The Mute Swan.
London: Croom Helm, 1986. Octavo, photographs, fine copy in dustwrapper. More
London: Croom Helm, 1986. Octavo, photographs, fine copy in dustwrapper. More
London: Poyser, 1991. Octavo, illustrations, signature, fine copy in dustwrapper. More
Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2009. Octavo, laminated boards, tables, graphs. Biological invaders represent one of the primary threats to the maintenance of global biodiversity, human health, and the success of human economic enterprises. The continuing globalization of our society ensures that the need to understand the process of biological invasion..... More
Ames: The Iowa State University Press, 1972. Octavo, More
Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 1977. Octavo, colour plates, illustrations , fine copy in dustwrapper. More
Chicago: University of Chicago Press, (1954. reprint). Octavo, colour frontispiece, illustrations, endpaper maps, bookplate, signature, lacks dustwrapper. More
Melbourne: Melbourne University Press, (1984. first edition). Octavo, text illustrations, maps, laminated boards, fine copy. More
Melbourne: Melbourne University Press, (1984. first edition). Quarto, text illustrations, maps,very good copy in laminated boards. An essential reference, still of value. More
Melbourne: Melbourne University Press, (1985. reprint). Octavo, text illustrations, maps, laminated boards. More
London: Cassell, Petter, Galpin & Co., [1878]. Large quarto, 56 chromolithographs and numerous wood-engravings. Publisher's (?) contemporary half morocco and morocco grained cloth, gilt spine, all edges gilt, hefty owner's inscriptions on upper blank endpaper, a very good copy. More
Arbroath: Carlisle Natural History Society, 1943. Octavo, photographs, bookplate. More
London: Christopher Helm/A & C Black, (2007. reprint). Octavo, paperback, colour photographs, maps. Sea watching can present identification difficulties to even the most experienced birdwatcher, and demands a specialised set of skills and strategies to deal with the challenges of bad weather and poor visibility. The rewards can be great;..... More
London: Frederick Warne, (1955. reprint). Octavo, colour plates, bookplate, clipped dustwrapper. New edition 1941. Reprinted with new introductory chapters 1952. More
New York: Globe Pequot Press, 2012. Octavo, dustwrapper, colour photographs and illustrations. A compulsively readable natural and social history, this book is a profusely illustrated celebration of all things eagle, by a naturalist who has kept eagles himself and ridden with the eagle tribes of Central Asia. More
New York: Dodd Mead & Company, 1955. Octavo, text illustrations, chipped dustwrapper. More
Edinburgh: Stationery Office, 2006. Quarto, laminated boards, illustrations. Waterbirds are one the world's most attractive group of birds and among the most threatened. These include albatrosses, flamingos, swans, geese, ducks, cranes, waders, gulls, terns and auks... They share a dependency on the world's wetlands-seas, coasts, estuaries, lagoons, lochs, rivers, marshlands..... More
Austin: University of Texas Press, 1993. Octavo, colour photographs, fine copy in dustwrapper. More
Sydney: Angus and Robertson, 1988. Quarto, colour photographs, fine copy in dustwrapper. National Photographic Index, volume five. More
College Station: Texas A & M Uinversity Press, 2003. Octavo, photographs, maps, fine copy in dustwrapper. Through his recounting of local lore, Bonta makes the interaction between culture and avifauna in Latin America a key to better understanding the practice of biodiversity protection. He offers a significant contribution to the..... More
Keston: Keston foreign bird Farm, 1934-1938. Octavo, coloured and uncoloured plates. Publisher's blue cloth with gilt cockatoo, a very good set, scarce. The Keston Bird Farm, established by Edward Boosey in the 1920's was a very successful operation until World War Two and beyond. Although the business imported birds its..... More
London: Rockliff, 1956. Octavo, photographs, lacks dustwrapper. Edward Boosey was the head birdkeeper for the Duke of Bedford, after leaving his employ he set up the Keston Bird Farm in the 1930's. His two best known books, the other being foreign Bird keeping, are entertaining and well written. More
Adelaide: Oaklands Publishing, [c1985]. Small folio, four colour plates in printed folder. Major Mitchell Cockatoo, Nankeen Kestrel, White-backed Magpie and Kookaburra. More
Adelaide: Oaklands Publishing, 1985. Quarto, 19 tipped-in colour plates. Publisher's quarter cloth, a fine copy. An edition of 19 colour plates and selected drawings with accompanying text by Shane Parker, Curator of Birds, South Australian Museum. More
Washington D C: American Ornithologists' Union, 2006. Octavo, paperback, illustrations, maps. American Ornithologists' Union Monograph number 61. More