port Melbourne: Cambridge University Press, 2001. Octavo, paperback, colour photographs, black and white photographs, maps. WAS $40. This beautifully written book tells the story of Australia's giant eucalypt, the Mountain Ash, which is the world's tallest hardwood. Visited seasonally by indigenous people and later a site of mining and sawmilling..... More
Chipping Norton: Surrey Beatty, 1985. Quarto, illustrations, signature, fine copy in dustwrapper. Based on papers presented at the 1984 Australian Herpetological Conference held at the University of Sydney. Together, the information presented comprises a major review of frog and reptile biology. More