In quest of bower birds.
Adelaide: Rigby, 1984. Quarto, colour photographs, very good copy in dustwrapper. Norman Chaffer was an excellent amateur ornithologist and photographer. More
Adelaide: Rigby, 1984. Quarto, colour photographs, very good copy in dustwrapper. Norman Chaffer was an excellent amateur ornithologist and photographer. More
Melbourne: CSIRO Publishing, 2021. illustrations, maps, photographs. Describes the ecological history of food production systems in Australia, showing how Aboriginal food systems collapsed when European farming methods were imposed on bushlands. The industrialised agricultural systems that are now prevalent across the world require constant input of finite resources, and continue..... More
Sydney: New South Books, 2016. Octavo, softcover. The annual collection celebrating the finest voices in Australian science writing. From the furthest reaches of the universe to the microscopic world of our genes, science offers writers the kind of scope other subjects simply can't match. Good writing about science can be..... More
London: A & C Black, 2009. Octavo, paperback, colour photographs, maps. Shorebirds, or waders, are a very popular group of birds among birders of all standards, though their identification is often a challenge. Covering all the species of the northern hemisphere, this new photographic guide provides all the information a...... More
Canberra: Australian Government Publishing Service, 1991. Quarto, fine set in slipcase. More
South Yarra: Claremont, 1991. Octavo, text illustrations, photographs, softcover. More
Canberra: RAOU, 1968-1994. Octavo, roneoed typescipt, the bookplate of Stephen Marchant, binder's cloth, a fine set. PROVENANCE: English born Stephen Marchant (1912-2003) was a petroleum geologist who wrote many high quality international bird papers. In 1963 he migrated to Australia and became actively involved with the Royal Australasian Ornithologists' Union..... More
Melbourne: Penguin Books, 1996. Oblong format, colour photographs, bookplste, softcover. More
Gladesville: Periwinkle Press, (1961. second edition), Octavo, text illustrations, signature, lacks dustwrapper (NOT AS PICTURED). More
Sydney: Simmons, 1926. Small quarto, plates by Neville W. Cayley. Publisher's yapp edged wrappers with locket portrait of Golden Whistler, some chipping and wear, inscription dated "Xmas '28", very scarce. A number of very handsome and scarce ephemera, illustrated by Neville Cayley junior, were published early twentieth century. They are..... More
Sydney: Royal Australasian Ornithologists Union, 1956. Octavo, colour frontispiece. Publisher's stiff wrappers, fine copy. "With compliments of Alec Chisholm" [green biro, used by an elderly Alec Chisholm]. Reprinted from The Emu Volume 56. More
Sydney: Royal Australasian Ornithologists Union, 1956. Octavo, colour frontispiece. Publisher's stiff wrappers, spine worn. "With compliments Norman Chaffer Sydney June 1956". Reprinted from The Emu Volume 56. More
Sydney: Angus and Robertson, (1965. reprint). Octavo, colour photograph frontispiece, photographs, very good copy in dustwrapper. More
London: J. M. Dent & Sons, 1932. first edition), Octavo, coloured frontispiece by Neville Cayley, photographs, a few spots otherwise a fine copy in publisher's cloth. More
Melbourne: Hawthorn Press, 1944. Octavo, uncoloured frontispiece. Publisher's green cloth, limited to 350 copies, a fine copy. More
Sydney: Angus and Robertson, 1964. Octavo, text illustrations, signature, dustwrapper. More
Sydney: Angus and Robertson, (1979. reprint). Quarto, photographs, large inscription, dustwrapper. More
South Melbourne: Matchbooks, 1989. text illustrations, signed by the author for Bob Warneke, softcover. More
Sydney: Reed, 1981. Octavo, colour photographs by Bruce Fuhrer, fine copy in dustwrapper, scarce. More
Melbourne: Royal Australasian Ornithologists Union, 1994. Octavo, paperback. Royal Ornithologists Union Monograph 2. More
Pretoria: Southern African Ornithological Society, 1980. Octavo, tipped in frontispiece, signature, worn laminated boards. More
Brookfield: Chicago Zoological Society, 1990. Octavo, photographs, maps, softcover. More
Melbourne: CSIRO Publishing, 2023. Quarto, paperback, photographs and other illustrations. Australia is home to many distinctive species of birds, and Aboriginal peoples have developed close alliances with them over the millennia of their custodianship of this country. Aboriginal Peoples and Birds in Australia: Historical and Cultural Relationships provides a review..... More
Collingwood: CSIRO, (2005. second edition). Quarto, softcover, some use. Presents listings on conservation status for various Australian amphibians, reptiles, birds and mammals. This book indicates each species' status on a state-by-state basis and also gives details for subspecies. Additionally, it provides a listing of the correct species names for all..... More
Adelaide: Royal Society of South Australia, 1936. Octavo, photographs, textillustrations, bookplate, softcover. More