The birdman: memories of birds by Henry Douglas-Home.
Newton Abbot: Readers Union, (1978. reprint). Octavo, photographs, very good in dustwrapper. More
Newton Abbot: Readers Union, (1978. reprint). Octavo, photographs, very good in dustwrapper. More
London: Natural History Museum, 2000. Quarto, colour photographs, other illustrations, softcover. An exploration of natural history past, present and future drawing on the collections of the Natural History Museum, London and other sources. More
Melbourne: Australian Scholarly Publishing, 2019. Octavo, paperback, photographs. Alec Chisholm inspired Australians to see nature anew. His Mateship with Birds, published in 1922, is a classic of nature writing, and until his death in 1977 he urged his compatriots to cherish the natural world as their national heritage. Chisholm was..... More
Aldershot: Scolar Press, 1988. Octavo, colour plates and text illustrations, fine copy in dustwrapper. More
London: Academic Press, 1988. Octavo, photographs, text illustrations, bookplate, a very good copy in dustwrapper. Awonderful reference, like the authors' other books. More
London: Academic Press, 1998. Octavo, illustrations, fine copy in dustwrapper. This book examines the history and uses of bird skins and is a very useful for anyone interested in the history of ornithology. There are 160 period photographs showing famous collectors and ornithological expeditions. More
London: Academic Press, 1992. Octavo, illustrations, bookplate, fine copy in dustwrapper. More
Lawrence: University of Kansas Libraries, 1972. Octavo, publisher's printed wrappers. A superb bibliography that was never finished. No wonder, Robert Mengel set the bar very high. Volume two (C-D) was published 1983. More
Lawrence: University of Kansas Libraries, 1983. Octavo, publisher's printed wrappers. A superb bibliography that was never finished. No wonder, Robert Mengel set the bar very high. Volume one (A-B) was published 1873. More
Honolulu: Bishop Museum Press, 1937. Octavo, modern binder's cloth, wrappers retained, two library stamps. More
New Haven: Yale University Press, 2011. Quarto, colour photographs and illustrations, fine copy in dustwrapper. Philadelphia developed the most active scientific community in early America, fostering an influential group of naturalist-artists, including William Bartram, Charles Willson Peale, Alexander Wilson and John James Audubon, whose work has been addressed by many..... More
Peterborough: Langford Press, 2014. Quarto, color photographs, fine copy in dustwrapper. Explores the work and processes of award winning wildlife sculptor Jill Moger. With a distinct focus on reptiles this title also showcases some insect and marine works. More
New York: Abbeville Press, 2016. Quarto, dustwrapper, colour photographs. Staking out some of the world's last dark places, photographer Beth Moon uses a digital camera to reveal constellations, nebulae, and the Milky Way, in rich hues that are often too faint to be seen by the naked eye. As in..... More
New York: Abbeville Press, 2014. Quarto, dustwrapper, black and white photographs. Be transported to another time by Beth Moon's captivating black and white photographs of the world's most majestic ancient trees. Beth Moon's fourteen-year quest to photograph ancient trees has taken her across the United States, Europe, Asia, the Middle..... More
London: Faber, 2023. Octavo, dustwrapper, text illustrations. For the whole of human history, we have lived alongside birds. We have hunted and domesticated them for food; venerated them in our mythologies, religion and rituals; exploited them for their natural resources; and been inspired by them for our music, art and..... More
South Melbourne: Sun Books, 1979. Quarto, photographs, bookplate of Sophie Ducker, paperback. More
Hitchin: Wheldon and Wesley, (1986. facsimile). Octavo, publisher's cloth. More
Melbourne: Melbourne UP, 1985. Octavo, text illustrations, fine copy in dustwrapper, scarce. More
Melbourne: Melbourne University Press, 1986. Octavo, fine copy in dustwrapper. More
New York: Harry N. Abrams, 1982. Oblong format, colour plates, very good copy in dustwrapper. More
Melbourne: Oxford University Press, 1984. Octavo, text illustrations, signature, sunned dustwrapper, scarce. More
Melbourne: Oxford University Press, 1984. Octavo, text illustrations, maps, fine copy in dustwrapper, scarce. More
[New York]: Harper Collins Publishers, 2003. Octavo, paperback, illustrations. This is the remarkable story of how a misguided decision by Robert FitzRoy, captain of HMS Beagle, precipitated his employment of a young naturalist named Charles Darwin. Also available in hardback see stock id: 19419. More
Sydney: NewSouth Publishing, 2015. Octavo, softcover. The annual collection celebrating the finest Australian science writing of the year. How does dust connect the cosmos with our bed sheets? Why do lobsters do the Mexican Wave backwards? And what makes us feel 'wetness' when there's no such thing as 'wet' nerve..... More
London: Little, Brown, 2015. Octavo, paperback, colour photographs. The Royal College of Physicians celebrates its 500th anniversary in 2018, and to observe this landmark is publishing this series of ten books. Each of the books focuses on fifty themed elements that have contributed to making the RCP what it is..... More